MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1003 59 24.9 21.3 80 3.7 22.3 246 4 297.8 300.7 295.4 344.3 16.05 1 1000 86 25.2 21.1 78 4.1 22.3 251 6 298.4 301.3 295.5 344.8 15.97 2 950 538 24.7 19.0 71 5.7 20.7 295 15 302.3 305.0 295.7 345.8 14.74 3 900 1011 21.7 16.9 74 4.7 18.4 259 14 303.8 306.3 295.3 344.2 13.60 4 850 1505 18.1 15.4 84 2.7 16.3 246 16 305.1 307.5 295.3 344.2 13.08 5 800 2022 14.6 10.8 78 3.8 12.1 241 15 306.7 308.7 293.7 337.5 10.21 6 750 2565 11.6 6.4 70 5.2 8.5 259 17 309.2 310.7 292.8 334.0 8.09 7 700 3140 8.6 2.6 66 6.0 5.2 271 18 312.0 313.3 292.4 332.6 6.63 8 650 3749 4.5 -0.5 70 5.0 1.8 280 22 314.1 315.2 292.2 332.0 5.68 9 600 4396 0.5 -4.4 70 4.9 -1.9 292 22 316.7 317.5 292.1 331.4 4.60 10 550 5088 -3.7 -8.5 69 4.8 -5.8 287 24 319.7 320.4 292.2 331.7 3.67 11 500 5835 -8.0 -11.7 75 3.6 -9.5 281 23 323.2 323.9 292.7 333.7 3.13 12 450 6646 -12.9 -16.3 75 3.5 -14.1 273 28 327.1 327.5 293.1 335.2 2.38 13 400 7535 -18.5 -22.8 69 4.3 -19.7 262 35 330.9 331.2 293.4 336.3 1.53 14 350 8519 -24.1 -30.4 56 6.3 -25.4 253 41 336.3 336.5 294.2 339.5 0.87 15 300 9624 -33.0 -44.7 30 11.7 -34.3 240 45 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.8 0.24 16 250 10876 -44.4 -48.0 67 3.6 -44.6 259 48 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12325 -56.8 -62.4 49 5.6 -56.9 282 58 342.7 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14117 -63.6 -80.5 8 16.9 -63.7 286 34 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16581 -67.6 -88.7 3 21.1 -67.7 277 12 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.74 m Freezing level: 594.32 mb = 4474.37 m = 14679.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.52 mb = 4059.09 m = 13317.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.49 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.26 mb = 526.19 m = 1726.34 ft T: 24.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 14.41 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.16 mb = 1654.84 m = 5429.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.70 C = 90.86 F Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lifted Index: -3.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: -2.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.58 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.12 C Cross Totals Index: 23.46 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 348.04 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 910.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.80 mb = 1158.07 m = 3799.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.80 mb = 2345.73 m = 7695.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.80 mb = 12650.98 m = 41505.32 ft B at Equ Level: 901.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.80 mb = 14995.82 m = 49198.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.7 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 304.7 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.9 neg: -12.6 tot: 30.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 94.20 Bulk Shear: 9.66 m/s