MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 36.34,-76.97 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -76.97 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1004 12 31.4 22.5 59 8.9 24.9 178 10 304.2 307.4 297.8 355.7 17.30 1 1000 50 29.9 21.4 60 8.6 23.8 178 10 303.1 306.1 296.9 351.2 16.22 2 950 506 25.1 20.1 74 5.0 21.5 183 15 302.7 305.6 296.5 349.3 15.77 3 900 979 20.8 18.3 85 2.6 19.1 206 21 303.0 305.7 296.0 346.9 14.84 4 850 1472 18.8 11.5 62 7.4 14.1 240 36 305.9 307.8 293.3 336.1 10.06 5 800 1990 15.2 10.8 75 4.4 12.4 251 37 307.3 309.3 293.9 338.3 10.23 6 750 2535 12.4 4.2 57 8.3 7.6 249 34 310.1 311.4 292.1 331.3 6.89 7 700 3110 8.7 3.2 68 5.5 5.6 250 39 312.1 313.5 292.7 333.6 6.90 8 650 3719 4.5 0.3 74 4.2 2.2 243 45 314.0 315.2 292.5 332.9 6.01 9 600 4365 -0.4 -3.0 82 2.7 -1.7 241 48 315.7 316.7 292.3 332.0 5.11 10 550 5055 -5.3 -10.3 68 5.0 -7.4 243 44 317.8 318.4 291.2 328.2 3.19 11 500 5797 -9.5 -17.9 50 8.4 -12.3 243 43 321.5 321.9 291.1 327.8 1.87 12 450 6603 -14.5 -24.0 44 9.6 -17.0 244 44 325.0 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.22 13 400 7487 -19.6 -27.7 49 8.1 -21.4 243 46 329.6 329.8 292.6 333.1 0.99 14 350 8465 -26.0 -37.4 33 11.4 -27.8 237 41 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.3 0.44 15 300 9562 -34.6 -53.4 13 18.7 -36.0 236 37 336.5 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.09 16 250 10810 -43.6 -62.3 11 18.7 -44.3 242 31 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.04 17 200 12269 -55.9 -63.1 40 7.2 -56.1 283 43 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14059 -63.1 -74.8 19 11.7 -63.2 234 42 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16547 -66.3 -87.3 4 21.0 -66.4 223 21 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.79 m Freezing level: 603.63 mb = 4318.42 m = 14167.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.71 mb = 4078.34 m = 13380.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.85 C = 91.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.88 mb = 1144.63 m = 3755.30 ft T: 20.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 19.62 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.26 mb = 1581.06 m = 5187.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.43 C = 92.17 F Cap Strength: 1.24 C Lifted Index: -6.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.26 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.32 C Cross Totals Index: 20.94 C K Index: 34.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1927.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.06 mb = 1172.25 m = 3845.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 805.06 mb = 1936.37 m = 6352.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.06 mb = 13097.98 m = 42971.85 ft B at Equ Level: 1899.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 105.06 mb = 16244.03 m = 53293.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 36.4 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.4 neg: -9.9 tot: 252.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.04 Bulk Rich Number: 14.12 Bulk Shear: 136.51 m/s