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: 35.81,-78.32 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -78.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 999 81 29.0 20.9 62 8.1 23.2 257 4 302.2 305.1 296.4 348.7 15.75 2 950 529 25.2 18.2 65 7.1 20.3 237 6 302.8 305.4 295.3 344.1 13.94 3 900 1001 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.3 218 9 302.9 305.4 295.3 343.9 13.86 4 850 1493 16.2 15.5 95 0.8 15.7 218 12 303.1 305.6 294.8 342.0 13.11 5 800 2007 13.4 11.4 88 1.9 12.1 241 28 305.4 307.4 293.7 337.4 10.68 6 750 2548 10.5 8.3 86 2.2 9.2 255 36 308.0 309.7 293.3 335.9 9.20 7 700 3120 7.4 4.8 84 2.6 5.9 256 41 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.4 7.72 8 650 3728 3.8 1.0 82 2.8 2.2 257 43 313.3 314.5 292.6 333.1 6.33 9 600 4373 -0.5 -2.0 90 1.5 -1.2 257 46 315.6 316.7 292.6 333.1 5.53 10 550 5066 -3.5 -4.2 94 0.8 -3.8 262 44 320.0 321.0 293.4 336.4 5.08 11 500 5815 -7.3 -8.3 93 1.0 -7.8 263 41 324.1 324.9 293.7 337.7 4.09 12 450 6629 -12.3 -12.7 97 0.4 -12.5 262 39 327.8 328.4 294.0 338.7 3.20 13 400 7522 -17.0 -17.3 97 0.3 -17.1 263 40 332.9 333.4 294.7 341.5 2.46 14 350 8509 -24.5 -29.8 61 5.3 -25.6 269 36 335.7 335.9 294.1 339.1 0.92 15 300 9611 -33.7 -53.5 12 19.8 -35.1 327 38 337.9 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 16 250 10862 -43.9 -48.3 62 4.4 -44.2 302 63 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.5 0.19 17 200 12315 -56.9 -63.6 43 6.7 -57.0 297 60 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14095 -61.7 -79.1 8 17.4 -61.9 255 56 363.8 363.8 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16567 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 273 32 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.15 m Freezing level: 605.30 mb = 4304.81 m = 14123.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.51 mb = 4141.25 m = 13586.61 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.53 mb = 1111.34 m = 3646.07 ft T: 19.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 15.61 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1406.10 m = 4613.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.35 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.89 C = 85.79 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: -1.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.54 C Cross Totals Index: 22.77 C K Index: 36.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 905.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.16 mb = 1350.52 m = 4430.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.16 mb = 1500.99 m = 4924.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.16 mb = 12660.02 m = 41534.98 ft B at Equ Level: 888.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.16 mb = 15006.77 m = 49234.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.1 at 31.9 knts Storm direction: 285.1 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 223.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 223.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.90 Bulk Rich Number: 9.28 Bulk Shear: 97.51 m/s