MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1001 58 24.0 23.6 97 0.4 23.7 189 9 297.1 300.4 296.8 350.9 18.59 1 1000 69 24.0 23.6 98 0.4 23.7 189 8 297.1 300.5 296.8 351.0 18.61 2 950 519 23.9 21.1 84 2.9 21.9 230 23 301.5 304.5 296.8 350.9 16.78 3 900 992 21.2 18.2 83 3.0 19.1 230 18 303.4 306.1 296.0 347.2 14.79 4 850 1485 18.0 15.4 85 2.6 16.3 225 15 305.0 307.5 295.3 344.1 13.06 5 800 2002 14.5 11.2 80 3.3 12.4 231 13 306.6 308.6 293.9 338.2 10.48 6 750 2545 11.0 4.5 64 6.5 7.2 234 15 308.5 309.8 291.7 330.1 7.05 7 700 3118 9.1 -5.1 36 14.2 2.2 243 20 312.5 313.3 290.1 324.4 3.74 8 650 3728 5.0 -9.8 33 14.8 -1.4 258 23 314.6 315.1 289.9 323.6 2.78 9 600 4374 0.4 -16.4 27 16.8 -5.7 269 32 316.6 316.9 289.5 322.5 1.77 10 550 5066 -4.1 -8.0 74 3.9 -5.8 271 37 319.2 319.9 292.2 331.6 3.81 11 500 5811 -9.1 -13.2 72 4.1 -10.7 266 36 321.9 322.5 292.0 331.2 2.76 12 450 6618 -13.4 -21.5 50 8.1 -15.8 255 39 326.4 326.7 292.2 331.7 1.52 13 400 7504 -19.7 -22.8 76 3.1 -20.5 263 43 329.4 329.8 293.0 334.9 1.54 14 350 8484 -25.9 -30.5 65 4.6 -26.8 262 34 333.8 334.0 293.6 337.0 0.86 15 300 9584 -33.4 -42.7 39 9.3 -34.4 242 37 338.3 338.4 294.2 339.5 0.29 16 250 10837 -43.8 -54.2 31 10.4 -44.3 230 35 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.10 17 200 12291 -55.9 -62.2 45 6.3 -56.1 221 35 344.2 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.04 18 150 14069 -65.9 -73.2 35 7.3 -66.0 263 44 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16545 -65.3 -87.4 3 22.1 -65.5 278 24 401.5 401.5 305.4 401.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.86 m Freezing level: 595.37 mb = 4438.19 m = 14560.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.57 mb = 3483.79 m = 11429.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.17 mb = 111.64 m = 366.28 ft T: 23.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 28.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1211.91 m = 3976.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.06 C = 87.92 F Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lifted Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.51 C K Index: 28.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.19 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1965.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.15 mb = 798.29 m = 2619.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.15 mb = 1635.58 m = 5366.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.15 mb = 13111.08 m = 43014.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1964.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.9 at 23.8 knts Storm direction: 283.9 at 17.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.3 neg: -39.9 tot: 81.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.18 Bulk Rich Number: 81.17 Bulk Shear: 24.21 m/s