MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1006 59 25.4 20.4 74 5.0 21.9 92 4 298.0 300.7 294.8 342.0 15.16 1 1000 113 25.3 19.6 70 5.8 21.3 91 6 298.5 301.1 294.4 340.6 14.48 2 950 562 21.3 17.9 81 3.4 19.0 79 5 298.8 301.3 294.0 338.8 13.72 3 900 1029 18.5 16.2 87 2.2 17.0 317 6 300.5 302.9 294.0 338.6 12.98 4 850 1517 15.8 8.3 61 7.5 11.3 2 8 302.7 304.2 290.9 327.0 8.13 5 800 2029 12.8 3.2 52 9.6 7.5 16 14 304.8 305.9 289.7 323.1 6.02 6 750 2568 9.2 1.6 59 7.6 5.1 358 14 306.5 307.6 290.0 324.1 5.74 7 700 3136 6.3 -0.8 60 7.1 2.7 323 22 309.5 310.5 290.5 325.6 5.17 8 650 3741 3.3 0.6 83 2.6 1.8 312 26 312.7 313.8 292.2 331.9 6.17 9 600 4387 0.4 -3.2 77 3.6 -1.4 308 25 316.6 317.6 292.4 332.7 5.04 10 550 5082 -3.2 -7.2 74 4.0 -5.1 309 25 320.3 321.0 292.6 333.5 4.04 11 500 5830 -7.4 -15.2 54 7.8 -10.3 309 22 324.1 324.5 292.3 332.0 2.35 12 450 6641 -12.9 -28.2 27 15.3 -16.7 310 19 327.0 327.1 291.7 330.0 0.83 13 400 7529 -18.6 -45.3 8 26.7 -22.4 310 23 330.8 330.8 292.1 331.4 0.17 14 350 8508 -26.1 -45.5 14 19.4 -28.4 310 27 333.5 333.6 292.9 334.3 0.19 15 300 9605 -34.7 -57.8 8 23.1 -36.1 316 35 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.7 0.05 16 250 10850 -44.8 -60.2 16 15.4 -45.3 323 41 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.7 0.05 17 200 12305 -55.5 -69.9 15 14.4 -55.8 314 29 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14099 -63.1 -76.4 15 13.2 -63.3 289 29 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16578 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 284 18 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.52 m Freezing level: 593.91 mb = 4471.62 m = 14670.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.51 mb = 4102.78 m = 13460.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.85 C = 85.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.82 mb = 691.81 m = 2269.70 ft T: 20.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.08 C/km ThetaE index: 18.88 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1390.72 m = 4562.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.13 C Showalter Index: 5.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 15.69 C K Index: 24.44 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 199.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.51 mb = 1004.76 m = 3296.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.51 mb = 2160.59 m = 7088.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.51 mb = 10136.85 m = 33256.98 ft B at Equ Level: 198.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.51 mb = 12383.07 m = 40626.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 323.0 at 17.3 knts Storm direction: 353.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.7 neg: -29.9 tot: -13.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: -2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 3.45 Bulk Shear: 57.81 m/s