MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 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 30.3 22.7 64 7.5 24.7 295 3 303.3 306.6 297.8 355.8 17.65 1 1000 64 30.5 22.4 62 8.1 24.6 300 3 303.6 306.8 297.7 355.1 17.31 2 950 522 27.4 19.0 60 8.4 21.5 264 12 305.0 307.7 296.4 349.0 14.73 3 900 998 22.7 17.9 74 4.8 19.4 257 13 304.9 307.6 296.3 348.3 14.51 4 850 1493 18.0 16.9 93 1.1 17.2 255 13 305.0 307.7 296.2 348.0 14.39 5 800 2010 14.1 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 240 18 306.2 308.5 295.0 343.0 12.27 6 750 2553 11.5 10.0 91 1.5 10.6 255 25 309.0 311.0 294.4 340.5 10.35 7 700 3128 8.2 6.4 88 1.9 7.1 271 27 311.6 313.3 293.9 338.2 8.63 8 650 3738 5.0 2.3 82 2.7 3.5 279 29 314.7 316.0 293.4 336.6 6.97 9 600 4388 2.0 -2.4 73 4.4 -0.3 278 33 318.4 319.5 293.2 335.6 5.34 10 550 5085 -2.0 -7.8 65 5.8 -4.6 287 36 321.7 322.5 292.9 334.5 3.88 11 500 5836 -6.8 -30.9 13 24.1 -12.8 280 34 324.8 324.9 290.8 326.9 0.58 12 450 6649 -11.7 -52.1 2 40.4 -17.3 269 33 328.6 328.6 291.4 328.8 0.07 13 400 7541 -17.4 -56.0 2 38.6 -21.7 260 29 332.4 332.4 292.4 332.6 0.05 14 350 8527 -23.7 -39.5 22 15.8 -26.2 241 17 336.8 336.8 293.9 338.1 0.35 15 300 9634 -32.7 -47.3 22 14.6 -34.1 288 11 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.0 0.18 16 250 10889 -43.4 -54.3 29 11.0 -43.9 283 39 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.10 17 200 12347 -55.7 -66.1 26 10.4 -55.9 267 46 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.6 0.03 18 150 14126 -65.5 -71.3 45 5.7 -65.6 261 42 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.02 19 100 16576 -66.4 -87.0 4 20.5 -66.5 278 28 399.4 399.4 305.1 399.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.46 m Freezing level: 574.87 mb = 4738.27 m = 15545.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.64 mb = 4338.80 m = 14234.72 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.52 % Est. max temperature: 31.91 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 897.70 mb = 1020.30 m = 3347.40 ft T: 22.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 28.88 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.85 mb = 1514.79 m = 4969.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.43 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.47 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 23.68 C K Index: 39.79 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1546.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.40 mb = 1458.68 m = 4785.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.40 mb = 1610.34 m = 5283.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.40 mb = 13410.72 m = 43997.88 ft B at Equ Level: 1526.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.40 mb = 16089.12 m = 52785.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.6 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 302.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.8 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 110.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 110.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 42.87 Bulk Shear: 36.07 m/s