MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 58 25.6 22.0 81 3.6 23.0 259 5 298.4 301.5 296.1 347.4 16.84 1 1000 92 25.1 21.7 81 3.4 22.7 260 4 298.3 301.3 295.8 346.4 16.57 2 950 542 23.7 16.4 64 7.3 18.7 319 8 301.2 303.5 293.7 337.8 12.43 3 900 1013 21.0 16.9 78 4.0 18.2 263 13 303.1 305.6 295.1 343.4 13.59 4 850 1506 18.2 12.9 71 5.3 14.7 266 17 305.2 307.3 293.9 338.4 11.08 5 800 2024 15.1 10.0 71 5.1 11.9 257 19 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.6 9.68 6 750 2568 12.0 5.5 64 6.5 8.2 257 20 309.6 311.0 292.4 332.8 7.57 7 700 3142 8.3 2.3 66 6.0 4.9 260 20 311.7 312.9 292.2 331.8 6.46 8 650 3750 4.2 -1.7 65 6.0 1.2 264 19 313.8 314.8 291.7 330.1 5.19 9 600 4396 0.0 -7.2 58 7.2 -3.3 258 21 316.1 316.9 291.2 328.1 3.71 10 550 5088 -3.9 -8.1 72 4.2 -5.8 260 26 319.5 320.2 292.2 331.8 3.77 11 500 5834 -8.6 -11.8 78 3.2 -9.9 256 26 322.5 323.1 292.5 332.8 3.09 12 450 6644 -12.9 -16.0 78 3.1 -14.0 271 31 327.0 327.5 293.2 335.4 2.44 13 400 7533 -18.7 -22.6 71 3.9 -19.8 270 37 330.7 331.0 293.4 336.2 1.55 14 350 8515 -25.0 -28.7 71 3.7 -25.8 259 41 335.1 335.3 294.0 338.9 1.02 15 300 9617 -33.1 -41.1 45 8.0 -34.1 256 43 338.7 338.7 294.3 340.0 0.35 16 250 10870 -44.3 -48.5 62 4.3 -44.5 250 46 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.19 17 200 12323 -56.4 -65.5 31 9.1 -56.5 274 52 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14113 -63.2 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.3 284 38 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16575 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 269 18 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.36 m Freezing level: 599.75 mb = 4399.73 m = 14434.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.62 mb = 3918.16 m = 12854.69 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.75 % Est. max temperature: 32.21 C = 89.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 952.89 mb = 515.40 m = 1690.94 ft T: 23.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.29 C/km ThetaE index: 15.26 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.27 mb = 1967.52 m = 6455.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.25 C = 93.64 F Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.54 C K Index: 33.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 348.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 145.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.61 mb = 1201.26 m = 3941.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 685.61 mb = 3312.50 m = 10867.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.61 mb = 9718.61 m = 31884.83 ft B at Equ Level: 347.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.61 mb = 13497.19 m = 44281.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.4 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 291.4 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.1 neg: -13.8 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 12.35 Bulk Shear: 28.22 m/s