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: 37.89,-78.42 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -78.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 26 SFC 987 141 27.1 22.8 77 4.3 23.9 153 9 301.4 304.6 297.5 354.2 17.95 2 950 476 22.4 21.1 92 1.3 21.5 160 15 300.0 303.0 296.5 349.2 16.83 3 900 945 19.4 18.5 95 0.8 18.8 199 28 301.5 304.2 295.7 345.9 15.09 4 850 1436 16.3 14.2 88 2.0 14.9 223 37 303.2 305.4 294.1 339.0 12.07 5 800 1950 13.5 9.3 76 4.2 10.9 246 40 305.6 307.3 292.6 333.3 9.23 6 750 2491 10.8 5.3 68 5.6 7.6 249 39 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.1 7.44 7 700 3064 8.0 0.3 58 7.7 3.8 244 40 311.3 312.4 291.3 328.7 5.58 8 650 3672 4.8 -6.5 44 11.4 -0.4 242 43 314.4 315.1 290.6 326.0 3.61 9 600 4319 0.3 -13.2 35 13.6 -5.0 244 45 316.5 317.0 290.0 324.1 2.29 10 550 5011 -3.6 -24.1 19 20.5 -9.7 246 44 319.8 320.0 289.8 323.2 0.99 11 500 5757 -7.4 -43.3 4 35.9 -13.9 246 43 324.0 324.0 290.2 324.6 0.17 12 450 6568 -13.5 -36.0 13 22.5 -17.9 254 35 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.8 0.39 13 400 7449 -21.1 -52.3 4 31.1 -24.4 251 34 327.5 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.08 14 350 8420 -27.8 -50.9 9 23.2 -29.9 236 37 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.7 0.10 15 300 9511 -35.3 -47.6 27 12.4 -36.3 237 51 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.17 16 250 10759 -43.8 -47.3 68 3.5 -44.0 231 50 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.21 17 200 12211 -57.5 -60.8 66 3.3 -57.6 253 68 341.7 341.7 294.8 341.9 0.05 18 150 14008 -59.3 -78.4 7 19.1 -59.5 230 46 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16521 -63.0 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.2 231 25 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.54 m Freezing level: 595.68 mb = 4378.62 m = 14365.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.25 mb = 3606.13 m = 11831.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.37 mb = 685.29 m = 2248.29 ft T: 21.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 31.01 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 860.97 m = 2824.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.47 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.62 C K Index: 30.18 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 360.08 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.74 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1969.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.05 mb = 810.89 m = 2660.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 899.05 mb = 954.38 m = 3131.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.05 mb = 12902.64 m = 42330.97 ft B at Equ Level: 1939.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.05 mb = 15984.17 m = 52440.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.1 at 37.9 knts Storm direction: 269.1 at 28.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.8 neg: -9.9 tot: 418.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 139.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.26 Bulk Rich Number: 10.63 Bulk Shear: 185.20 m/s