MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 31.01,-77.85 Latitude: 31.01 Longitude: -77.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 -0 27.0 24.2 85 2.7 25.0 220 18 298.8 302.3 297.6 354.5 19.07 1 1000 133 25.8 22.9 84 2.8 23.7 221 22 298.9 302.2 296.8 351.1 17.87 2 950 585 23.5 13.3 53 10.2 16.9 236 26 301.1 302.9 292.0 331.0 10.17 3 900 1055 19.3 17.2 88 2.1 17.9 238 30 301.4 303.9 294.8 342.2 13.87 4 850 1544 16.9 9.7 62 7.2 12.4 242 27 303.9 305.5 291.8 330.5 8.90 5 800 2059 14.6 2.6 44 12.0 7.9 241 26 306.7 307.7 290.0 324.3 5.77 6 750 2601 11.5 -0.0 45 11.5 5.4 249 24 309.1 310.1 290.2 324.9 5.10 7 700 3175 8.4 3.3 70 5.1 5.5 260 22 311.7 313.1 292.6 333.3 6.94 8 650 3784 4.8 1.0 76 3.8 2.7 262 23 314.4 315.7 292.9 334.4 6.35 9 600 4432 0.7 -3.0 76 3.8 -1.2 259 20 317.0 318.0 292.6 333.3 5.10 10 550 5126 -3.1 -16.2 36 13.0 -7.9 269 21 320.4 320.8 290.9 327.0 1.97 11 500 5873 -7.4 -23.5 26 16.1 -12.2 272 18 324.1 324.3 291.2 328.1 1.15 12 450 6686 -12.4 -32.3 17 19.9 -16.9 261 16 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.7 0.56 13 400 7575 -17.8 -41.0 11 23.1 -21.6 250 11 331.8 331.9 292.5 332.8 0.27 14 350 8561 -24.0 -43.4 15 19.4 -26.6 297 15 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.3 0.23 15 300 9663 -33.4 -51.6 14 18.2 -34.8 142 9 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 16 250 10917 -43.4 -52.2 37 8.9 -43.9 108 8 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.12 17 200 12377 -55.7 -59.6 62 3.9 -55.8 308 27 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.06 18 150 14152 -67.4 -72.4 49 4.9 -67.5 316 20 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 19 100 16596 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 300 12 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.51 m Freezing level: 590.39 mb = 4565.55 m = 14978.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.90 mb = 4233.52 m = 13889.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.72 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 976.06 mb = 346.53 m = 1136.88 ft T: 24.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 23.45 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1809.90 m = 5937.93 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.48 C = 92.26 F Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.55 C Showalter Index: 3.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 17.02 C K Index: 28.85 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 277.02 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.37 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 106.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 112.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.57 mb = 1193.02 m = 3914.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 640.57 mb = 3902.02 m = 12801.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 380.57 mb = 7942.84 m = 26058.88 ft B at Equ Level: 105.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 240.57 mb = 11168.67 m = 36642.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.3 neg: -7.4 tot: 74.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 13.41 m/s