MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 38.00,-77.64 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -77.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 21 SFC 994 78 25.3 22.9 86 2.4 23.6 148 9 299.0 302.3 297.0 351.5 17.96 2 950 471 22.7 21.6 93 1.1 21.9 157 24 300.2 303.4 296.8 351.0 17.32 3 900 941 20.4 19.6 95 0.8 19.8 177 30 302.5 305.5 296.7 350.3 16.18 4 850 1434 17.4 17.1 98 0.3 17.2 194 37 304.4 307.1 296.2 348.0 14.63 5 800 1951 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 207 38 306.6 309.0 295.6 345.5 12.94 6 750 2495 10.7 10.4 98 0.3 10.6 229 38 308.2 310.2 294.4 340.5 10.64 7 700 3067 7.2 5.5 89 1.7 6.2 246 37 310.4 312.0 293.2 335.4 8.10 8 650 3675 4.5 1.5 81 3.0 2.8 250 34 314.1 315.3 293.0 334.7 6.58 9 600 4324 1.4 -8.0 50 9.4 -2.9 254 35 317.7 318.4 291.5 329.1 3.49 10 550 5017 -3.6 -20.9 25 17.2 -9.2 258 35 319.8 320.0 290.0 324.3 1.32 11 500 5763 -7.5 -46.1 3 38.6 -14.0 259 34 323.9 323.9 290.1 324.4 0.12 12 450 6573 -13.9 -41.4 8 27.5 -18.5 253 30 325.7 325.8 290.7 326.6 0.23 13 400 7453 -21.7 -43.1 13 21.4 -24.5 245 32 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.7 0.21 14 350 8421 -28.5 -49.0 12 20.5 -30.4 233 37 330.3 330.4 291.9 330.8 0.13 15 300 9511 -35.0 -46.2 31 11.2 -36.0 233 52 336.1 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.20 16 250 10761 -43.9 -51.8 42 7.8 -44.4 220 66 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.13 17 200 12211 -57.9 -61.5 63 3.6 -58.0 240 60 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.3 0.05 18 150 14005 -60.3 -78.0 8 17.7 -60.5 229 53 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.01 19 100 16523 -62.4 -86.8 2 24.4 -62.6 239 27 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.23 m Freezing level: 586.28 mb = 4513.83 m = 14808.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.08 mb = 3991.53 m = 13095.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.98 C = 87.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.13 mb = 386.78 m = 1268.94 ft T: 23.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 27.19 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 899.95 m = 2952.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.67 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.56 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.93 C Cross Totals Index: 24.63 C K Index: 40.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 462.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2450.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.60 mb = 697.15 m = 2287.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.60 mb = 1227.74 m = 4027.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.60 mb = 13202.07 m = 43313.35 ft B at Equ Level: 2409.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.0 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 262.0 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 521.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 521.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.55 Bulk Rich Number: 15.91 Bulk Shear: 154.02 m/s