MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 12Z 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 58 21.8 18.5 82 3.3 19.6 165 7 294.6 297.0 292.6 333.2 13.49 1 1000 102 21.1 18.1 83 3.0 19.1 166 7 294.2 296.6 292.2 331.8 13.16 2 950 548 22.5 18.3 77 4.2 19.6 193 19 300.0 302.6 294.6 341.1 14.03 3 900 1017 19.6 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 222 14 301.7 304.2 294.7 341.5 13.49 4 850 1508 16.4 15.0 92 1.3 15.5 262 19 303.3 305.6 294.6 341.2 12.76 5 800 2022 13.6 10.8 83 2.9 11.9 250 16 305.7 307.6 293.4 336.4 10.21 6 750 2564 10.4 8.0 85 2.4 8.9 258 18 307.9 309.6 293.1 335.2 9.01 7 700 3136 7.0 4.2 82 2.8 5.4 279 19 310.3 311.7 292.6 333.1 7.41 8 650 3742 3.7 0.2 78 3.5 1.8 287 24 313.1 314.3 292.2 331.9 5.98 9 600 4388 0.1 -5.5 66 5.6 -2.6 286 28 316.2 317.1 291.7 329.9 4.25 10 550 5080 -4.2 -13.7 48 9.5 -7.9 285 29 319.1 319.5 290.9 327.1 2.41 11 500 5825 -8.4 -16.2 53 7.8 -11.2 280 31 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.1 2.16 12 450 6634 -13.2 -20.8 53 7.6 -15.5 278 27 326.7 327.0 292.3 332.3 1.62 13 400 7523 -18.2 -25.5 53 7.3 -20.0 289 26 331.4 331.6 293.2 335.7 1.20 14 350 8506 -25.0 -30.9 58 5.9 -26.2 273 31 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.1 0.83 15 300 9606 -34.3 -40.5 54 6.1 -35.0 275 34 337.0 337.0 293.9 338.4 0.37 16 250 10853 -44.5 -49.9 55 5.4 -44.7 281 36 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.6 0.16 17 200 12306 -56.7 -60.3 64 3.6 -56.8 293 46 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14085 -64.3 -76.1 18 11.8 -64.4 306 29 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16555 -66.0 -87.5 3 21.6 -66.1 283 19 400.2 400.2 305.2 400.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.74 m Freezing level: 598.86 mb = 4403.70 m = 14447.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.11 mb = 4005.63 m = 13141.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.24 % Est. max temperature: 30.42 C = 86.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.63 mb = 478.07 m = 1568.46 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 14.36 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.97 mb = 1578.31 m = 5178.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Showalter Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.22 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 23.45 C K Index: 37.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 139.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 110.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.06 mb = 968.17 m = 3176.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 710.06 mb = 3017.35 m = 9899.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 410.06 mb = 7335.36 m = 24065.84 ft B at Equ Level: 138.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.06 mb = 11117.56 m = 36474.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.8 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 299.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 156.8 neg: -12.3 tot: 144.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 78.51 m/s