MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.24,-78.90 Latitude: 36.24 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 54 SFC 988 163 31.4 21.7 57 9.7 24.3 222 9 305.6 308.7 297.9 356.0 16.82 2 950 511 26.7 19.3 64 7.4 21.5 223 12 304.3 307.1 296.4 349.1 15.04 3 900 986 22.1 18.2 79 3.9 19.4 224 14 304.3 307.0 296.3 348.3 14.78 4 850 1480 18.1 14.6 80 3.5 15.8 244 19 305.1 307.4 294.8 342.3 12.43 5 800 1997 14.9 10.8 76 4.1 12.3 253 30 307.0 308.9 293.8 337.8 10.20 6 750 2540 10.8 8.4 85 2.4 9.3 246 33 308.3 310.0 293.4 336.4 9.26 7 700 3113 7.8 4.9 82 3.0 6.1 250 38 311.2 312.6 293.1 335.2 7.78 8 650 3721 4.5 -1.7 64 6.2 1.3 256 43 314.0 315.0 291.8 330.4 5.19 9 600 4368 1.0 -17.2 24 18.2 -5.6 265 43 317.3 317.6 289.6 322.8 1.66 10 550 5064 -2.4 -10.8 52 8.5 -6.0 268 45 321.3 321.9 292.1 331.4 3.04 11 500 5813 -6.7 -23.0 26 16.3 -11.6 267 52 324.9 325.1 291.5 329.1 1.20 12 450 6627 -11.8 -24.7 33 12.9 -15.4 266 46 328.4 328.6 292.4 332.4 1.14 13 400 7519 -17.3 -28.5 37 11.3 -20.0 266 41 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.9 0.91 14 350 8504 -24.8 -40.1 23 15.3 -27.1 251 37 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.6 0.33 15 300 9605 -33.5 -47.7 23 14.2 -34.8 247 34 338.1 338.2 294.0 338.8 0.17 16 250 10857 -44.1 -52.5 39 8.4 -44.5 272 33 340.5 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.12 17 200 12309 -57.0 -65.6 33 8.5 -57.2 274 38 342.4 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.03 18 150 14084 -64.7 -75.6 21 10.9 -64.8 256 36 358.7 358.7 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16544 -67.2 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.3 260 37 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5759.07 m Freezing level: 585.17 mb = 4574.56 m = 15008.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.84 mb = 3836.11 m = 12585.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.35 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.46 mb = 1383.98 m = 4540.57 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.37 C/km ThetaE index: 33.17 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1552.55 m = 5093.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.17 C = 88.11 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -3.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -0.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.32 C K Index: 36.47 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.81 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1722.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.12 mb = 1447.97 m = 4750.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.12 mb = 1702.33 m = 5585.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.12 mb = 13380.80 m = 43899.73 ft B at Equ Level: 1698.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 145.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 145.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 19.16 Bulk Shear: 89.89 m/s