MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1001 58 32.7 21.8 53 10.9 24.7 234 7 305.7 308.8 297.8 355.5 16.61 1 1000 69 32.1 20.9 52 11.2 24.0 232 6 305.3 308.2 297.1 352.4 15.75 2 950 528 27.4 19.5 62 8.0 21.8 231 10 305.0 307.8 296.7 350.2 15.14 3 900 1004 22.9 18.5 76 4.4 19.8 229 11 305.1 307.9 296.6 349.9 15.02 4 850 1499 18.1 17.1 94 1.1 17.4 228 14 305.2 307.9 296.4 348.7 14.57 5 800 2017 14.5 12.9 90 1.6 13.4 251 25 306.6 308.8 294.8 342.0 11.77 6 750 2559 10.8 7.6 80 3.2 8.9 258 34 308.3 309.9 293.0 335.0 8.76 7 700 3131 7.3 1.8 68 5.5 4.2 259 36 310.5 311.7 291.7 329.8 6.23 8 650 3739 4.7 -3.8 54 8.4 0.5 259 37 314.2 315.1 291.3 328.4 4.45 9 600 4386 0.6 -4.4 69 4.9 -1.9 257 39 316.8 317.7 292.2 331.6 4.62 10 550 5080 -2.7 -12.1 48 9.4 -6.5 267 41 320.9 321.4 291.7 330.0 2.76 11 500 5830 -6.8 -16.6 46 9.8 -10.4 269 42 324.7 325.1 292.2 331.9 2.09 12 450 6644 -12.3 -18.6 59 6.3 -14.4 272 37 327.7 328.1 292.9 334.5 1.95 13 400 7535 -17.7 -19.7 84 2.1 -18.3 278 33 332.0 332.4 294.1 339.0 2.00 14 350 8520 -24.0 -36.9 29 12.9 -26.2 282 27 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.1 0.46 15 300 9624 -33.6 -53.0 12 19.4 -35.1 334 34 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 16 250 10876 -43.3 -50.3 46 7.0 -43.7 296 55 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.15 17 200 12333 -56.3 -67.5 23 11.2 -56.5 302 55 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.02 18 150 14113 -63.4 -77.0 14 13.6 -63.6 259 53 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16575 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 274 29 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.93 m Freezing level: 591.09 mb = 4509.96 m = 14796.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.58 mb = 3869.83 m = 12696.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.51 % Est. max temperature: 32.11 C = 89.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 856.00 mb = 1438.40 m = 4719.12 ft T: 18.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 27.08 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.04 mb = 1559.35 m = 5115.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -4.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.55 C Showalter Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.97 C Cross Totals Index: 23.91 C K Index: 36.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1821.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.19 mb = 1527.64 m = 5011.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 832.19 mb = 1680.03 m = 5511.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.19 mb = 13259.83 m = 43502.86 ft B at Equ Level: 1801.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.0 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 288.0 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 140.2 neg: -1.0 tot: 139.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 46.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.93 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.11 Bulk Rich Number: 26.12 Bulk Shear: 69.73 m/s