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: 35.51,-79.19 Latitude: 35.51 Longitude: -79.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 73 SFC 997 101 29.2 22.0 65 7.1 24.0 275 3 302.6 305.7 297.3 352.8 16.97 2 950 528 25.7 19.2 67 6.5 21.2 240 7 303.3 306.1 296.1 347.6 14.94 3 900 1002 21.3 18.2 82 3.1 19.1 221 10 303.5 306.2 296.0 347.3 14.76 4 850 1495 17.0 15.9 94 1.0 16.3 223 15 303.9 306.4 295.3 344.2 13.53 5 800 2010 13.8 11.8 88 2.0 12.5 251 26 305.8 307.9 294.0 338.6 10.91 6 750 2552 10.8 8.6 86 2.2 9.5 258 33 308.3 310.1 293.6 336.9 9.39 7 700 3125 7.6 5.6 87 2.0 6.4 262 36 310.9 312.4 293.3 336.0 8.16 8 650 3733 4.1 2.5 89 1.7 3.2 263 38 313.6 315.0 293.2 335.7 7.05 9 600 4380 0.1 -2.1 86 2.1 -1.0 263 40 316.2 317.2 292.7 333.6 5.48 10 550 5073 -3.4 -5.8 84 2.3 -4.6 270 44 320.0 320.9 293.0 334.7 4.52 11 500 5821 -7.4 -9.5 85 2.1 -8.3 274 45 324.0 324.7 293.4 336.4 3.72 12 450 6635 -11.6 -12.6 93 0.9 -12.0 271 41 328.6 329.3 294.2 339.6 3.23 13 400 7529 -17.7 -18.2 96 0.5 -17.9 269 37 332.0 332.5 294.3 340.0 2.29 14 350 8514 -24.2 -27.5 75 3.2 -25.0 267 28 336.1 336.3 294.4 340.3 1.15 15 300 9618 -33.2 -48.8 19 15.6 -34.6 333 36 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.3 0.15 16 250 10870 -43.7 -49.6 52 5.9 -44.0 295 55 341.1 341.2 294.7 341.8 0.17 17 200 12326 -56.4 -63.4 41 6.9 -56.6 295 59 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14105 -62.4 -76.3 14 13.9 -62.6 269 51 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16571 -68.2 -87.4 5 19.1 -68.3 272 28 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.48 m Freezing level: 599.28 mb = 4389.88 m = 14402.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.27 mb = 4216.33 m = 13832.95 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.19 mb = 1009.53 m = 3312.06 ft T: 21.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 19.20 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.18 mb = 1361.88 m = 4468.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.40 C = 86.71 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -4.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.67 C Showalter Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.74 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.39 C Cross Totals Index: 23.35 C K Index: 38.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 265.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.64 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1487.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.24 mb = 1281.78 m = 4205.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.24 mb = 1431.50 m = 4696.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.24 mb = 13108.06 m = 43004.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1455.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.24 mb = 16203.22 m = 53159.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.8 at 30.6 knts Storm direction: 291.8 at 22.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 200.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 200.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 66.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.37 Bulk Rich Number: 17.04 Bulk Shear: 87.27 m/s