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: 35.94,-79.42 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -79.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 988 196 28.0 21.3 67 6.7 23.1 233 5 302.1 305.1 296.7 350.2 16.29 2 950 548 26.2 18.4 62 7.8 20.7 240 14 303.8 306.4 295.7 345.8 14.14 3 900 1022 21.7 17.5 77 4.2 18.8 242 15 303.8 306.4 295.7 345.7 14.08 4 850 1515 17.0 16.1 94 0.9 16.4 242 16 303.9 306.5 295.4 344.5 13.65 5 800 2030 13.4 11.4 87 2.1 12.1 267 16 305.5 307.4 293.7 337.4 10.63 6 750 2571 10.4 8.5 88 1.9 9.2 294 19 307.9 309.6 293.4 336.2 9.33 7 700 3143 7.1 5.3 88 1.8 6.1 299 23 310.4 311.9 293.1 335.1 8.03 8 650 3750 3.8 1.5 85 2.3 2.5 293 24 313.2 314.5 292.7 333.8 6.56 9 600 4396 0.3 -3.9 74 4.1 -1.7 296 27 316.4 317.4 292.2 331.8 4.80 10 550 5089 -3.8 -12.6 51 8.7 -7.3 299 28 319.5 320.0 291.2 328.3 2.65 11 500 5834 -8.3 -23.6 28 15.3 -12.8 296 31 322.9 323.1 290.8 326.9 1.14 12 450 6644 -13.2 -36.8 12 23.5 -17.8 298 36 326.6 326.7 291.1 327.9 0.36 13 400 7530 -18.4 -50.3 4 31.9 -22.3 300 41 331.1 331.2 292.1 331.5 0.10 14 350 8513 -24.5 -57.4 3 33.0 -27.4 302 41 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.05 15 300 9620 -32.5 -48.6 18 16.2 -34.0 317 37 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.15 16 250 10873 -44.5 -48.2 66 3.7 -44.7 325 61 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.19 17 200 12326 -54.7 -67.2 20 12.4 -55.0 331 59 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 14111 -64.1 -77.1 15 13.0 -64.2 274 34 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16584 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 303 25 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.62 m Freezing level: 596.66 mb = 4442.38 m = 14574.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.60 mb = 4123.44 m = 13528.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.13 C = 86.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.87 mb = 1051.68 m = 3450.35 ft T: 21.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 23.32 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.59 mb = 1508.73 m = 4949.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.48 C Showalter Index: -3.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.29 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 39.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.39 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1175.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.36 mb = 1450.36 m = 4758.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.36 mb = 1601.43 m = 5253.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.36 mb = 12600.11 m = 41338.43 ft B at Equ Level: 1157.91 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.36 mb = 15403.51 m = 50535.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.5 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 316.5 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 31.92 Bulk Shear: 36.81 m/s