MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 34.65,-79.30 Latitude: 34.65 Longitude: -79.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 27.6 23.6 79 4.0 24.7 218 8 300.7 304.1 297.8 355.6 18.68 1 1000 59 28.0 23.5 77 4.5 24.7 213 6 301.1 304.5 297.8 355.7 18.52 2 950 514 25.6 21.1 76 4.6 22.3 216 26 303.2 306.3 297.3 353.0 16.78 3 900 989 22.0 19.4 85 2.6 20.2 216 29 304.2 307.1 297.0 351.7 15.97 4 850 1484 18.3 17.5 95 0.8 17.7 217 30 305.3 308.1 296.6 349.9 14.93 5 800 2001 14.7 14.1 96 0.6 14.3 220 30 306.9 309.3 295.6 345.3 12.78 6 750 2546 11.7 10.4 91 1.4 10.9 224 26 309.3 311.3 294.7 341.6 10.60 7 700 3121 9.1 7.2 88 1.9 8.0 230 21 312.6 314.3 294.6 341.0 9.17 8 650 3734 6.4 3.7 83 2.7 4.8 239 16 316.3 317.7 294.4 340.6 7.72 9 600 4387 2.9 -0.6 78 3.5 1.0 254 13 319.5 320.7 294.1 339.1 6.12 10 550 5087 -1.3 -6.1 69 4.9 -3.6 269 12 322.6 323.5 293.6 337.0 4.40 11 500 5841 -5.0 -13.2 53 8.1 -8.4 285 14 326.9 327.5 293.4 336.3 2.77 12 450 6660 -10.9 -19.3 50 8.4 -13.7 282 16 329.5 329.9 293.3 335.9 1.84 13 400 7556 -15.9 -23.2 53 7.3 -18.0 281 21 334.3 334.6 294.2 339.6 1.47 14 350 8548 -23.4 -31.7 46 8.3 -25.1 275 26 337.2 337.4 294.3 340.1 0.77 15 300 9654 -33.1 -38.3 60 5.2 -33.8 264 25 338.7 338.8 294.4 340.5 0.47 16 250 10906 -43.7 -46.9 70 3.2 -43.9 271 34 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.1 0.22 17 200 12365 -55.4 -59.2 62 3.8 -55.5 281 49 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14138 -69.2 -73.6 53 4.4 -69.3 276 50 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.01 19 100 16585 -67.2 -87.6 4 20.4 -67.4 278 34 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.39 m Freezing level: 565.12 mb = 4875.41 m = 15995.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.03 mb = 4535.76 m = 14880.93 ft Precipitable water: 2.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.39 % Est. max temperature: 32.20 C = 89.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.95 mb = 561.17 m = 1841.08 ft T: 25.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.21 C/km ThetaE index: 19.72 C Layer 950.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.88 mb = 1263.59 m = 4145.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -3.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.37 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 45.78 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.30 C Cross Totals Index: 22.49 C K Index: 38.86 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 284.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.71 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2056.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.06 mb = 1026.68 m = 3368.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.06 mb = 1472.82 m = 4832.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 141.06 mb = 14508.50 m = 47599.50 ft B at Equ Level: 2006.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 3.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.1 neg: -4.9 tot: 71.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.98 Bulk Rich Number: 372.31 Bulk Shear: 5.52 m/s