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: 36.74,-76.97 Latitude: 36.74 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 17 29.9 22.4 64 7.5 24.4 163 10 302.7 305.9 297.4 353.7 17.24 1 1000 49 28.4 21.4 66 7.0 23.3 164 10 301.6 304.5 296.5 349.5 16.26 2 950 503 23.5 20.1 81 3.4 21.1 170 14 301.0 303.9 296.1 347.5 15.82 3 900 973 19.9 18.1 89 1.8 18.7 204 24 302.0 304.8 295.6 345.5 14.72 4 850 1466 18.6 12.3 67 6.3 14.5 242 35 305.6 307.6 293.7 337.6 10.65 5 800 1984 15.3 9.7 69 5.6 11.8 250 36 307.5 309.2 293.4 336.2 9.48 6 750 2528 11.9 6.0 67 5.9 8.4 246 35 309.5 311.0 292.7 333.6 7.84 7 700 3102 8.6 1.5 61 7.1 4.7 249 40 312.0 313.2 292.0 331.1 6.12 8 650 3711 4.2 0.2 75 4.0 2.1 243 44 313.7 314.9 292.4 332.5 6.00 9 600 4357 -0.5 -4.1 76 3.7 -2.3 239 45 315.6 316.5 291.9 330.6 4.70 10 550 5046 -5.2 -10.1 69 4.9 -7.2 242 44 317.9 318.5 291.3 328.4 3.23 11 500 5788 -9.3 -20.5 40 11.1 -12.8 240 42 321.6 321.9 290.8 326.8 1.50 12 450 6594 -14.6 -27.0 34 12.4 -17.6 241 40 324.9 325.1 291.2 328.3 0.93 13 400 7477 -19.7 -24.6 65 5.0 -21.0 241 42 329.4 329.7 292.8 334.0 1.30 14 350 8456 -25.9 -37.1 34 11.3 -27.6 236 40 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.6 0.45 15 300 9554 -34.3 -48.3 23 14.0 -35.5 238 35 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.16 16 250 10802 -43.8 -60.4 14 16.6 -44.5 245 35 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.04 17 200 12260 -56.0 -62.6 43 6.6 -56.1 276 46 344.1 344.1 295.3 344.3 0.04 18 150 14049 -62.7 -74.7 19 11.9 -62.9 236 44 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16543 -66.3 -87.0 4 20.7 -66.5 227 24 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.01 m Freezing level: 604.97 mb = 4292.44 m = 14082.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.12 mb = 4012.77 m = 13165.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.80 % Est. max temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.17 mb = 961.64 m = 3154.96 ft T: 20.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.68 C/km ThetaE index: 22.64 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.16 mb = 1534.84 m = 5035.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.03 C = 91.45 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.67 C K Index: 33.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.11 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1619.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.55 mb = 986.83 m = 3237.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.55 mb = 2267.14 m = 7438.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.55 mb = 12793.83 m = 41973.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1600.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.55 mb = 15761.64 m = 51710.79 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.3 at 36.2 knts Storm direction: 269.3 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.5 neg: -10.2 tot: 284.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 94.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.81 Bulk Rich Number: 10.33 Bulk Shear: 156.79 m/s