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: 35.61,-82.47 Latitude: 35.61 Longitude: -82.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 532 SFC 922 799 26.5 19.1 64 7.4 21.2 295 9 306.7 309.6 297.2 352.7 15.28 3 900 1007 22.8 17.3 71 5.5 19.0 294 13 305.0 307.6 295.9 346.8 13.96 4 850 1502 17.9 16.3 90 1.6 16.8 295 14 304.9 307.5 295.8 346.3 13.85 5 800 2018 14.0 12.2 89 1.8 12.8 287 19 306.1 308.2 294.3 339.8 11.23 6 750 2560 10.6 6.5 76 4.1 8.1 282 25 308.0 309.6 292.4 332.7 8.10 7 700 3133 8.5 0.8 58 7.7 4.3 277 24 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.9 5.78 8 650 3743 5.6 -6.9 40 12.5 -0.2 272 24 315.4 316.0 290.7 326.7 3.51 9 600 4392 1.9 -22.6 14 24.4 -6.0 281 27 318.3 318.5 289.3 321.9 1.04 10 550 5088 -2.0 -38.9 4 36.9 -10.0 284 34 321.7 321.8 289.6 322.6 0.24 11 500 5837 -7.4 -39.0 6 31.6 -13.7 284 36 324.0 324.1 290.3 325.0 0.26 12 450 6648 -12.8 -42.9 6 30.2 -17.8 287 40 327.2 327.2 291.1 327.9 0.19 13 400 7535 -18.3 -35.2 21 16.9 -21.5 285 43 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.1 0.48 14 350 8517 -25.6 -36.8 34 11.3 -27.3 287 49 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.46 15 300 9616 -34.3 -39.0 63 4.6 -34.9 279 53 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.6 0.44 16 250 10866 -43.6 -61.0 13 17.4 -44.3 265 47 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 17 200 12322 -55.6 -59.9 59 4.3 -55.8 253 48 344.6 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14103 -65.0 -77.5 16 12.4 -65.1 259 50 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16580 -66.4 -88.3 3 21.9 -66.5 257 21 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.74 m Freezing level: 575.74 mb = 4729.42 m = 15516.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.38 mb = 3712.69 m = 12180.58 ft Precipitable water: 1.17 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.87 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 827.76 mb = 1727.76 m = 5668.44 ft T: 16.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 30.80 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.88 mb = 1788.53 m = 5867.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.37 C = 77.67 F Cap Strength: 0.22 C Lifted Index: -3.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -3.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.33 C Cross Totals Index: 23.69 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 260.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1070.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.76 mb = 1748.35 m = 5735.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 810.76 mb = 1904.46 m = 6248.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.76 mb = 12614.86 m = 41386.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1064.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.76 mb = 15427.61 m = 50614.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.3 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 313.3 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.6 neg: -12.3 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 35.48 Bulk Shear: 30.16 m/s