MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 36.06,-77.93 Latitude: 36.06 Longitude: -77.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 46 SFC 999 57 32.8 21.6 52 11.2 24.6 210 13 306.1 309.2 297.8 355.6 16.52 2 950 506 28.4 19.6 59 8.8 22.1 212 20 306.0 308.8 297.0 351.9 15.31 3 900 983 23.8 18.9 74 4.9 20.3 212 21 306.0 308.9 297.1 352.3 15.44 4 850 1480 19.0 17.7 92 1.3 18.1 213 23 306.0 308.8 296.9 351.4 15.12 5 800 1999 14.7 13.2 90 1.6 13.7 226 28 306.9 309.1 295.0 343.0 11.98 6 750 2542 11.2 5.3 67 5.8 7.8 247 38 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.5 7.47 7 700 3115 8.3 -0.6 54 8.9 3.6 245 40 311.7 312.6 291.2 328.0 5.24 8 650 3723 4.4 -5.5 49 9.9 -0.3 247 42 313.9 314.7 290.7 326.4 3.91 9 600 4369 -0.1 -5.5 67 5.4 -2.6 251 47 316.0 316.8 291.6 329.6 4.23 10 550 5059 -5.4 -7.7 84 2.3 -6.5 251 51 317.6 318.4 291.7 330.2 3.89 11 500 5799 -10.9 -12.0 92 1.1 -11.3 255 47 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.8 3.05 12 450 6602 -15.4 -24.8 44 9.4 -17.9 256 32 323.9 324.1 291.1 327.8 1.13 13 400 7481 -21.1 -26.3 63 5.2 -22.4 248 34 327.5 327.8 292.1 331.5 1.11 14 350 8454 -27.3 -30.1 77 2.8 -27.8 242 42 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.2 0.90 15 300 9548 -34.9 -39.3 65 4.3 -35.4 238 44 336.1 336.2 293.7 337.7 0.42 16 250 10793 -44.3 -48.6 62 4.3 -44.6 227 50 340.1 340.2 294.6 340.9 0.18 17 200 12248 -56.7 -60.4 63 3.7 -56.8 233 50 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14025 -63.7 -76.7 15 13.0 -63.8 240 46 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16528 -63.5 -87.7 2 24.2 -63.7 247 28 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.58 m Freezing level: 600.99 mb = 4356.26 m = 14292.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.23 mb = 3669.86 m = 12040.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.17 % Est. max temperature: 32.78 C = 91.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.28 mb = 1477.33 m = 4846.82 ft T: 18.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.15 C/km ThetaE index: 25.93 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.79 mb = 1603.91 m = 5262.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.96 C = 91.34 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -9.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.11 C Showalter Index: -8.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.46 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.89 C Cross Totals Index: 28.58 C K Index: 38.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 601.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2935.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.55 mb = 1575.77 m = 5169.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 835.55 mb = 1626.78 m = 5337.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.55 mb = 13415.62 m = 44013.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2918.81 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 27.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 185.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 185.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.11 Bulk Rich Number: 38.27 Bulk Shear: 76.70 m/s