MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1011 59 22.3 21.2 93 1.1 21.5 53 4 294.5 297.3 294.3 339.7 15.81 1 1000 157 20.9 20.6 98 0.3 20.7 61 5 294.0 296.8 293.9 338.2 15.47 2 950 602 19.7 19.5 99 0.2 19.6 186 7 297.2 299.9 294.6 341.2 15.22 3 900 1067 17.1 16.8 98 0.3 16.9 226 9 299.1 301.6 294.0 338.5 13.51 4 850 1554 14.8 14.2 96 0.6 14.4 248 8 301.6 303.8 293.6 337.2 12.05 5 800 2066 12.4 11.3 93 1.1 11.7 248 8 304.3 306.3 293.3 335.9 10.57 6 750 2606 9.7 8.0 89 1.7 8.7 238 9 307.1 308.8 292.9 334.4 9.02 7 700 3176 6.9 4.7 86 2.1 5.6 242 10 310.1 311.6 292.7 333.8 7.70 8 650 3783 3.9 1.5 84 2.4 2.5 242 11 313.3 314.6 292.7 333.9 6.56 9 600 4430 0.0 -0.7 95 0.7 -0.3 241 12 316.2 317.3 293.2 335.4 6.08 10 550 5123 -3.8 -4.7 94 0.9 -4.3 246 12 319.6 320.5 293.2 335.5 4.91 11 500 5870 -8.0 -9.7 88 1.7 -8.7 227 11 323.3 324.0 293.2 335.5 3.67 12 450 6682 -12.6 -14.4 86 1.8 -13.3 195 13 327.4 328.0 293.6 336.9 2.79 13 400 7573 -17.9 -20.0 84 2.1 -18.6 189 17 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.6 1.96 14 350 8557 -24.8 -27.4 79 2.6 -25.4 198 22 335.3 335.5 294.2 339.5 1.15 15 300 9660 -33.6 -36.4 75 2.9 -34.0 202 32 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.56 16 250 10909 -44.8 -48.2 69 3.4 -45.0 201 34 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.19 17 200 12360 -56.7 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.8 211 36 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14154 -62.0 -80.3 7 18.4 -62.1 271 24 363.3 363.3 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16610 -69.3 -86.5 6 17.2 -69.4 303 18 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.71 m Freezing level: 599.58 mb = 4435.55 m = 14552.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.78 mb = 4352.37 m = 14279.24 ft Precipitable water: 2.12 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.44 mb = 196.84 m = 645.79 ft T: 20.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 7.42 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 941.21 mb = 681.64 m = 2236.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.58 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 0.02 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 34.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 202.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 957.18 mb = 536.40 m = 1759.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.18 mb = 951.15 m = 3120.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 392.18 mb = 7718.18 m = 25321.82 ft B at Equ Level: 201.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.18 mb = 12608.35 m = 41365.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.3 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 267.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 48.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 8.74 Bulk Shear: 23.13 m/s