MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 7 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 1004 59 26.0 21.0 74 5.1 22.5 178 3 298.9 301.8 295.4 344.8 15.76 1 1000 91 26.5 20.7 70 5.9 22.4 194 6 299.7 302.5 295.6 345.1 15.53 2 950 546 26.2 18.8 63 7.5 21.0 251 13 303.8 306.5 296.0 346.9 14.49 3 900 1020 22.1 17.2 74 4.9 18.7 264 17 304.3 306.8 295.6 345.4 13.82 4 850 1514 17.8 15.8 88 2.0 16.4 264 18 304.8 307.2 295.4 344.8 13.40 5 800 2031 14.3 9.5 73 4.8 11.3 286 11 306.4 308.1 292.9 334.5 9.33 6 750 2573 11.3 2.5 55 8.7 6.4 286 12 308.8 310.0 291.0 327.7 6.13 7 700 3147 9.4 0.1 52 9.3 4.4 285 16 312.9 313.9 291.7 330.1 5.51 8 650 3757 5.3 -4.2 50 9.5 0.6 275 19 314.9 315.8 291.3 328.7 4.30 9 600 4405 0.8 -2.8 77 3.6 -1.0 278 24 317.1 318.1 292.7 333.7 5.19 10 550 5099 -3.7 -4.8 92 1.1 -4.3 279 28 319.7 320.6 293.2 335.4 4.87 11 500 5846 -8.0 -9.9 87 1.8 -8.8 274 26 323.2 323.9 293.1 335.2 3.62 12 450 6658 -12.8 -13.5 95 0.7 -13.1 277 27 327.1 327.7 293.6 337.2 2.99 13 400 7547 -18.4 -20.7 82 2.3 -19.1 272 26 331.1 331.4 293.7 337.5 1.84 14 350 8530 -24.6 -36.7 32 12.1 -26.6 259 25 335.6 335.7 293.7 337.4 0.47 15 300 9634 -33.2 -37.4 66 4.1 -33.8 252 34 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.5 0.51 16 250 10887 -44.0 -49.2 56 5.3 -44.3 273 44 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.17 17 200 12339 -57.1 -60.7 64 3.6 -57.2 286 49 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 18 150 14118 -65.5 -76.6 20 11.1 -65.6 295 45 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16590 -67.0 -88.8 3 21.8 -67.1 287 16 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.57 m Freezing level: 590.94 mb = 4531.19 m = 14865.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.54 mb = 3990.36 m = 13091.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.89 C = 89.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.27 mb = 711.12 m = 2333.05 ft T: 24.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 19.20 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 837.70 mb = 1638.37 m = 5375.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.15 C Showalter Index: -3.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.66 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.84 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 264.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.96 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1062.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.07 mb = 1342.35 m = 4403.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.07 mb = 2008.56 m = 6589.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.07 mb = 12919.83 m = 42387.39 ft B at Equ Level: 1050.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.07 mb = 15374.36 m = 50440.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.4 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 304.4 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 78.2 neg: -8.1 tot: 70.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.49 Bulk Rich Number: 47.60 Bulk Shear: 22.32 m/s