MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 8 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 24.4 23.8 97 0.6 24.0 188 9 297.3 300.7 297.0 351.9 18.85 1 1000 83 24.3 23.7 96 0.6 23.9 187 9 297.4 300.8 297.0 351.7 18.72 2 950 534 24.1 17.3 66 6.8 19.4 187 18 301.7 304.1 294.4 340.5 13.17 3 900 1006 21.6 14.2 63 7.4 16.7 198 9 303.8 305.9 293.7 337.8 11.42 4 850 1499 18.2 13.5 74 4.6 15.1 256 5 305.2 307.3 294.3 339.8 11.55 5 800 2016 14.7 12.2 85 2.5 13.0 304 10 306.8 308.9 294.4 340.6 11.21 6 750 2559 10.7 7.5 81 3.1 8.8 303 15 308.2 309.8 293.0 334.7 8.73 7 700 3131 7.6 0.7 62 6.9 3.9 296 14 310.9 312.0 291.4 328.8 5.76 8 650 3740 5.3 -10.7 30 16.0 -1.6 293 20 314.9 315.4 289.8 323.4 2.59 9 600 4387 0.4 -8.0 53 8.4 -3.4 280 29 316.6 317.3 291.1 327.9 3.48 10 550 5078 -3.8 -21.7 23 17.9 -9.4 270 35 319.6 319.8 289.9 323.8 1.23 11 500 5824 -8.3 -40.8 5 32.5 -14.3 267 38 323.0 323.0 289.9 323.8 0.22 12 450 6632 -13.5 -36.2 13 22.7 -17.9 262 38 326.3 326.4 291.1 327.7 0.39 13 400 7518 -19.5 -28.2 46 8.7 -21.5 267 39 329.6 329.8 292.5 333.0 0.94 14 350 8495 -25.9 -31.3 60 5.4 -26.9 250 43 333.8 334.0 293.5 336.8 0.80 15 300 9598 -32.4 -35.7 72 3.3 -32.9 235 39 339.7 339.8 294.8 342.0 0.61 16 250 10857 -42.8 -46.1 70 3.3 -43.0 233 37 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.5 0.25 17 200 12318 -55.9 -59.8 61 3.9 -56.0 231 32 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14084 -68.6 -73.1 52 4.6 -68.6 238 32 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.0 0.01 19 100 16549 -64.4 -88.3 2 23.9 -64.6 277 28 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.65 m Freezing level: 595.04 mb = 4455.58 m = 14617.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.33 mb = 3560.50 m = 11681.29 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.12 % Est. max temperature: 32.22 C = 89.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.06 mb = 126.85 m = 416.17 ft T: 24.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 17.23 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1786.20 m = 5860.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.20 C = 91.77 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -2.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.96 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.44 C Cross Totals Index: 21.80 C K Index: 33.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 562.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 105.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.26 mb = 1158.00 m = 3799.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 759.26 mb = 2456.01 m = 8057.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 289.26 mb = 9850.17 m = 32316.43 ft B at Equ Level: 562.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.26 mb = 14535.43 m = 47687.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.7 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 301.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 26.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.8 neg: -30.6 tot: 2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.06 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 7.63 Bulk Shear: 73.81 m/s