MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 35.36,-81.36 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -81.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 SFC 978 264 29.7 22.8 67 6.9 24.6 232 7 304.7 308.1 298.5 359.0 18.16 2 950 525 26.8 21.1 71 5.7 22.6 235 10 304.4 307.5 297.5 354.4 16.77 3 900 1000 22.2 20.0 88 2.2 20.6 238 11 304.4 307.4 297.4 353.8 16.58 4 850 1495 18.3 17.5 95 0.8 17.7 264 12 305.3 308.0 296.6 349.9 14.94 5 800 2014 15.2 14.5 95 0.7 14.7 299 16 307.4 309.9 296.0 346.9 13.09 6 750 2559 11.6 10.0 90 1.6 10.6 297 27 309.1 311.1 294.4 340.6 10.33 7 700 3133 8.2 3.7 73 4.5 5.6 287 30 311.6 313.0 292.7 333.8 7.17 8 650 3742 5.8 -4.9 46 10.8 0.5 278 30 315.5 316.3 291.3 328.6 4.08 9 600 4393 2.5 -19.4 18 21.8 -5.2 283 32 319.0 319.3 289.9 323.7 1.38 10 550 5090 -1.7 -40.1 3 38.4 -9.9 281 34 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.9 0.21 11 500 5839 -7.0 -43.0 4 36.0 -13.6 278 32 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.1 0.17 12 450 6651 -12.5 -37.1 11 24.6 -17.3 282 31 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.35 13 400 7540 -18.1 -35.8 20 17.7 -21.4 281 29 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.1 0.45 14 350 8522 -25.4 -27.9 80 2.5 -25.9 281 40 334.5 334.7 294.0 338.6 1.11 15 300 9620 -34.3 -40.9 51 6.6 -35.1 276 46 337.0 337.1 293.9 338.4 0.36 16 250 10870 -44.1 -57.5 21 13.4 -44.7 267 50 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.7 0.06 17 200 12323 -56.1 -59.7 64 3.6 -56.2 248 47 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14102 -65.2 -77.4 17 12.2 -65.3 260 48 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.9 0.01 19 100 16572 -68.0 -88.5 4 20.5 -68.1 256 27 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.60 m Freezing level: 570.13 mb = 4809.31 m = 15778.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.24 mb = 3801.73 m = 12472.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.39 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.78 mb = 1138.01 m = 3733.59 ft T: 21.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 36.11 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.19 mb = 1321.65 m = 4336.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.90 C = 85.82 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.58 C Showalter Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.50 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 281.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2606.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.67 mb = 1257.14 m = 4124.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 858.67 mb = 1407.09 m = 4616.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.67 mb = 13754.52 m = 45125.83 ft B at Equ Level: 2598.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.6 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 310.6 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.7 neg: -12.4 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 52.18 Bulk Shear: 49.95 m/s