MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1007 59 25.9 22.9 84 3.0 23.8 124 8 298.5 301.7 296.7 350.2 17.76 1 1000 122 25.2 22.1 83 3.1 23.0 126 9 298.4 301.5 296.1 347.9 17.00 2 950 571 20.9 20.4 97 0.4 20.6 140 13 298.4 301.3 295.6 345.3 16.13 3 900 1038 17.9 17.2 96 0.6 17.4 180 16 299.9 302.4 294.4 340.5 13.87 4 850 1526 15.5 14.5 94 1.0 14.8 212 13 302.4 304.6 294.0 338.8 12.31 5 800 2039 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 223 12 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.3 10.82 6 750 2580 10.3 8.5 89 1.8 9.2 236 14 307.7 309.5 293.3 336.0 9.33 7 700 3152 7.4 5.0 85 2.4 6.1 250 16 310.7 312.2 293.0 334.9 7.86 8 650 3760 4.2 1.5 83 2.7 2.7 260 18 313.7 315.0 292.9 334.4 6.60 9 600 4408 0.6 -2.2 82 2.8 -0.9 264 20 316.8 317.9 292.8 334.1 5.43 10 550 5101 -3.3 -5.4 86 2.0 -4.3 269 23 320.1 321.1 293.2 335.3 4.67 11 500 5851 -7.0 -8.2 91 1.2 -7.5 272 25 324.5 325.4 293.9 338.3 4.14 12 450 6666 -11.9 -13.0 92 1.1 -12.3 271 25 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.9 3.13 13 400 7558 -17.8 -19.2 89 1.4 -18.2 255 20 331.9 332.3 294.1 339.3 2.10 14 350 8542 -25.3 -29.0 71 3.7 -26.1 233 19 334.6 334.8 293.9 338.2 0.99 15 300 9641 -34.3 -41.9 46 7.6 -35.1 229 23 337.0 337.0 293.9 338.2 0.32 16 250 10888 -44.8 -51.1 49 6.3 -45.2 216 28 339.4 339.4 294.3 340.0 0.14 17 200 12338 -56.7 -61.8 52 5.1 -56.8 210 37 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14135 -61.4 -79.7 7 18.3 -61.5 279 27 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16603 -68.8 -85.9 7 17.1 -68.9 304 19 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.75 m Freezing level: 592.40 mb = 4513.11 m = 14806.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.02 mb = 4247.28 m = 13934.48 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.29 % Est. max temperature: 29.47 C = 85.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.83 mb = 435.48 m = 1428.72 ft T: 22.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.30 mb = 687.18 m = 2254.49 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.21 F Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lifted Index: -2.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.85 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 34.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.24 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1047.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.91 mb = 672.37 m = 2205.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.91 mb = 718.46 m = 2357.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.91 mb = 12531.14 m = 41112.16 ft B at Equ Level: 1045.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.91 mb = 15297.59 m = 50188.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.70 Bulk Rich Number: 14.47 Bulk Shear: 72.41 m/s