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: 36.17,-79.4 Latitude: 36.17 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 SFC 982 207 26.4 23.8 85 2.7 24.5 278 4 301.2 304.7 298.2 357.9 19.22 2 950 498 26.0 21.1 75 4.9 22.5 238 14 303.6 306.7 297.4 353.6 16.85 3 900 973 22.5 19.4 83 3.1 20.3 226 20 304.7 307.6 297.1 352.3 15.97 4 850 1468 18.3 17.6 95 0.7 17.8 223 22 305.3 308.1 296.7 350.2 15.02 5 800 1987 15.0 14.4 96 0.6 14.6 223 26 307.1 309.5 295.8 346.2 12.99 6 750 2531 11.4 10.7 95 0.7 10.9 235 29 308.9 311.0 294.7 341.8 10.81 7 700 3105 7.9 5.8 87 2.1 6.6 253 33 311.2 312.8 293.5 336.8 8.31 8 650 3713 4.5 1.2 79 3.3 2.7 259 40 314.1 315.3 292.9 334.2 6.42 9 600 4361 0.1 -4.9 69 5.0 -2.3 262 51 316.2 317.1 291.8 330.4 4.41 10 550 5051 -5.6 -8.8 78 3.2 -7.0 260 56 317.5 318.2 291.5 329.1 3.58 11 500 5791 -9.7 -18.7 48 9.0 -12.6 260 51 321.2 321.5 290.9 327.1 1.74 12 450 6596 -14.8 -20.3 63 5.5 -16.5 250 42 324.6 324.9 291.8 330.4 1.69 13 400 7477 -21.2 -24.8 73 3.6 -22.1 240 31 327.5 327.7 292.3 332.0 1.28 14 350 8448 -27.9 -30.4 79 2.5 -28.3 230 28 331.2 331.3 292.9 334.3 0.87 15 300 9539 -35.5 -38.8 71 3.4 -35.9 232 32 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.0 0.44 16 250 10785 -44.1 -48.2 63 4.2 -44.3 229 42 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.3 0.19 17 200 12238 -57.5 -61.0 64 3.6 -57.5 245 49 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.05 18 150 14012 -63.7 -75.9 17 12.3 -63.8 234 54 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16523 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 240 31 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.49 m Freezing level: 599.14 mb = 4372.48 m = 14345.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4052.14 m = 13294.27 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.08 % Est. max temperature: 31.19 C = 88.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.82 mb = 545.93 m = 1791.08 ft T: 25.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 30.74 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.23 mb = 1314.42 m = 4312.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.36 C = 86.64 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -8.05 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.67 C Showalter Index: -6.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.30 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.02 C Cross Totals Index: 27.28 C K Index: 43.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 530.89 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3119.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.02 mb = 1138.11 m = 3733.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.02 mb = 1488.31 m = 4882.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.02 mb = 13691.20 m = 44918.08 ft B at Equ Level: 3081.60 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.7 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 281.7 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 3.8 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 37.01 Bulk Shear: 84.27 m/s