MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 28.3 23.7 76 4.7 24.9 158 2 301.4 304.8 298.0 356.6 18.72 1 1000 71 28.5 23.4 74 5.1 24.7 159 2 301.7 305.1 297.9 356.1 18.45 2 950 528 26.7 19.7 65 7.0 21.7 243 14 304.3 307.2 296.7 350.2 15.40 3 900 1003 22.5 18.2 76 4.3 19.5 251 24 304.7 307.5 296.4 348.7 14.75 4 850 1498 17.9 16.8 94 1.0 17.1 252 26 304.8 307.5 296.1 347.6 14.33 5 800 2014 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 249 28 305.9 308.2 295.0 343.0 12.34 6 750 2557 10.8 9.8 94 1.0 10.2 251 28 308.3 310.2 294.1 339.3 10.21 7 700 3130 7.7 6.4 92 1.3 6.9 264 22 311.0 312.7 293.7 337.8 8.68 8 650 3739 4.5 3.5 93 1.0 3.9 278 20 314.1 315.5 293.8 337.9 7.62 9 600 4387 0.9 -0.9 88 1.8 -0.0 274 18 317.2 318.3 293.4 336.2 5.99 10 550 5083 -3.0 -5.2 85 2.2 -4.0 273 19 320.6 321.5 293.3 336.0 4.74 11 500 5832 -7.3 -8.7 90 1.4 -7.9 277 27 324.1 324.9 293.6 337.3 3.97 12 450 6645 -12.5 -13.5 92 1.0 -12.9 272 34 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.7 3.00 13 400 7535 -18.0 -19.9 85 1.9 -18.6 269 31 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.6 1.98 14 350 8521 -23.8 -32.0 47 8.2 -25.4 248 30 336.7 336.8 294.2 339.5 0.75 15 300 9626 -33.3 -41.7 43 8.4 -34.2 231 20 338.5 338.6 294.3 339.8 0.33 16 250 10879 -43.7 -47.9 63 4.2 -44.0 262 32 341.1 341.1 294.8 341.9 0.20 17 200 12332 -56.9 -63.7 42 6.8 -57.0 246 43 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.8 0.04 18 150 14114 -64.7 -72.9 32 8.2 -64.8 261 33 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16572 -66.2 -88.0 3 21.8 -66.3 277 28 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.99 m Freezing level: 588.39 mb = 4548.78 m = 14923.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.49 mb = 4380.69 m = 14372.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.42 % Est. max temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.31 mb = 655.19 m = 2149.55 ft T: 25.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 18.83 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.47 mb = 1401.80 m = 4599.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.80 C = 89.24 F Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lifted Index: -4.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.25 C Showalter Index: -3.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.15 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 40.70 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2039.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.23 mb = 1264.34 m = 4148.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 848.23 mb = 1515.51 m = 4972.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.23 mb = 13403.44 m = 43974.00 ft B at Equ Level: 2028.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 118.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.46 Bulk Rich Number: 69.86 Bulk Shear: 29.19 m/s