MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 34.63,-79.76 Latitude: 34.63 Longitude: -79.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 32.7 20.9 50 11.8 24.2 233 9 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.4 15.69 1 1000 87 31.2 19.9 51 11.3 23.1 233 8 304.3 307.1 296.3 348.3 14.76 2 950 544 26.4 18.8 63 7.6 21.0 235 10 304.0 306.6 296.0 347.1 14.49 3 900 1019 21.6 17.5 78 4.1 18.8 237 11 303.8 306.4 295.7 345.9 14.16 4 850 1512 18.6 12.4 67 6.2 14.6 265 23 305.7 307.6 293.8 337.8 10.71 5 800 2029 14.8 8.7 67 6.0 11.0 255 30 306.9 308.6 292.7 333.8 8.89 6 750 2572 10.9 5.6 69 5.4 7.8 252 30 308.4 309.9 292.2 331.7 7.60 7 700 3144 6.9 5.5 91 1.3 6.1 262 29 310.1 311.6 293.1 335.1 8.14 8 650 3750 3.5 0.2 79 3.4 1.7 266 34 313.0 314.1 292.2 331.7 5.97 9 600 4395 -0.3 -4.3 74 4.0 -2.3 265 33 315.7 316.6 291.9 330.5 4.63 10 550 5088 -3.0 -12.6 47 9.7 -6.8 273 28 320.6 321.1 291.5 329.3 2.63 11 500 5837 -7.1 -17.9 42 10.9 -10.9 280 23 324.4 324.8 291.9 330.8 1.86 12 450 6652 -11.7 -31.1 18 19.4 -16.3 282 24 328.5 328.7 291.9 330.9 0.63 13 400 7542 -18.0 -45.3 7 27.3 -21.9 287 31 331.6 331.7 292.3 332.3 0.17 14 350 8523 -26.1 -49.4 9 23.3 -28.5 282 34 333.6 333.6 292.8 334.1 0.12 15 300 9620 -34.2 -58.1 7 23.9 -35.7 283 44 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.3 0.05 16 250 10870 -44.1 -59.5 16 15.4 -44.7 277 45 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.05 17 200 12324 -56.1 -67.3 23 11.2 -56.3 297 47 343.8 343.9 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 14114 -63.3 -78.6 11 15.4 -63.4 283 36 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16580 -67.4 -87.8 4 20.4 -67.5 259 28 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.72 m Freezing level: 604.32 mb = 4339.54 m = 14237.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.43 mb = 4022.31 m = 13196.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.44 % Est. max temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 848.07 mb = 1531.66 m = 5025.08 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 20.73 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1795.17 m = 5889.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.61 C = 92.49 F Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lifted Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.01 C Showalter Index: 0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 19.49 C K Index: 36.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.59 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1360.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.65 mb = 1515.78 m = 4972.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.65 mb = 2085.77 m = 6843.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.65 mb = 12821.00 m = 42063.15 ft B at Equ Level: 1345.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.65 mb = 15749.09 m = 51669.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.7 at 25.2 knts Storm direction: 292.7 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.8 neg: -8.3 tot: 70.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 32.99 Bulk Shear: 41.23 m/s