MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 33.72,-83.25 Latitude: 33.72 Longitude: -83.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 SFC 992 182 24.0 22.3 90 1.7 22.8 249 4 297.8 300.9 296.2 348.1 17.34 2 950 565 22.9 20.9 88 2.1 21.5 266 23 300.4 303.5 296.4 349.0 16.55 3 900 1036 20.2 18.6 91 1.5 19.1 277 26 302.3 305.1 296.0 347.2 15.18 4 850 1528 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.0 262 23 304.4 306.6 294.2 339.4 11.73 5 800 2044 14.3 8.5 68 5.8 10.7 253 19 306.4 308.0 292.4 332.7 8.74 6 750 2586 10.9 8.3 84 2.5 9.3 253 21 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.4 9.22 7 700 3159 8.0 6.0 88 1.9 6.8 246 19 311.3 312.9 293.7 337.3 8.44 8 650 3768 4.5 0.3 74 4.2 2.2 252 22 314.0 315.2 292.5 332.9 6.01 9 600 4415 -0.1 -1.0 93 0.9 -0.6 258 27 316.1 317.2 293.0 334.9 5.94 10 550 5107 -4.1 -5.9 87 1.8 -5.0 259 28 319.2 320.1 292.7 333.7 4.47 11 500 5854 -7.4 -9.3 86 2.0 -8.2 276 30 324.1 324.8 293.4 336.6 3.78 12 450 6668 -12.3 -15.9 75 3.6 -13.6 302 40 327.7 328.2 293.3 336.1 2.46 13 400 7559 -17.4 -33.0 24 15.6 -20.6 302 40 332.4 332.5 293.0 334.6 0.59 14 350 8544 -24.5 -50.1 7 25.6 -27.2 293 38 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.11 15 300 9648 -32.8 -56.0 8 23.1 -34.5 287 37 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 16 250 10904 -43.2 -52.3 36 9.2 -43.7 283 36 341.9 341.9 294.9 342.4 0.12 17 200 12361 -56.3 -60.4 60 4.1 -56.4 301 37 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14135 -64.8 -80.1 10 15.3 -64.9 294 40 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.4 0.00 19 100 16595 -69.4 -87.4 6 18.0 -69.4 296 15 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.23 m Freezing level: 600.63 mb = 4406.93 m = 14458.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.28 mb = 4277.85 m = 14034.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.97 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.15 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.99 mb = 391.88 m = 1285.69 ft T: 23.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 16.25 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 886.72 mb = 1163.96 m = 3818.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.95 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 21.14 C K Index: 36.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1365.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.15 mb = 871.60 m = 2859.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.15 mb = 1606.99 m = 5272.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.15 mb = 12937.32 m = 42444.74 ft B at Equ Level: 1361.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.15 mb = 15899.55 m = 52163.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.7 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 291.7 at 17.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 60.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.1 neg: -41.6 tot: 25.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 172.37 Bulk Shear: 7.92 m/s