MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 18Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 34.88,-82.51 Latitude: 34.88 Longitude: -82.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 SFC 973 306 28.2 23.0 73 5.2 24.4 239 13 303.7 307.2 298.5 358.9 18.52 2 950 521 25.7 21.8 79 3.9 22.9 240 20 303.3 306.6 297.8 355.6 17.60 3 900 995 21.7 19.8 89 1.8 20.4 238 25 303.8 306.9 297.2 352.6 16.39 4 850 1489 17.8 17.6 98 0.2 17.7 240 28 304.8 307.6 296.5 349.7 15.03 5 800 2006 14.1 13.4 96 0.6 13.7 252 35 306.1 308.4 295.0 342.8 12.20 6 750 2549 11.2 9.0 86 2.2 9.8 260 34 308.7 310.5 293.9 338.1 9.66 7 700 3123 8.3 4.1 75 4.2 5.9 264 39 311.7 313.1 292.9 334.5 7.35 8 650 3732 4.4 -3.2 58 7.6 0.6 257 40 313.9 314.8 291.3 328.6 4.64 9 600 4378 -0.1 -7.9 56 7.8 -3.6 250 44 316.0 316.7 291.0 327.4 3.53 10 550 5068 -5.6 -10.6 68 5.0 -7.7 247 51 317.4 318.0 291.0 327.6 3.10 11 500 5806 -11.5 -13.7 84 2.2 -12.3 251 56 319.1 319.6 291.1 327.9 2.66 12 450 6607 -16.1 -18.2 83 2.2 -16.7 253 53 323.0 323.4 291.7 329.9 2.02 13 400 7485 -21.0 -23.8 78 2.8 -21.7 258 42 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.6 1.40 14 350 8460 -26.9 -30.2 74 3.3 -27.5 258 36 332.5 332.7 293.3 335.7 0.89 15 300 9555 -34.5 -38.3 68 3.8 -35.0 256 36 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.6 0.47 16 250 10803 -44.0 -47.8 66 3.8 -44.2 248 38 340.7 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.20 17 200 12257 -57.3 -60.9 64 3.6 -57.4 249 50 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.05 18 150 14040 -63.3 -75.7 17 12.4 -63.4 240 40 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16533 -64.1 -88.2 2 24.1 -64.3 218 23 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.59 m Freezing level: 601.19 mb = 4362.39 m = 14312.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.72 mb = 3822.47 m = 12540.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.81 % Est. max temperature: 30.01 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.78 mb = 968.07 m = 3176.06 ft T: 21.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 31.47 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.12 mb = 1207.93 m = 3962.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -9.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.39 C Showalter Index: -8.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.31 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.28 C Cross Totals Index: 29.03 C K Index: 42.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3222.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 80.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.35 mb = 1137.07 m = 3730.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 870.35 mb = 1284.82 m = 4215.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.35 mb = 13626.51 m = 44705.86 ft B at Equ Level: 3195.29 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 39.6 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 29.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 149.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 146.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.59 Bulk Rich Number: 54.67 Bulk Shear: 58.94 m/s