MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1004 59 25.2 21.1 78 4.0 22.3 209 4 298.0 300.9 295.3 344.2 15.92 1 1000 89 25.4 20.8 76 4.6 22.2 219 7 298.6 301.4 295.3 344.2 15.67 2 950 543 25.7 17.3 60 8.4 19.9 265 17 303.2 305.7 294.9 342.4 13.19 3 900 1016 21.2 16.2 73 5.0 17.8 261 16 303.4 305.8 294.8 341.9 12.98 4 850 1509 17.7 12.6 72 5.1 14.4 263 17 304.7 306.7 293.6 337.2 10.86 5 800 2025 14.5 9.3 71 5.2 11.3 265 16 306.6 308.3 292.9 334.6 9.26 6 750 2568 11.0 5.4 68 5.6 7.7 270 20 308.5 309.9 292.1 331.5 7.51 7 700 3140 7.1 2.5 72 4.6 4.6 265 25 310.4 311.6 291.9 330.7 6.56 8 650 3746 3.2 1.0 85 2.2 2.0 260 28 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.3 6.32 9 600 4390 -0.7 -1.1 97 0.4 -0.9 253 32 315.3 316.4 292.7 333.9 5.89 10 550 5081 -4.8 -5.5 94 0.8 -5.1 253 27 318.4 319.3 292.6 333.3 4.60 11 500 5826 -8.1 -9.7 89 1.6 -8.8 249 26 323.1 323.8 293.2 335.3 3.67 12 450 6638 -13.0 -15.4 82 2.4 -13.9 260 29 326.9 327.4 293.2 335.7 2.57 13 400 7528 -17.7 -19.8 83 2.2 -18.3 269 31 332.0 332.4 294.1 339.0 1.98 14 350 8513 -24.5 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.1 262 28 335.7 335.9 294.3 340.0 1.18 15 300 9617 -33.3 -36.2 75 2.9 -33.7 260 28 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.6 0.58 16 250 10867 -45.0 -48.5 68 3.5 -45.2 265 34 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12320 -55.6 -58.8 67 3.2 -55.7 293 46 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.07 18 150 14106 -64.6 -77.5 15 12.9 -64.7 286 34 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16577 -66.2 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.3 252 13 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.17 m Freezing level: 609.40 mb = 4269.29 m = 14006.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.98 mb = 4178.76 m = 13709.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.50 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.38 mb = 576.89 m = 1892.66 ft T: 25.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 13.54 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 818.55 mb = 1829.97 m = 6003.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.04 C = 91.48 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -0.13 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.84 C Cross Totals Index: 20.75 C K Index: 33.81 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 615.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 79.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.68 mb = 1351.47 m = 4433.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.68 mb = 2448.88 m = 8034.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.68 mb = 11679.05 m = 38316.64 ft B at Equ Level: 614.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.68 mb = 14497.42 m = 47563.12 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.4 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 288.4 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 52.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 35.60 Bulk Shear: 17.30 m/s