MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 35.87,-78.78 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -78.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 103 20.6 19.8 95 0.8 20.1 58 6 293.4 296.0 293.1 335.1 14.64 1 1000 136 20.2 19.6 96 0.6 19.8 57 6 293.4 296.0 293.0 334.7 14.53 2 950 578 18.2 18.1 99 0.2 18.1 94 23 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.5 13.85 3 900 1042 16.8 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 132 22 298.8 301.3 293.7 337.7 13.33 4 850 1529 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.3 172 13 302.3 304.7 294.4 340.5 12.94 5 800 2043 12.8 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 207 8 304.7 306.9 294.1 339.1 11.49 6 750 2583 10.2 8.3 88 1.9 9.0 299 3 307.6 309.4 293.2 335.5 9.20 7 700 3155 7.0 4.9 87 2.0 5.8 304 4 310.2 311.7 292.9 334.2 7.81 8 650 3761 3.5 2.5 93 1.0 2.9 210 4 312.9 314.3 293.0 335.0 7.08 9 600 4407 0.2 -0.1 98 0.3 0.0 240 6 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.4 6.34 10 550 5101 -3.4 -3.8 97 0.3 -3.6 247 10 320.0 321.0 293.6 337.0 5.27 11 500 5850 -7.4 -8.5 92 1.0 -7.9 248 16 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.4 4.04 12 450 6664 -11.9 -13.2 90 1.3 -12.4 250 19 328.3 328.9 294.0 338.7 3.07 13 400 7557 -17.6 -19.4 86 1.8 -18.1 247 20 332.2 332.6 294.1 339.4 2.06 14 350 8542 -24.5 -26.9 80 2.4 -25.1 236 20 335.7 335.9 294.3 340.1 1.20 15 300 9645 -33.4 -36.3 75 2.9 -33.8 221 23 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.5 0.57 16 250 10898 -43.9 -47.3 69 3.4 -44.1 212 30 340.8 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.22 17 200 12349 -57.4 -61.3 61 3.9 -57.5 205 41 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14135 -63.1 -75.7 16 12.7 -63.2 266 24 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16599 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 300 17 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.87 m Freezing level: 597.56 mb = 4441.38 m = 14571.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.73 mb = 4411.08 m = 14471.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.19 C = 84.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.55 mb = 200.52 m = 657.87 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.53 mb = 627.70 m = 2059.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.20 C = 73.76 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.83 C Cross Totals Index: 22.69 C K Index: 36.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 225.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3686.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.96 mb = 587.63 m = 1927.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.8 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 226.8 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -33.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.5 neg: -1.4 tot: 207.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.8 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 55.58 m/s