MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 91 SFC 999 103 29.5 20.9 60 8.7 23.3 243 4 302.8 305.7 296.5 349.4 15.75 2 950 546 26.0 18.3 62 7.7 20.6 249 11 303.6 306.2 295.6 345.2 14.03 3 900 1020 21.5 17.3 77 4.3 18.6 250 13 303.7 306.3 295.5 345.0 13.91 4 850 1513 17.0 15.8 92 1.2 16.2 251 14 304.0 306.5 295.3 343.9 13.41 5 800 2028 13.6 11.2 86 2.3 12.1 283 16 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.2 10.52 6 750 2569 9.8 5.3 74 4.5 7.2 307 22 307.2 308.6 291.7 329.9 7.46 7 700 3139 7.5 -2.4 50 9.9 2.5 303 22 310.8 311.7 290.3 325.2 4.59 8 650 3747 4.6 -8.0 39 12.6 -1.1 303 27 314.2 314.8 290.1 324.5 3.21 9 600 4393 0.3 -4.7 69 5.0 -2.1 302 27 316.5 317.3 291.9 330.9 4.49 10 550 5086 -4.0 -8.7 70 4.6 -6.1 299 29 319.3 320.0 292.0 331.1 3.61 11 500 5832 -8.2 -14.1 63 5.9 -10.5 299 33 323.0 323.5 292.2 331.6 2.56 12 450 6642 -12.9 -26.6 31 13.7 -16.5 296 36 327.0 327.1 291.8 330.4 0.96 13 400 7530 -18.7 -35.4 22 16.7 -21.8 294 37 330.7 330.8 292.4 332.5 0.47 14 350 8511 -25.3 -41.5 21 16.2 -27.5 292 39 334.7 334.7 293.3 335.8 0.29 15 300 9614 -32.5 -50.8 14 18.3 -34.1 299 30 339.6 339.6 294.3 340.1 0.12 16 250 10870 -43.9 -50.9 46 7.0 -44.3 324 55 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.14 17 200 12325 -55.4 -65.6 27 10.2 -55.6 338 54 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14111 -63.4 -77.5 13 14.1 -63.6 274 32 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16583 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 307 26 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.93 m Freezing level: 596.42 mb = 4443.06 m = 14576.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.05 mb = 3559.37 m = 11677.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.11 % Est. max temperature: 30.77 C = 87.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.10 mb = 1203.14 m = 3947.27 ft T: 19.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 24.87 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.66 mb = 1536.51 m = 5040.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.80 C = 87.44 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -3.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -2.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.05 C K Index: 31.21 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 257.82 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1106.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.76 mb = 1454.76 m = 4772.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.76 mb = 1707.59 m = 5602.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.76 mb = 12618.40 m = 41398.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1089.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.76 mb = 15432.29 m = 50630.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 22.0 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 16.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.5 neg: -1.1 tot: 85.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.47 Bulk Rich Number: 27.34 Bulk Shear: 40.47 m/s