MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.66,-77.51 Latitude: 37.66 Longitude: -77.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 SFC 999 55 27.6 22.6 74 5.0 23.9 19 3 300.8 304.0 297.1 352.3 17.51 2 950 501 22.9 20.8 88 2.1 21.4 42 3 300.4 303.4 296.4 348.9 16.53 3 900 970 19.1 18.0 93 1.1 18.4 167 5 301.2 303.9 295.3 344.1 14.57 4 850 1460 15.9 13.1 83 2.8 14.1 192 16 302.8 304.9 293.3 336.0 11.19 5 800 1973 12.6 11.3 92 1.3 11.8 209 24 304.6 306.5 293.3 336.2 10.56 6 750 2513 9.7 9.2 97 0.4 9.4 229 30 307.1 308.9 293.5 336.8 9.82 7 700 3084 6.7 5.3 91 1.4 5.8 235 40 309.9 311.4 292.9 334.4 7.99 8 650 3690 3.3 0.9 84 2.4 2.0 241 43 312.7 313.9 292.4 332.4 6.31 9 600 4335 -0.4 -2.6 85 2.2 -1.5 246 43 315.7 316.7 292.4 332.5 5.29 10 550 5028 -3.9 -4.9 92 1.0 -4.4 249 46 319.5 320.4 293.1 335.0 4.82 11 500 5773 -9.2 -11.5 83 2.4 -10.1 243 45 321.8 322.5 292.3 332.3 3.16 12 450 6579 -13.8 -16.6 79 2.8 -14.7 243 43 325.9 326.4 292.7 333.9 2.32 13 400 7468 -17.7 -19.8 84 2.1 -18.4 249 44 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.9 1.98 14 350 8454 -24.5 -27.1 79 2.6 -25.1 255 46 335.8 336.0 294.3 340.1 1.19 15 300 9558 -33.1 -36.0 75 2.9 -33.5 258 45 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.0 0.59 16 250 10811 -44.3 -47.6 70 3.3 -44.5 254 38 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12262 -55.4 -65.1 29 9.8 -55.5 248 46 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14070 -60.4 -81.1 5 20.7 -60.6 266 51 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.00 19 100 16556 -65.9 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 249 34 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.81 m Freezing level: 605.32 mb = 4265.99 m = 13995.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4052.45 m = 13295.28 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.55 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.50 mb = 690.23 m = 2264.51 ft T: 21.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 16.30 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.16 mb = 872.79 m = 2863.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.48 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.25 C K Index: 36.73 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1669.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.84 mb = 828.25 m = 2717.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.84 mb = 971.75 m = 3188.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.84 mb = 12589.56 m = 41303.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1662.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.84 mb = 15980.33 m = 52428.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 307.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.18 Bulk Rich Number: 11.09 Bulk Shear: 150.57 m/s