MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1001 58 32.4 21.2 52 11.2 24.3 233 9 305.5 308.5 297.4 353.6 16.07 1 1000 68 32.1 20.2 50 11.9 23.6 232 8 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.4 15.10 2 950 527 27.6 18.4 57 9.2 21.1 233 13 305.2 307.8 296.1 347.5 14.17 3 900 1003 23.0 17.4 71 5.6 19.1 233 14 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.1 14.04 4 850 1498 18.2 16.5 90 1.6 17.1 233 15 305.2 307.8 296.0 347.2 14.05 5 800 2015 14.0 13.3 96 0.7 13.6 244 19 306.0 308.3 294.9 342.4 12.10 6 750 2557 10.8 9.1 89 1.7 9.7 267 29 308.3 310.1 293.8 337.8 9.71 7 700 3130 7.5 4.6 82 2.8 5.8 273 31 310.8 312.2 292.9 334.4 7.65 8 650 3738 4.5 0.4 74 4.1 2.2 277 30 314.1 315.2 292.6 333.1 6.06 9 600 4386 1.4 -5.2 62 6.6 -1.7 277 33 317.8 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.35 10 550 5081 -2.9 -15.4 37 12.5 -7.5 278 30 320.7 321.1 291.1 327.8 2.10 11 500 5829 -7.6 -24.0 26 16.3 -12.4 279 26 323.7 323.9 291.0 327.6 1.10 12 450 6641 -12.1 -48.7 3 36.6 -17.6 270 23 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.4 0.10 13 400 7531 -18.2 -55.5 2 37.3 -22.3 285 18 331.3 331.3 292.1 331.5 0.05 14 350 8513 -25.3 -54.5 5 29.2 -28.0 289 20 334.7 334.7 293.0 335.0 0.07 15 300 9612 -34.3 -56.8 8 22.5 -35.8 314 24 337.0 337.0 293.6 337.2 0.06 16 250 10859 -44.3 -52.0 42 7.6 -44.7 306 54 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.13 17 200 12312 -56.3 -65.5 31 9.2 -56.5 320 44 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.03 18 150 14098 -63.3 -77.7 13 14.3 -63.4 263 40 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16564 -67.6 -88.0 4 20.4 -67.7 276 29 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.57 m Freezing level: 583.43 mb = 4616.63 m = 15146.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.81 mb = 4097.03 m = 13441.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.60 % Est. max temperature: 32.13 C = 89.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.86 mb = 1479.14 m = 4852.76 ft T: 18.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 19.63 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.88 mb = 1702.21 m = 5584.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.48 C = 90.46 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.60 C Showalter Index: -3.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 24.17 C K Index: 39.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1490.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.16 mb = 1658.41 m = 5440.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.16 mb = 1813.02 m = 5948.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.16 mb = 12995.40 m = 42635.31 ft B at Equ Level: 1468.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.16 mb = 16030.77 m = 52593.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.2 neg: -1.2 tot: 120.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.97 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 39.39 Bulk Shear: 37.84 m/s