MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 34.9,-82.22 Latitude: 34.90 Longitude: -82.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 SFC 981 266 24.3 20.6 80 3.7 21.7 241 8 299.0 301.9 295.5 345.0 15.76 2 950 549 20.5 18.7 90 1.7 19.3 241 19 298.0 300.6 294.3 339.9 14.45 3 900 1017 19.5 16.4 82 3.1 17.4 236 29 301.6 304.0 294.4 340.2 13.12 4 850 1508 17.3 13.8 80 3.5 15.0 232 30 304.3 306.5 294.1 339.4 11.78 5 800 2024 14.5 11.3 81 3.3 12.4 230 29 306.7 308.6 293.9 338.5 10.56 6 750 2568 11.5 8.6 82 2.9 9.7 230 26 309.1 310.9 293.7 337.7 9.39 7 700 3142 8.3 5.7 83 2.6 6.8 236 22 311.7 313.3 293.6 337.1 8.23 8 650 3751 4.6 2.1 84 2.4 3.2 253 17 314.1 315.4 293.2 335.7 6.88 9 600 4399 1.1 -1.4 83 2.5 -0.2 275 17 317.4 318.5 293.2 335.7 5.76 10 550 5095 -2.3 -17.0 31 14.7 -7.7 288 29 321.3 321.7 291.0 327.6 1.83 11 500 5844 -7.0 -26.7 19 19.7 -12.5 283 35 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.86 12 450 6657 -12.3 -48.4 3 36.1 -17.6 283 38 327.8 327.8 291.2 328.2 0.11 13 400 7546 -17.9 -43.6 9 25.8 -21.7 282 44 331.8 331.8 292.4 332.6 0.20 14 350 8530 -25.1 -35.7 37 10.6 -26.8 283 47 335.0 335.1 293.6 336.9 0.52 15 300 9630 -34.0 -38.6 63 4.5 -34.6 276 55 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.1 0.45 16 250 10881 -43.6 -48.9 56 5.2 -44.0 259 36 341.2 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.18 17 200 12338 -55.9 -60.1 60 4.2 -56.0 280 52 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14116 -65.9 -76.2 22 10.3 -66.0 285 44 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16588 -68.1 -87.9 4 19.9 -68.2 272 20 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.52 m Freezing level: 584.22 mb = 4619.04 m = 15154.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.16 mb = 4356.88 m = 14294.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.36 C = 86.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.14 mb = 731.48 m = 2399.84 ft T: 20.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 5.08 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 826.95 mb = 1741.93 m = 5714.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.57 C = 87.03 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.41 C Showalter Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.35 C Cross Totals Index: 20.88 C K Index: 35.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 382.85 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 132.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 97.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.16 mb = 1062.91 m = 3487.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.16 mb = 3500.17 m = 11483.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 280.16 mb = 10099.23 m = 33133.55 ft B at Equ Level: 132.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 200.16 mb = 12332.79 m = 40461.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.8 neg: -33.4 tot: 33.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 10.37 Bulk Shear: 12.82 m/s