MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.53,-82.49 Latitude: 36.53 Longitude: -82.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 960 473 25.2 20.1 73 5.1 21.6 224 7 301.9 304.7 296.1 347.8 15.59 2 950 564 23.9 19.0 74 5.0 20.5 225 7 301.5 304.2 295.4 344.7 14.67 3 900 1035 19.4 17.6 89 1.9 18.2 226 11 301.5 304.1 295.1 343.3 14.19 4 850 1524 15.6 12.3 81 3.3 13.4 245 20 302.5 304.4 292.7 333.9 10.61 5 800 2037 13.0 8.0 72 5.0 10.0 261 31 305.0 306.6 291.8 330.4 8.44 6 750 2577 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 282 33 307.7 309.3 293.0 335.0 9.00 7 700 3149 7.0 4.2 83 2.7 5.4 295 31 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.1 7.43 8 650 3755 3.3 0.3 81 3.0 1.7 304 30 312.7 313.9 292.2 331.6 6.03 9 600 4399 -0.8 -4.0 79 3.2 -2.4 303 32 315.2 316.1 291.8 330.3 4.74 10 550 5090 -4.0 -10.4 61 6.5 -6.7 301 33 319.4 320.0 291.6 329.7 3.14 11 500 5836 -7.8 -21.3 33 13.5 -12.1 306 33 323.5 323.8 291.2 328.3 1.39 12 450 6646 -13.5 -17.5 71 4.1 -14.8 310 26 326.3 326.7 292.7 333.7 2.14 13 400 7533 -18.7 -20.8 84 2.1 -19.3 292 20 330.7 331.0 293.6 337.1 1.83 14 350 8514 -25.7 -28.2 79 2.5 -26.2 273 19 334.1 334.4 293.9 338.1 1.07 15 300 9614 -33.9 -36.8 75 3.0 -34.3 273 32 337.7 337.8 294.3 339.7 0.54 16 250 10864 -44.6 -47.9 70 3.3 -44.9 271 43 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.5 0.20 17 200 12312 -56.1 -65.1 31 9.0 -56.3 310 62 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14100 -64.5 -77.4 16 12.8 -64.6 274 40 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16575 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.2 277 30 402.1 402.1 305.5 402.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.43 m Freezing level: 609.60 mb = 4275.72 m = 14027.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.04 mb = 4018.63 m = 13184.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.36 % Est. max temperature: 27.79 C = 82.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.01 mb = 1120.53 m = 3676.24 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.23 mb = 1411.68 m = 4631.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.59 C = 78.05 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.44 C Showalter Index: 1.58 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.41 C Cross Totals Index: 20.10 C K Index: 32.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 353.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 637.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.50 mb = 1339.69 m = 4395.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 853.50 mb = 1488.92 m = 4884.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.50 mb = 11591.19 m = 38028.38 ft B at Equ Level: 635.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.50 mb = 14370.47 m = 47146.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.8 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 320.8 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 271.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 271.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 7.44 Bulk Shear: 85.59 m/s