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: 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 1003 58 31.3 21.4 56 9.9 24.1 236 8 304.2 307.2 297.2 352.6 16.23 1 1000 84 30.4 20.3 55 10.1 23.2 236 7 303.6 306.4 296.3 348.6 15.16 2 950 540 25.7 18.7 65 7.0 20.8 239 10 303.3 305.9 295.8 346.2 14.48 3 900 1013 21.5 15.2 67 6.4 17.2 246 13 303.7 305.9 294.3 339.8 12.13 4 850 1506 18.1 11.9 67 6.1 14.1 260 21 305.1 307.0 293.3 336.1 10.36 5 800 2022 14.7 9.7 72 5.0 11.6 263 31 306.9 308.6 293.2 335.6 9.51 6 750 2565 10.5 7.3 80 3.3 8.6 260 36 308.0 309.6 292.8 334.1 8.56 7 700 3136 6.8 5.1 89 1.7 5.8 257 37 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.3 7.91 8 650 3742 2.9 1.5 90 1.4 2.1 260 39 312.3 313.5 292.4 332.7 6.57 9 600 4387 0.1 -3.4 77 3.6 -1.7 259 37 316.2 317.2 292.3 332.0 4.95 10 550 5081 -2.6 -8.5 64 5.9 -5.3 258 33 321.0 321.7 292.5 333.0 3.65 11 500 5831 -6.9 -11.4 70 4.5 -8.8 261 27 324.6 325.3 293.2 335.3 3.19 12 450 6645 -11.9 -25.2 32 13.2 -15.6 267 28 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.1 1.10 13 400 7535 -18.1 -49.9 4 31.7 -22.2 277 31 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.10 14 350 8516 -26.3 -54.9 5 28.6 -28.8 270 35 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.5 0.06 15 300 9610 -34.7 -54.4 12 19.7 -36.0 274 42 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.08 16 250 10860 -44.1 -54.0 32 9.9 -44.6 264 54 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.8 0.10 17 200 12313 -55.9 -70.3 15 14.5 -56.1 279 48 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 18 150 14107 -62.8 -78.5 10 15.7 -62.9 279 36 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16574 -67.5 -87.8 4 20.4 -67.5 260 28 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.62 m Freezing level: 597.94 mb = 4415.38 m = 14485.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.05 mb = 4096.17 m = 13438.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.91 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.25 mb = 1312.55 m = 4306.21 ft T: 19.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.10 C/km ThetaE index: 18.50 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 819.53 mb = 1816.75 m = 5960.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.25 C = 91.85 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -2.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.51 C Showalter Index: 1.57 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.76 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.95 C Cross Totals Index: 18.81 C K Index: 35.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.20 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1048.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.60 mb = 1489.45 m = 4886.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.60 mb = 2164.26 m = 7100.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.60 mb = 12420.04 m = 40747.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1044.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.60 mb = 15138.84 m = 49667.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.2 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 288.2 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.4 neg: -6.7 tot: 75.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 17.90 Bulk Shear: 58.58 m/s