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,-78.19 Latitude: 38.25 Longitude: -78.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 17 SFC 984 162 26.3 24.2 88 2.1 24.7 196 5 300.8 304.5 298.5 358.9 19.71 2 950 468 24.5 21.3 82 3.2 22.2 197 17 302.1 305.2 297.1 352.4 17.05 3 900 942 21.6 18.1 80 3.5 19.2 213 26 303.8 306.5 296.0 347.4 14.66 4 850 1435 17.3 16.1 93 1.2 16.5 223 31 304.3 306.8 295.5 345.0 13.68 5 800 1950 13.4 12.3 93 1.1 12.7 235 37 305.4 307.5 294.1 339.3 11.31 6 750 2491 9.9 7.1 83 2.7 8.2 252 40 307.3 308.9 292.5 333.0 8.49 7 700 3062 7.1 2.9 74 4.3 4.8 259 38 310.4 311.7 292.0 331.2 6.73 8 650 3669 4.6 -1.8 63 6.4 1.3 258 35 314.1 315.1 291.9 330.5 5.16 9 600 4317 1.2 -14.5 30 15.7 -4.9 255 34 317.5 317.9 290.1 324.3 2.07 10 550 5010 -3.2 -34.9 7 31.7 -10.5 252 33 320.2 320.3 289.2 321.6 0.36 11 500 5757 -7.3 -46.5 3 39.2 -13.9 251 33 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.12 12 450 6567 -14.3 -38.6 11 24.3 -18.6 243 29 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.4 0.30 13 400 7445 -22.3 -39.7 19 17.3 -24.8 243 32 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.1 0.30 14 350 8410 -29.5 -49.6 13 20.1 -31.3 236 34 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.4 0.12 15 300 9494 -35.8 -47.7 29 11.9 -36.8 229 49 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.6 0.17 16 250 10743 -43.9 -49.7 53 5.7 -44.3 222 64 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.16 17 200 12192 -57.8 -61.4 63 3.6 -57.9 236 72 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 18 150 13992 -60.5 -78.2 8 17.6 -60.7 226 53 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16517 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -62.0 235 29 408.4 408.4 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.06 m Freezing level: 586.79 mb = 4499.99 m = 14763.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3801.34 m = 12471.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.01 % Est. max temperature: 30.04 C = 86.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.13 mb = 420.94 m = 1381.02 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 37.34 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.41 mb = 1190.44 m = 3905.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -4.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.85 C Showalter Index: -2.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 23.43 C K Index: 36.45 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 371.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2662.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.64 mb = 1012.42 m = 3321.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.64 mb = 1357.68 m = 4454.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.64 mb = 12934.17 m = 42434.43 ft B at Equ Level: 2660.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 32.4 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 24.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 342.7 neg: -1.3 tot: 341.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 9.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.75 Bulk Rich Number: 31.88 Bulk Shear: 83.51 m/s