MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 59 24.0 22.4 91 1.6 22.9 110 7 296.3 299.3 295.6 345.5 17.09 1 1000 148 22.5 21.7 95 0.8 22.0 113 8 295.7 298.7 295.1 343.4 16.58 2 950 594 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.3 166 17 296.8 299.5 294.3 339.9 14.90 3 900 1059 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.7 212 21 299.6 302.0 293.7 337.7 13.04 4 850 1547 15.2 13.8 92 1.4 14.3 213 16 302.1 304.2 293.5 336.9 11.78 5 800 2059 12.5 10.9 90 1.6 11.5 209 16 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.2 10.28 6 750 2599 9.7 7.7 87 2.1 8.5 206 16 307.2 308.8 292.7 333.8 8.80 7 700 3170 6.9 4.1 83 2.8 5.3 205 16 310.1 311.5 292.4 332.8 7.37 8 650 3776 3.6 -0.4 75 3.9 1.5 204 19 313.0 314.1 292.0 331.0 5.74 9 600 4422 -0.2 -3.8 76 3.6 -2.0 215 22 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.3 4.82 10 550 5115 -3.5 -7.6 73 4.1 -5.4 225 24 319.9 320.7 292.4 332.8 3.94 11 500 5863 -7.4 -12.3 68 4.9 -9.4 225 25 324.0 324.6 292.8 334.0 2.97 12 450 6676 -12.4 -17.3 67 4.9 -14.1 220 24 327.6 328.0 293.1 335.1 2.18 13 400 7566 -18.1 -20.7 80 2.6 -18.9 213 17 331.5 331.8 293.8 337.9 1.84 14 350 8550 -24.7 -27.2 80 2.5 -25.2 213 14 335.5 335.7 294.3 339.8 1.18 15 300 9653 -33.5 -36.8 72 3.3 -33.9 214 19 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.55 16 250 10902 -45.0 -48.6 67 3.6 -45.2 203 26 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12349 -56.6 -59.9 67 3.2 -56.7 203 27 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.06 18 150 14141 -62.3 -79.6 8 17.3 -62.4 267 24 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16598 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 302 20 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.54 m Freezing level: 602.28 mb = 4392.26 m = 14410.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.53 mb = 4047.14 m = 13277.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.14 mb = 260.58 m = 854.92 ft T: 21.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 14.52 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.52 mb = 561.60 m = 1842.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.48 C = 76.07 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 21.22 C K Index: 33.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 272.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 282.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.66 mb = 578.55 m = 1898.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 946.66 mb = 624.04 m = 2047.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 306.66 mb = 9495.63 m = 31153.27 ft B at Equ Level: 270.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.66 mb = 13485.32 m = 44242.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 210.1 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 240.1 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 128.0 neg: -9.5 tot: 118.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.58 Bulk Shear: 43.00 m/s