MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 58 29.9 22.9 66 7.0 24.7 259 8 302.7 306.0 297.7 355.3 17.73 1 1000 94 28.9 22.0 66 6.9 23.9 259 7 302.0 305.1 297.0 351.9 16.87 2 950 548 24.1 20.6 81 3.6 21.6 263 11 301.7 304.7 296.5 349.6 16.27 3 900 1019 21.0 17.0 78 4.0 18.2 281 20 303.2 305.7 295.2 343.6 13.64 4 850 1513 17.8 14.1 79 3.7 15.4 271 22 304.8 307.0 294.5 340.7 12.01 5 800 2029 14.1 10.8 81 3.3 12.0 256 28 306.2 308.1 293.6 337.1 10.26 6 750 2570 10.4 6.5 77 3.9 8.0 249 31 307.8 309.4 292.4 332.5 8.10 7 700 3141 6.5 3.6 82 2.8 4.9 252 34 309.7 311.0 292.2 331.6 7.12 8 650 3747 2.9 0.7 85 2.2 1.7 254 36 312.2 313.4 292.1 331.5 6.19 9 600 4391 -0.3 -3.9 77 3.6 -2.0 256 34 315.8 316.7 292.0 331.1 4.79 10 550 5083 -3.5 -6.6 79 3.1 -5.0 265 30 319.9 320.7 292.7 333.7 4.24 11 500 5831 -7.5 -14.8 55 7.4 -10.2 281 29 323.9 324.4 292.3 332.1 2.42 12 450 6643 -12.8 -15.8 78 3.0 -13.9 288 33 327.2 327.7 293.2 335.7 2.49 13 400 7531 -19.0 -21.8 79 2.7 -19.8 272 24 330.2 330.6 293.3 336.1 1.68 14 350 8512 -25.5 -31.3 58 5.8 -26.6 255 29 334.3 334.5 293.6 337.3 0.80 15 300 9612 -33.6 -42.6 40 9.0 -34.6 254 29 338.0 338.1 294.1 339.2 0.30 16 250 10861 -45.0 -52.2 44 7.3 -45.3 260 37 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.7 0.12 17 200 12311 -56.2 -62.5 46 6.2 -56.3 273 55 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.04 18 150 14106 -64.7 -79.8 11 15.1 -64.8 278 33 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16565 -66.3 -86.8 4 20.5 -66.4 264 19 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.60 m Freezing level: 604.43 mb = 4333.50 m = 14217.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.51 mb = 4029.88 m = 13221.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.86 C = 89.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.87 mb = 953.05 m = 3126.76 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.18 C/km ThetaE index: 24.18 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.48 mb = 1376.79 m = 4516.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.78 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -4.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.85 C Showalter Index: -0.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.26 C Cross Totals Index: 21.59 C K Index: 36.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1841.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.80 mb = 1098.30 m = 3603.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.80 mb = 1645.69 m = 5399.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.80 mb = 13079.75 m = 42912.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1829.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.80 mb = 16165.92 m = 53037.14 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.9 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 290.9 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.7 neg: -2.9 tot: 36.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 40.00 Bulk Shear: 46.04 m/s