MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 29.7 21.5 61 8.3 23.8 256 5 302.5 305.5 296.8 350.7 16.27 1 1000 95 28.4 20.6 63 7.8 22.8 255 4 301.6 304.4 296.0 347.0 15.44 2 950 548 23.7 19.4 77 4.4 20.6 259 6 301.3 304.0 295.6 345.5 15.05 3 900 1018 21.0 13.6 63 7.4 16.1 270 17 303.2 305.2 293.2 335.7 10.95 4 850 1511 17.4 14.9 85 2.5 15.7 269 21 304.4 306.7 294.8 341.9 12.60 5 800 2027 14.8 9.7 71 5.1 11.6 262 22 306.9 308.7 293.2 335.6 9.50 6 750 2571 11.7 5.2 64 6.5 7.9 256 23 309.3 310.7 292.3 332.0 7.41 7 700 3145 8.2 0.9 60 7.4 4.2 251 23 311.6 312.7 291.6 329.8 5.83 8 650 3752 4.2 -6.8 44 11.0 -0.9 247 24 313.7 314.4 290.3 325.0 3.53 9 600 4398 -0.6 -4.1 77 3.6 -2.3 251 24 315.5 316.4 291.8 330.4 4.69 10 550 5088 -4.6 -6.1 90 1.5 -5.3 252 28 318.6 319.4 292.5 332.8 4.41 11 500 5833 -8.7 -12.0 77 3.2 -10.0 249 30 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.6 3.06 12 450 6643 -12.7 -26.3 31 13.6 -16.3 260 30 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.8 0.99 13 400 7532 -18.3 -44.7 8 26.4 -22.1 267 38 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.9 0.18 14 350 8513 -25.6 -48.1 10 22.6 -28.0 271 49 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.14 15 300 9611 -33.8 -38.5 62 4.7 -34.4 258 48 337.8 337.9 294.2 339.6 0.46 16 250 10863 -44.3 -48.8 61 4.5 -44.6 250 47 340.2 340.3 294.6 340.9 0.18 17 200 12317 -55.6 -67.3 22 11.7 -55.8 269 51 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 14117 -63.5 -79.4 10 15.9 -63.6 287 43 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16579 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 263 27 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.15 m Freezing level: 605.82 mb = 4322.36 m = 14180.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.43 mb = 3646.60 m = 11963.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.38 % Est. max temperature: 31.48 C = 88.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.02 mb = 1104.74 m = 3624.44 ft T: 20.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.31 C/km ThetaE index: 16.88 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.86 mb = 1704.82 m = 5593.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.54 C = 90.58 F Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lifted Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: -2.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.11 C Cross Totals Index: 23.56 C K Index: 33.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 777.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.36 mb = 1267.41 m = 4158.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.36 mb = 2802.84 m = 9195.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 209.36 mb = 12018.77 m = 39431.17 ft B at Equ Level: 773.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.36 mb = 14563.55 m = 47780.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 284.5 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.4 neg: -10.2 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 20.48 Bulk Shear: 37.96 m/s