MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.34,-82.60 Latitude: 38.34 Longitude: -82.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 93 SFC 985 225 30.3 17.1 45 13.2 21.2 263 7 304.8 307.1 294.8 342.1 12.52 2 950 547 26.7 14.7 48 12.0 18.6 264 11 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.3 11.10 3 900 1021 22.0 13.5 59 8.4 16.4 263 12 304.2 306.2 293.5 336.7 10.90 4 850 1514 17.2 12.7 75 4.5 14.3 263 13 304.2 306.2 293.5 336.7 10.91 5 800 2028 12.9 7.8 71 5.1 9.8 274 16 304.9 306.4 291.7 329.9 8.33 6 750 2567 9.9 2.2 58 7.8 5.7 288 23 307.4 308.5 290.5 325.7 5.98 7 700 3137 6.7 0.4 64 6.3 3.4 286 25 309.9 311.0 291.0 327.3 5.63 8 650 3742 3.3 -4.2 58 7.5 -0.3 276 28 312.7 313.5 290.6 326.3 4.30 9 600 4386 -0.8 -9.8 50 9.1 -4.6 266 30 315.2 315.8 290.3 325.0 3.02 10 550 5076 -4.7 -16.6 39 12.0 -8.9 270 29 318.6 318.9 290.2 324.9 1.89 11 500 5819 -8.8 -17.8 48 9.0 -11.9 283 30 322.3 322.7 291.3 328.7 1.88 12 450 6629 -13.0 -21.2 50 8.3 -15.5 268 40 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.4 1.56 13 400 7517 -18.3 -25.2 54 6.9 -20.1 259 42 331.2 331.4 293.2 335.6 1.23 14 350 8500 -25.2 -32.8 49 7.6 -26.6 252 45 334.8 335.0 293.7 337.4 0.69 15 300 9601 -34.2 -40.9 51 6.7 -35.0 255 51 337.2 337.2 294.0 338.6 0.36 16 250 10849 -44.4 -48.0 67 3.6 -44.6 272 60 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.20 17 200 12298 -57.3 -60.7 65 3.4 -57.4 282 76 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14091 -59.8 -78.7 7 18.9 -60.0 279 29 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.01 19 100 16566 -64.9 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 280 37 402.4 402.4 305.5 402.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.22 m Freezing level: 609.51 mb = 4263.56 m = 13987.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.49 mb = 3685.80 m = 12092.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.94 C = 85.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.99 mb = 1891.04 m = 6204.14 ft T: 14.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.78 C/km ThetaE index: 10.99 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.20 mb = 2204.96 m = 7234.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.26 C = 88.26 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.31 C Showalter Index: -0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.02 C Cross Totals Index: 21.50 C K Index: 32.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 130.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 799.08 mb = 2037.24 m = 6683.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 724.08 mb = 2857.72 m = 9375.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 434.08 mb = 6900.56 m = 22639.36 ft B at Equ Level: 130.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 274.08 mb = 10219.41 m = 33527.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.9 at 23.0 knts Storm direction: 304.9 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.2 neg: -0.9 tot: 42.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.56 Bulk Shear: 23.47 m/s