MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 34.86,-86.50 Latitude: 34.86 Longitude: -86.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 981 268 26.7 23.6 83 3.1 24.4 243 11 301.5 304.9 298.2 357.4 18.95 2 950 554 24.3 22.0 87 2.4 22.6 246 20 301.9 305.2 297.5 354.3 17.74 3 900 1027 20.5 20.3 99 0.1 20.4 249 25 302.6 305.7 297.2 352.7 16.91 4 850 1519 17.2 17.0 99 0.2 17.0 264 33 304.2 306.8 296.0 347.2 14.45 5 800 2035 14.0 12.0 88 2.0 12.7 269 33 306.0 308.1 294.1 339.3 11.07 6 750 2578 11.3 6.4 71 5.0 8.3 275 27 308.9 310.4 292.6 333.4 8.04 7 700 3153 8.9 0.8 57 8.1 4.5 275 25 312.3 313.4 291.8 330.5 5.79 8 650 3761 5.0 -6.7 43 11.6 -0.4 275 26 314.6 315.3 290.6 326.1 3.57 9 600 4408 0.5 -20.4 19 20.9 -6.4 277 28 316.7 317.0 289.0 321.0 1.26 10 550 5099 -4.8 -18.6 33 13.8 -9.4 277 29 318.4 318.7 289.9 323.8 1.60 11 500 5841 -9.5 -12.8 77 3.3 -10.8 286 32 321.4 322.0 292.0 330.9 2.85 12 450 6650 -13.7 -15.6 85 1.9 -14.4 285 44 326.0 326.5 293.0 334.6 2.52 13 400 7534 -19.6 -22.0 82 2.3 -20.3 288 41 329.5 329.8 293.1 335.3 1.65 14 350 8513 -26.0 -28.8 77 2.8 -26.6 265 42 333.7 333.9 293.7 337.4 1.01 15 300 9609 -34.6 -37.6 74 3.0 -35.0 259 57 336.6 336.7 293.9 338.5 0.50 16 250 10857 -44.5 -47.9 69 3.4 -44.7 256 63 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.20 17 200 12310 -56.0 -62.5 44 6.4 -56.2 279 69 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.04 18 150 14107 -61.8 -79.4 8 17.7 -61.9 277 52 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16571 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 278 29 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.40 m Freezing level: 595.16 mb = 4475.17 m = 14682.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.56 mb = 3703.87 m = 12151.65 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.03 mb = 665.23 m = 2182.48 ft T: 23.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 36.42 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.45 mb = 964.27 m = 3163.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.73 C = 81.91 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -7.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: -5.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.74 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 35.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 386.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.29 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2827.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.79 mb = 922.48 m = 3026.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 895.79 mb = 1066.97 m = 3500.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.79 mb = 13481.62 m = 44230.49 ft B at Equ Level: 2794.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.5 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 302.5 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 64.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 139.7 neg: -11.9 tot: 127.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.46 Bulk Rich Number: 102.16 Bulk Shear: 27.68 m/s