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: 36.15,-77.32 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -77.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 18 33.6 21.9 50 11.7 25.0 205 11 306.5 309.6 298.0 356.6 16.67 1 1000 47 32.9 20.8 49 12.1 24.2 205 10 306.1 309.0 297.3 353.2 15.68 2 950 507 28.2 19.7 60 8.5 22.1 206 18 305.8 308.6 297.0 351.8 15.36 3 900 984 23.5 18.6 74 4.9 20.1 207 19 305.7 308.6 296.9 351.2 15.17 4 850 1481 18.7 17.6 93 1.1 17.9 209 22 305.8 308.6 296.8 350.9 15.06 5 800 1999 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.7 225 29 306.6 308.9 295.0 342.8 12.03 6 750 2542 11.7 3.8 59 7.8 7.2 248 38 309.2 310.5 291.7 329.9 6.73 7 700 3116 8.4 0.2 56 8.2 3.9 249 41 311.7 312.8 291.5 329.0 5.53 8 650 3724 4.2 -4.6 53 8.8 -0.0 250 41 313.7 314.5 290.9 327.1 4.19 9 600 4369 -0.0 -8.5 53 8.5 -3.8 252 44 316.1 316.7 290.9 327.0 3.36 10 550 5060 -5.3 -10.7 66 5.4 -7.5 254 50 317.8 318.4 291.1 327.8 3.07 11 500 5800 -10.8 -14.0 77 3.2 -12.0 258 48 319.8 320.3 291.3 328.4 2.59 12 450 6602 -15.6 -23.3 51 7.8 -17.7 256 39 323.7 323.9 291.2 328.2 1.30 13 400 7482 -20.8 -27.7 54 6.8 -22.4 247 41 327.9 328.1 292.1 331.5 0.98 14 350 8456 -27.0 -30.2 74 3.2 -27.6 241 44 332.4 332.6 293.2 335.6 0.89 15 300 9549 -34.9 -38.6 69 3.7 -35.4 237 47 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.45 16 250 10795 -44.1 -50.7 48 6.6 -44.5 220 45 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.15 17 200 12251 -56.3 -60.0 63 3.7 -56.4 226 55 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.8 0.06 18 150 14027 -63.6 -76.9 15 13.2 -63.7 242 45 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16529 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.5 251 27 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.08 m Freezing level: 600.35 mb = 4364.96 m = 14320.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.49 mb = 3717.78 m = 12197.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.09 % Est. max temperature: 32.91 C = 91.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.54 mb = 1505.66 m = 4939.77 ft T: 18.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.14 C/km ThetaE index: 29.63 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1601.52 m = 5254.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.11 C = 91.60 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -8.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.80 C Showalter Index: -8.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.97 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.56 C Cross Totals Index: 28.41 C K Index: 38.95 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 600.76 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.50 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2700.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.88 mb = 1583.26 m = 5194.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 834.88 mb = 1634.27 m = 5361.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 164.88 mb = 13443.29 m = 44104.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2670.63 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.3 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 274.3 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 227.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.34 Bulk Rich Number: 29.36 Bulk Shear: 91.98 m/s