MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1005 59 19.9 18.6 92 1.3 19.0 147 4 292.6 295.0 292.0 331.0 13.52 1 1000 104 20.1 18.3 89 1.8 18.9 159 7 293.2 295.6 292.0 331.1 13.32 2 950 549 22.3 18.2 78 4.1 19.4 199 11 299.8 302.3 294.4 340.6 13.95 3 900 1018 19.0 17.6 92 1.4 18.1 249 11 301.1 303.7 295.0 342.9 14.23 4 850 1508 16.9 11.4 70 5.5 13.4 260 15 303.9 305.7 292.7 333.7 9.99 5 800 2022 13.9 6.9 63 7.0 9.7 255 13 305.9 307.4 291.6 329.6 7.83 6 750 2563 10.3 6.7 78 3.6 8.2 269 13 307.8 309.3 292.5 332.9 8.25 7 700 3134 6.5 4.4 87 2.1 5.3 286 15 309.6 311.1 292.4 332.8 7.52 8 650 3739 2.8 1.0 88 1.8 1.8 288 20 312.1 313.4 292.2 331.9 6.33 9 600 4384 -0.1 -4.2 74 4.1 -2.1 288 25 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.9 4.66 10 550 5076 -4.0 -9.8 64 5.8 -6.5 286 26 319.3 320.0 291.7 330.2 3.31 11 500 5822 -8.2 -21.9 32 13.7 -12.3 285 25 323.1 323.3 291.0 327.7 1.33 12 450 6632 -13.2 -32.3 18 19.1 -17.4 283 22 326.7 326.8 291.3 328.8 0.56 13 400 7518 -18.5 -32.6 28 14.1 -21.4 282 25 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.3 0.62 14 350 8502 -24.6 -38.1 27 13.5 -26.8 273 27 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.1 0.41 15 300 9603 -33.8 -40.6 50 6.8 -34.6 281 29 337.7 337.8 294.1 339.1 0.37 16 250 10852 -44.9 -50.4 54 5.5 -45.2 287 37 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.9 0.15 17 200 12302 -55.8 -66.4 25 10.6 -55.9 293 49 344.4 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14084 -66.8 -74.2 34 7.5 -66.8 296 31 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.01 19 100 16559 -65.7 -87.7 3 21.9 -65.9 280 21 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.11 m Freezing level: 602.14 mb = 4356.48 m = 14292.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.96 mb = 4029.74 m = 13220.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.08 % Est. max temperature: 30.87 C = 87.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 986.41 mb = 222.33 m = 729.41 ft T: 20.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.77 mb = 1661.40 m = 5450.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.79 C = 89.22 F Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lifted Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: 1.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.62 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.08 C Cross Totals Index: 19.54 C K Index: 34.40 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 120.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.02 mb = 874.14 m = 2867.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.02 mb = 2901.10 m = 9517.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.02 mb = 7332.09 m = 24055.12 ft B at Equ Level: 150.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 260.02 mb = 10582.94 m = 34720.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.1 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 306.1 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.7 neg: -6.4 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 2.76 Bulk Shear: 54.48 m/s