MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.01,-85.48 Latitude: 36.01 Longitude: -85.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 SFC 970 359 24.9 23.9 94 1.0 24.2 156 3 300.6 304.2 298.4 358.3 19.61 2 950 546 24.9 21.8 83 3.1 22.6 195 5 302.4 305.6 297.5 354.3 17.53 3 900 1021 22.4 19.3 83 3.1 20.2 254 15 304.6 307.5 297.0 351.8 15.82 4 850 1516 18.3 17.9 97 0.4 18.1 255 17 305.4 308.2 296.9 351.3 15.37 5 800 2034 14.3 13.7 96 0.7 13.9 260 23 306.4 308.7 295.2 343.6 12.38 6 750 2576 11.0 5.0 66 6.0 7.5 260 25 308.5 309.9 292.0 330.9 7.30 7 700 3151 9.9 1.2 55 8.7 5.1 254 28 313.4 314.6 292.3 332.1 5.96 8 650 3762 6.0 -5.0 45 11.1 0.6 259 31 315.8 316.6 291.3 328.8 4.05 9 600 4414 2.4 -10.0 40 12.3 -3.0 263 34 318.8 319.4 291.3 328.7 2.98 10 550 5109 -3.2 -8.2 68 5.0 -5.5 259 37 320.3 321.0 292.4 332.5 3.74 11 500 5855 -9.2 -12.9 74 3.7 -10.6 255 44 321.9 322.4 292.1 331.3 2.83 12 450 6664 -13.2 -16.0 79 2.8 -14.2 254 49 326.6 327.1 293.0 334.9 2.43 13 400 7553 -17.7 -20.1 82 2.4 -18.4 279 44 332.0 332.3 294.0 338.8 1.94 14 350 8542 -23.4 -25.8 81 2.4 -24.0 274 32 337.2 337.5 294.8 342.0 1.34 15 300 9649 -32.8 -36.0 73 3.2 -33.3 271 34 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.59 16 250 10903 -43.6 -47.6 65 4.0 -43.9 277 30 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.21 17 200 12358 -56.2 -64.2 36 8.1 -56.3 280 30 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.03 18 150 14140 -66.1 -73.5 35 7.4 -66.2 297 38 356.2 356.2 298.0 356.2 0.01 19 100 16605 -67.1 -87.1 4 20.0 -67.2 272 25 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.45 m Freezing level: 578.89 mb = 4707.36 m = 15443.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.66 mb = 3867.46 m = 12688.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.21 C = 86.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.03 mb = 481.11 m = 1578.42 ft T: 24.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 27.42 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 864.45 mb = 1370.09 m = 4495.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lifted Index: -7.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -6.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.51 C Cross Totals Index: 27.08 C K Index: 36.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 403.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2302.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.96 mb = 1166.97 m = 3828.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.96 mb = 1516.54 m = 4975.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.96 mb = 13741.29 m = 45082.42 ft B at Equ Level: 2299.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.9 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.32 Bulk Rich Number: 29.99 Bulk Shear: 76.79 m/s