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: 38.91,-78.19 Latitude: 38.91 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 16 SFC 971 275 24.9 22.2 85 2.8 22.9 171 9 300.6 303.8 297.1 352.2 17.57 2 950 465 22.8 20.6 87 2.2 21.2 174 15 300.3 303.3 296.2 348.0 16.26 3 900 934 18.8 18.3 97 0.5 18.4 187 22 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.4 14.82 4 850 1424 16.0 15.6 98 0.4 15.8 213 35 302.9 305.4 294.8 342.2 13.26 5 800 1938 12.8 12.6 99 0.2 12.7 230 42 304.8 306.9 294.1 339.2 11.52 6 750 2478 9.8 9.0 95 0.8 9.3 246 40 307.2 309.0 293.4 336.3 9.63 7 700 3050 7.1 5.1 87 2.0 5.9 252 38 310.3 311.8 292.9 334.6 7.88 8 650 3657 4.4 1.0 79 3.4 2.5 251 34 313.9 315.2 292.7 333.9 6.36 9 600 4305 0.9 -9.4 46 10.3 -3.6 246 33 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.4 3.13 10 550 4997 -3.7 -45.0 2 41.3 -11.2 242 34 319.7 319.7 288.8 320.2 0.13 11 500 5744 -7.2 -49.0 2 41.8 -13.9 245 35 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.6 0.09 12 450 6554 -14.4 -35.2 15 20.9 -18.4 237 37 325.2 325.3 290.8 326.7 0.42 13 400 7431 -22.3 -37.3 24 15.0 -24.6 235 37 326.0 326.1 291.0 327.4 0.39 14 350 8394 -30.5 -45.4 22 14.9 -31.9 230 39 327.6 327.7 291.3 328.4 0.19 15 300 9474 -37.5 -48.1 32 10.7 -38.2 227 52 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.2 0.16 16 250 10716 -43.9 -49.0 56 5.2 -44.2 222 77 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.18 17 200 12168 -57.7 -61.5 61 3.9 -57.8 226 80 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.7 0.05 18 150 13973 -59.3 -77.9 7 18.6 -59.5 223 56 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16507 -60.9 -88.1 2 27.2 -61.2 234 26 410.1 410.1 306.5 410.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.20 m Freezing level: 590.17 mb = 4440.81 m = 14569.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.16 mb = 3920.51 m = 12862.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.73 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.92 mb = 622.15 m = 2041.15 ft T: 21.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 32.04 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 901.95 mb = 915.02 m = 3001.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.32 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.47 C Showalter Index: -1.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.08 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 36.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 384.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1836.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.50 mb = 909.76 m = 2984.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 897.50 mb = 957.68 m = 3141.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.50 mb = 12573.01 m = 41249.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1824.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.50 mb = 15499.29 m = 50850.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.5 at 33.7 knts Storm direction: 267.5 at 25.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 412.6 neg: -3.0 tot: 409.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 136.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.42 Bulk Rich Number: 16.14 Bulk Shear: 113.77 m/s