MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.60,-82.68 Latitude: 36.60 Longitude: -82.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 958 475 27.0 19.1 62 7.9 21.4 215 4 303.9 306.6 296.1 347.5 14.69 2 950 550 26.7 18.7 61 8.0 21.1 218 6 304.3 307.0 296.0 347.3 14.43 3 900 1025 22.5 17.0 71 5.5 18.7 230 13 304.7 307.2 295.6 345.4 13.66 4 850 1519 17.8 15.7 88 2.1 16.4 234 15 304.7 307.2 295.4 344.4 13.30 5 800 2035 14.5 8.2 66 6.3 10.7 237 21 306.6 308.2 292.4 332.5 8.58 6 750 2578 10.8 7.2 78 3.6 8.6 244 23 308.3 309.9 292.9 334.2 8.52 7 700 3150 7.5 4.9 83 2.6 5.9 254 25 310.8 312.2 293.0 334.7 7.76 8 650 3758 4.2 1.3 82 2.9 2.6 263 28 313.7 315.0 292.8 334.1 6.50 9 600 4405 0.1 -2.6 82 2.7 -1.3 259 26 316.2 317.2 292.5 333.0 5.26 10 550 5097 -3.5 -6.6 80 3.0 -5.0 255 26 319.9 320.7 292.7 333.7 4.25 11 500 5846 -7.4 -9.1 88 1.7 -8.2 257 26 324.0 324.7 293.5 336.7 3.83 12 450 6660 -12.4 -13.1 95 0.7 -12.7 268 25 327.6 328.2 293.9 338.1 3.09 13 400 7549 -18.5 -23.2 66 4.7 -19.8 284 20 331.0 331.3 293.4 336.3 1.48 14 350 8531 -24.7 -44.9 14 20.1 -27.3 284 20 335.4 335.4 293.4 336.2 0.20 15 300 9635 -33.4 -44.9 31 11.5 -34.5 261 15 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.23 16 250 10886 -43.6 -49.3 53 5.7 -44.0 274 24 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.17 17 200 12341 -57.0 -61.1 60 4.0 -57.1 290 37 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14123 -65.9 -71.7 44 5.7 -66.0 256 28 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.6 0.02 19 100 16581 -66.2 -88.1 3 21.9 -66.3 286 25 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.15 m Freezing level: 598.62 mb = 4424.18 m = 14514.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.29 mb = 4188.46 m = 13741.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.40 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.81 mb = 1480.50 m = 4857.23 ft T: 18.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 15.01 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.75 mb = 1838.07 m = 6030.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.01 C = 84.23 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.19 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 38.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1045.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.56 mb = 1675.23 m = 5496.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.56 mb = 2039.96 m = 6692.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.56 mb = 13009.01 m = 42679.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1025.41 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.56 mb = 15498.01 m = 50845.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.3 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 282.3 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 99.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.48 Bulk Rich Number: 33.30 Bulk Shear: 31.39 m/s