MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1002 58 31.9 21.4 54 10.5 24.3 234 6 304.8 307.9 297.3 353.3 16.23 1 1000 80 30.5 20.5 55 10.0 23.3 232 5 303.7 306.5 296.5 349.4 15.38 2 950 536 25.8 19.2 67 6.6 21.1 234 7 303.4 306.1 296.1 347.5 14.86 3 900 1009 21.1 18.0 82 3.1 19.0 236 8 303.3 306.0 295.9 346.6 14.61 4 850 1502 18.1 11.8 67 6.3 14.0 265 17 305.1 307.0 293.3 335.9 10.26 5 800 2019 14.6 11.3 81 3.3 12.4 258 25 306.7 308.7 293.9 338.5 10.55 6 750 2562 10.9 8.2 83 2.7 9.2 254 28 308.4 310.1 293.4 336.2 9.14 7 700 3134 7.9 2.1 67 5.7 4.7 244 29 311.2 312.4 292.0 331.0 6.40 8 650 3743 4.6 -0.8 68 5.4 1.7 241 30 314.2 315.2 292.2 331.7 5.55 9 600 4389 -0.1 -2.6 83 2.6 -1.4 243 34 316.0 317.0 292.4 332.7 5.25 10 550 5083 -3.3 -8.0 70 4.7 -5.4 251 38 320.2 321.0 292.4 332.7 3.82 11 500 5831 -7.3 -9.0 88 1.7 -8.1 258 44 324.1 324.9 293.6 337.0 3.89 12 450 6644 -12.6 -17.6 66 4.9 -14.3 271 44 327.4 327.8 293.0 334.7 2.14 13 400 7535 -17.4 -26.4 45 9.0 -19.7 279 44 332.4 332.6 293.4 336.4 1.10 14 350 8519 -25.1 -39.8 24 14.6 -27.3 277 38 334.9 334.9 293.4 336.2 0.34 15 300 9620 -34.0 -40.7 51 6.7 -34.8 278 28 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.8 0.36 16 250 10868 -44.5 -55.3 29 10.8 -45.0 287 28 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.08 17 200 12320 -56.3 -61.1 55 4.8 -56.5 321 86 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.8 0.05 18 150 14116 -63.4 -78.6 11 15.2 -63.5 278 31 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16583 -68.5 -86.7 6 18.2 -68.5 278 28 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.89 m Freezing level: 601.03 mb = 4376.13 m = 14357.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.32 mb = 4094.34 m = 13432.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.30 % Est. max temperature: 32.07 C = 89.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 861.76 mb = 1383.40 m = 4538.65 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 17.45 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.09 mb = 1622.17 m = 5322.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.53 C = 90.56 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -3.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: 1.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.48 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 19.08 C K Index: 31.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.72 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1419.98 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.86 mb = 1372.46 m = 4502.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 807.86 mb = 1935.24 m = 6349.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.86 mb = 13052.59 m = 42822.93 ft B at Equ Level: 1391.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.86 mb = 16122.98 m = 52896.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 20.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.2 neg: -14.1 tot: 27.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 24.25 Bulk Shear: 58.54 m/s