MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 35.27,-78.98 Latitude: 35.27 Longitude: -78.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 75 25.5 21.9 81 3.6 22.9 233 5 298.5 301.6 296.0 347.3 16.76 1 1000 91 25.3 21.5 80 3.8 22.6 234 4 298.4 301.4 295.7 346.0 16.36 2 950 541 23.3 19.5 79 3.8 20.6 273 22 300.8 303.6 295.6 345.5 15.21 3 900 1012 21.0 16.0 73 5.0 17.7 263 22 303.2 305.6 294.6 341.2 12.83 4 850 1505 17.9 13.1 73 4.9 14.7 252 24 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.4 11.20 5 800 2022 14.4 11.5 82 2.9 12.6 240 27 306.5 308.5 294.0 338.8 10.72 6 750 2564 10.4 7.5 82 2.9 8.7 234 29 307.9 309.5 292.9 334.4 8.73 7 700 3135 6.5 4.2 85 2.4 5.2 236 27 309.7 311.1 292.4 332.5 7.40 8 650 3740 2.6 0.6 87 1.9 1.5 238 24 311.9 313.0 292.0 331.1 6.18 9 600 4382 -1.8 -3.7 87 1.8 -2.7 238 20 314.0 314.9 291.6 329.4 4.87 10 550 5070 -5.6 -6.8 91 1.3 -6.1 226 23 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.0 4.17 11 500 5814 -8.4 -9.6 91 1.2 -8.9 237 27 322.8 323.5 293.1 335.1 3.70 12 450 6624 -12.9 -15.6 80 2.7 -13.9 258 31 327.0 327.5 293.2 335.6 2.53 13 400 7514 -17.8 -28.9 37 11.1 -20.4 275 31 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.1 0.88 14 350 8498 -25.1 -50.5 8 25.3 -27.8 279 35 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 15 300 9595 -34.7 -44.9 35 10.2 -35.7 263 40 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.23 16 250 10846 -43.8 -46.9 72 3.0 -44.0 255 53 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.8 0.23 17 200 12299 -56.8 -60.6 63 3.7 -56.9 260 69 342.7 342.8 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14083 -63.6 -76.9 15 13.3 -63.7 292 44 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16549 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 265 16 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.73 m Freezing level: 620.77 mb = 4115.43 m = 13501.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.96 mb = 3965.83 m = 13011.10 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.57 % Est. max temperature: 31.88 C = 89.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 950.97 mb = 532.12 m = 1745.77 ft T: 23.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 9.39 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1595.76 m = 5235.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lifted Index: -3.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.55 C Showalter Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.33 C Cross Totals Index: 21.47 C K Index: 37.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.77 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1092.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.52 mb = 1045.75 m = 3430.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.52 mb = 2111.25 m = 6926.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.52 mb = 12567.42 m = 41231.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1083.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.52 mb = 15364.00 m = 50406.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.2 at 23.9 knts Storm direction: 271.2 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -20.6 tot: -3.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 46.73 Bulk Shear: 23.38 m/s