MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 7 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 1005 59 27.5 21.8 71 5.7 23.4 189 3 300.2 303.2 296.4 348.8 16.57 1 1000 104 28.4 20.5 62 7.9 22.8 204 5 301.5 304.4 295.9 346.8 15.36 2 950 560 26.1 17.3 58 8.8 20.0 260 10 303.7 306.1 295.0 342.8 13.18 3 900 1033 21.6 16.3 72 5.3 17.9 264 13 303.7 306.1 294.9 342.4 13.02 4 850 1526 16.8 15.3 91 1.5 15.8 265 13 303.7 306.1 294.8 342.2 12.96 5 800 2040 12.9 12.2 95 0.7 12.4 267 16 304.9 307.0 293.9 338.5 11.22 6 750 2581 9.9 8.8 93 1.1 9.3 294 16 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.3 9.55 7 700 3152 6.9 4.8 87 2.0 5.7 312 16 310.1 311.6 292.8 334.0 7.75 8 650 3759 3.7 0.8 81 3.0 2.1 318 17 313.2 314.4 292.4 332.7 6.24 9 600 4405 0.1 -3.2 78 3.3 -1.5 308 17 316.3 317.2 292.3 332.4 5.04 10 550 5098 -3.3 -7.6 72 4.3 -5.2 304 16 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.1 3.93 11 500 5847 -7.1 -19.1 38 11.9 -11.2 301 19 324.3 324.7 291.7 330.2 1.69 12 450 6660 -11.9 -19.8 52 7.9 -14.5 305 25 328.2 328.6 292.9 334.4 1.76 13 400 7552 -17.3 -41.8 10 24.5 -21.3 300 17 332.5 332.5 292.6 333.4 0.24 14 350 8539 -24.0 -47.1 10 23.0 -26.8 318 3 336.4 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.16 15 300 9642 -34.0 -49.0 21 15.0 -35.3 281 25 337.4 337.5 293.8 338.0 0.15 16 250 10890 -44.7 -52.0 44 7.4 -45.0 282 34 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.12 17 200 12340 -56.5 -62.7 45 6.2 -56.6 299 56 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14129 -65.3 -76.1 21 10.8 -65.4 273 33 357.6 357.6 298.2 357.6 0.01 19 100 16588 -66.6 -86.9 4 20.3 -66.7 312 19 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.34 m Freezing level: 598.01 mb = 4432.55 m = 14542.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.93 mb = 4128.14 m = 13543.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.19 % Est. max temperature: 31.01 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.43 mb = 789.41 m = 2589.90 ft T: 23.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 16.41 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.60 mb = 1610.24 m = 5282.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.20 C = 88.16 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.97 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.44 C K Index: 37.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 852.27 mb = 1503.00 m = 4931.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.27 mb = 1755.88 m = 5760.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 197.27 mb = 12425.48 m = 40765.51 ft B at Equ Level: 719.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.27 mb = 14667.06 m = 48119.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 76.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 36.19 Bulk Shear: 20.01 m/s