MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 59 22.4 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 107 3 294.9 297.9 295.1 343.3 16.93 1 1000 130 21.9 21.8 99 0.1 21.8 121 5 295.0 298.0 295.0 342.7 16.62 2 950 576 21.2 20.2 94 1.0 20.5 223 10 298.7 301.6 295.5 345.0 15.91 3 900 1044 18.4 17.1 93 1.2 17.5 222 11 300.4 302.9 294.5 340.9 13.79 4 850 1533 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.7 220 9 303.0 305.2 293.9 338.4 11.96 5 800 2047 13.2 11.3 88 1.9 12.0 236 10 305.2 307.2 293.6 336.9 10.58 6 750 2588 10.4 8.2 86 2.2 9.0 245 11 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.5 9.12 7 700 3160 7.6 4.5 81 3.1 5.8 263 11 310.9 312.4 292.9 334.3 7.58 8 650 3769 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.6 301 7 314.4 315.6 292.8 334.0 6.23 9 600 4418 0.9 -2.8 76 3.7 -1.0 318 8 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.7 5.19 10 550 5111 -3.4 -5.6 84 2.2 -4.5 310 9 320.1 320.9 293.0 334.9 4.57 11 500 5859 -7.9 -8.7 94 0.8 -8.3 288 9 323.4 324.1 293.4 336.4 3.95 12 450 6671 -12.8 -21.2 49 8.5 -15.4 277 13 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.6 1.56 13 400 7559 -18.6 -32.7 28 14.1 -21.4 274 20 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.1 0.61 14 350 8540 -25.8 -33.2 50 7.4 -27.1 258 21 334.0 334.1 293.4 336.5 0.67 15 300 9638 -34.1 -42.4 43 8.3 -35.0 255 21 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.6 0.31 16 250 10887 -44.4 -53.5 36 9.1 -44.9 254 23 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.10 17 200 12343 -54.9 -65.6 25 10.8 -55.1 248 31 345.8 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14146 -61.4 -79.5 7 18.1 -61.5 284 32 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16612 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.4 -68.4 318 18 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.48 m Freezing level: 589.72 mb = 4560.20 m = 14961.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.66 mb = 4235.17 m = 13894.75 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.49 mb = 82.37 m = 270.22 ft T: 22.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 11.30 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 921.88 mb = 836.07 m = 2742.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lifted Index: -2.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.12 C Showalter Index: -0.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.00 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 730.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.17 mb = 602.21 m = 1975.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.17 mb = 1312.45 m = 4305.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.17 mb = 11656.89 m = 38243.92 ft B at Equ Level: 727.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.17 mb = 14471.85 m = 47479.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 60.9 neg: -3.7 tot: 57.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 52.13 Bulk Shear: 14.01 m/s