MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 85 SFC 980 266 28.3 22.0 69 6.3 23.7 241 10 303.2 306.4 297.5 354.4 17.24 2 950 537 23.9 20.2 80 3.7 21.3 245 13 301.4 304.3 296.3 348.2 15.89 3 900 1008 21.0 16.8 77 4.3 18.1 266 16 303.2 305.7 295.1 343.1 13.47 4 850 1503 19.0 12.3 65 6.7 14.6 299 19 306.1 308.0 293.8 338.0 10.62 5 800 2021 15.6 8.4 62 7.2 11.2 288 22 307.8 309.4 292.8 334.1 8.67 6 750 2566 12.0 5.5 64 6.6 8.2 276 23 309.6 311.1 292.5 332.8 7.55 7 700 3141 9.2 0.2 53 9.0 4.4 275 24 312.7 313.7 291.7 330.0 5.55 8 650 3751 5.9 -9.4 32 15.3 -0.9 276 24 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.1 2.89 9 600 4401 2.9 -30.4 7 33.3 -6.3 284 27 319.5 319.6 289.2 321.3 0.51 10 550 5099 -1.6 -34.3 6 32.7 -9.5 284 35 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.6 0.38 11 500 5848 -7.4 -38.4 6 31.0 -13.7 285 37 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.1 0.28 12 450 6660 -12.3 -39.0 9 26.7 -17.3 285 41 327.8 327.8 291.4 328.9 0.29 13 400 7550 -18.1 -31.0 31 13.0 -20.9 284 48 331.5 331.7 292.9 334.2 0.72 14 350 8532 -25.5 -36.1 37 10.5 -27.2 289 46 334.3 334.4 293.4 336.2 0.50 15 300 9632 -33.5 -44.3 33 10.7 -34.7 282 45 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.1 0.25 16 250 10883 -43.6 -52.0 39 8.4 -44.1 261 42 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.7 0.12 17 200 12341 -56.5 -60.5 61 3.9 -56.6 244 51 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14122 -65.4 -75.8 22 10.4 -65.5 264 46 357.4 357.4 298.2 357.4 0.01 19 100 16588 -67.7 -88.1 4 20.3 -67.8 260 21 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.17 m Freezing level: 567.68 mb = 4852.20 m = 15919.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.24 mb = 3647.02 m = 11965.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.81 C = 89.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.10 mb = 1065.08 m = 3494.30 ft T: 20.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 33.09 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.41 mb = 1847.47 m = 6061.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.26 C = 90.07 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.39 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 29.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 953.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.48 mb = 1286.86 m = 4221.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.48 mb = 2492.96 m = 8178.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 186.48 mb = 12774.00 m = 41908.95 ft B at Equ Level: 949.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.48 mb = 15660.44 m = 51378.78 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.8 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 310.8 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -3.6 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 26.01 Bulk Shear: 36.64 m/s