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: 38.25,-77.85 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -77.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 19 SFC 991 102 24.7 23.0 90 1.7 23.5 166 8 298.6 301.9 297.0 351.5 18.16 2 950 468 22.4 21.6 96 0.7 21.9 166 20 299.9 303.1 296.8 350.7 17.37 3 900 939 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.8 176 25 302.0 305.0 296.7 350.0 16.27 4 850 1431 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.4 197 37 304.4 307.1 296.3 348.4 14.76 5 800 1948 14.5 14.3 99 0.1 14.4 211 43 306.6 309.0 295.6 345.5 12.94 6 750 2492 10.8 10.5 98 0.3 10.6 224 47 308.3 310.3 294.5 340.7 10.71 7 700 3064 7.0 6.3 96 0.7 6.6 237 46 310.2 311.8 293.4 336.6 8.60 8 650 3670 3.7 2.6 92 1.1 3.1 242 42 313.2 314.6 293.2 335.5 7.14 9 600 4318 0.8 -2.5 78 3.4 -0.9 243 36 317.1 318.1 292.8 334.0 5.29 10 550 5012 -3.3 -10.2 59 6.9 -6.2 247 34 320.1 320.7 291.9 330.6 3.19 11 500 5759 -7.6 -20.0 36 12.4 -11.6 252 32 323.7 324.0 291.5 329.1 1.56 12 450 6569 -14.0 -26.6 34 12.6 -17.2 250 29 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.0 0.96 13 400 7449 -21.6 -35.9 26 14.4 -23.9 251 31 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.6 0.45 14 350 8418 -28.5 -43.3 23 14.7 -30.2 248 33 330.3 330.4 292.0 331.2 0.24 15 300 9505 -35.4 -44.7 38 9.2 -36.3 235 49 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.4 0.24 16 250 10755 -44.0 -52.3 39 8.4 -44.4 222 66 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.12 17 200 12204 -58.0 -61.3 66 3.3 -58.0 237 65 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 18 150 13998 -60.7 -78.3 8 17.6 -60.9 228 54 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16520 -61.9 -86.4 2 24.5 -62.1 238 29 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.93 m Freezing level: 590.16 mb = 4454.20 m = 14613.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.35 mb = 4166.08 m = 13668.08 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.06 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 967.32 mb = 310.22 m = 1017.77 ft T: 23.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 22.92 C Layer 950.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.53 mb = 751.81 m = 2466.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.83 C Showalter Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.98 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.06 C Cross Totals Index: 24.91 C K Index: 41.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 459.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2474.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.12 mb = 652.26 m = 2139.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.12 mb = 985.36 m = 3232.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.12 mb = 13032.91 m = 42758.37 ft B at Equ Level: 2457.44 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.1 at 36.0 knts Storm direction: 258.1 at 27.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 541.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 541.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 180.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 11.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.46 Bulk Rich Number: 18.75 Bulk Shear: 131.98 m/s