MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 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 23.1 22.8 98 0.3 22.9 116 4 295.7 298.9 295.8 346.4 17.63 1 1000 117 22.9 22.6 98 0.4 22.7 127 6 296.1 299.3 295.8 346.5 17.49 2 950 565 21.8 20.3 91 1.6 20.8 218 17 299.4 302.3 295.7 346.0 15.97 3 900 1033 18.4 17.4 94 1.0 17.7 239 18 300.4 303.0 294.7 341.4 13.99 4 850 1522 15.7 14.6 93 1.2 15.0 251 16 302.6 304.9 294.1 339.2 12.35 5 800 2036 13.3 11.4 89 1.8 12.1 250 13 305.3 307.3 293.6 337.2 10.66 6 750 2577 10.4 8.1 85 2.4 9.0 246 12 307.9 309.6 293.2 335.5 9.07 7 700 3150 7.8 4.5 80 3.3 5.9 248 12 311.1 312.5 292.9 334.5 7.58 8 650 3758 4.9 -0.8 67 5.7 1.9 276 11 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.1 5.57 9 600 4407 1.4 -5.2 62 6.6 -1.8 305 13 317.7 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.33 10 550 5102 -3.4 -6.2 81 2.8 -4.7 307 9 320.1 320.9 292.9 334.3 4.37 11 500 5849 -8.3 -13.0 69 4.7 -10.1 286 9 322.9 323.5 292.3 332.3 2.81 12 450 6660 -12.6 -30.6 21 18.1 -16.8 279 15 327.4 327.6 291.7 329.8 0.66 13 400 7547 -19.0 -32.5 29 13.4 -21.8 264 18 330.2 330.4 292.4 332.5 0.62 14 350 8526 -26.6 -44.7 16 18.2 -28.7 251 19 332.9 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.20 15 300 9618 -35.3 -52.1 16 16.7 -36.5 245 26 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 16 250 10860 -46.0 -57.4 26 11.5 -46.4 226 33 337.7 337.7 293.8 338.0 0.07 17 200 12309 -55.2 -72.1 11 16.8 -55.5 230 33 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.3 0.01 18 150 14121 -59.5 -81.2 4 21.7 -59.7 279 36 367.5 367.5 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16596 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 299 17 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.88 m Freezing level: 585.71 mb = 4605.65 m = 15110.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.34 mb = 4084.81 m = 13401.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.60 mb = 94.33 m = 309.47 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.96 C/km ThetaE index: 14.82 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 922.07 mb = 823.51 m = 2701.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.49 C Showalter Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.02 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 35.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1228.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.46 mb = 643.47 m = 2111.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 906.46 mb = 971.29 m = 3186.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.46 mb = 12421.62 m = 40752.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1211.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.46 mb = 15163.55 m = 49748.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.5 neg: -8.4 tot: 117.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 57.38 Bulk Shear: 21.41 m/s