MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 29.2 21.5 63 7.7 23.7 242 8 302.3 305.3 296.8 350.6 16.38 1 1000 88 28.2 20.9 64 7.3 22.9 243 7 301.3 304.2 296.1 347.5 15.70 2 950 540 23.4 19.2 77 4.2 20.4 248 11 300.9 303.6 295.4 344.6 14.88 3 900 1010 20.5 13.2 63 7.3 15.7 262 21 302.6 304.6 292.9 334.2 10.64 4 850 1502 17.2 12.2 72 5.1 14.0 249 23 304.2 306.2 293.2 335.6 10.53 5 800 2017 14.0 10.3 78 3.8 11.7 244 29 306.1 307.9 293.3 335.8 9.87 6 750 2559 10.1 7.6 84 2.5 8.6 242 30 307.5 309.2 292.8 334.1 8.75 7 700 3129 6.4 4.2 86 2.3 5.2 243 30 309.6 311.0 292.3 332.4 7.40 8 650 3734 2.9 0.9 86 2.1 1.8 252 29 312.3 313.5 292.2 331.9 6.28 9 600 4379 -0.6 -2.1 89 1.5 -1.4 261 32 315.4 316.5 292.4 332.8 5.47 10 550 5069 -4.7 -7.3 82 2.6 -5.8 261 35 318.5 319.3 292.2 331.6 4.03 11 500 5813 -8.4 -24.2 27 15.8 -12.9 265 38 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.6 1.08 12 450 6626 -11.7 -52.1 2 40.4 -17.3 264 34 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.8 0.07 13 400 7517 -17.6 -56.1 2 38.5 -21.9 274 35 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 14 350 8500 -25.7 -47.4 11 21.8 -28.1 274 42 334.2 334.2 293.0 334.8 0.15 15 300 9598 -33.9 -42.7 41 8.8 -34.8 267 54 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.30 16 250 10848 -44.8 -51.7 46 6.9 -45.2 269 62 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.0 0.13 17 200 12301 -55.5 -69.0 17 13.5 -55.7 269 51 344.9 344.9 295.5 344.9 0.02 18 150 14088 -64.4 -78.7 12 14.3 -64.5 279 46 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16557 -66.5 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.6 263 25 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.41 m Freezing level: 608.20 mb = 4273.01 m = 14018.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.51 mb = 4095.17 m = 13435.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.14 C = 88.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.05 mb = 1048.11 m = 3438.63 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 16.49 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.57 mb = 1657.48 m = 5437.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.77 C = 89.18 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.14 C Showalter Index: 0.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.20 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 288.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.76 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 671.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 875.71 mb = 1245.51 m = 4086.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 780.71 mb = 2221.85 m = 7289.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.71 mb = 11659.08 m = 38251.11 ft B at Equ Level: 669.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.71 mb = 14477.07 m = 47496.38 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.2 neg: -2.3 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 14.28 Bulk Shear: 47.04 m/s