MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1002 58 25.4 22.1 82 3.3 23.0 241 7 298.4 301.4 296.1 347.6 16.92 1 1000 76 24.9 21.6 82 3.3 22.6 242 6 298.1 301.1 295.7 345.9 16.46 2 950 526 23.4 19.7 80 3.7 20.8 276 17 301.0 303.8 295.8 346.1 15.37 3 900 997 20.6 16.7 79 3.9 17.9 272 19 302.7 305.2 294.9 342.5 13.44 4 850 1489 17.4 12.0 70 5.4 13.9 269 25 304.3 306.3 293.2 335.4 10.39 5 800 2004 14.3 7.4 63 6.9 10.2 269 27 306.4 307.9 292.0 331.0 8.12 6 750 2547 11.5 3.3 57 8.2 6.9 271 28 309.1 310.3 291.5 329.0 6.49 7 700 3119 7.7 0.4 60 7.4 3.8 272 27 311.1 312.1 291.3 328.6 5.62 8 650 3727 4.0 -0.7 72 4.7 1.5 267 25 313.5 314.6 292.0 331.2 5.61 9 600 4373 0.0 -6.1 63 6.1 -2.9 264 25 316.1 316.9 291.5 329.1 4.03 10 550 5064 -4.3 -16.7 37 12.4 -8.7 274 30 319.0 319.4 290.3 325.3 1.88 11 500 5808 -8.8 -17.1 51 8.3 -11.6 267 32 322.3 322.7 291.5 329.2 2.01 12 450 6617 -13.2 -28.0 28 14.8 -16.9 263 36 326.6 326.8 291.6 329.6 0.84 13 400 7504 -18.7 -43.1 10 24.4 -22.3 264 39 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.5 0.21 14 350 8484 -25.2 -56.9 4 31.7 -28.0 259 36 334.7 334.8 293.0 334.9 0.05 15 300 9583 -34.0 -54.0 11 20.0 -35.4 242 39 337.4 337.5 293.7 337.8 0.08 16 250 10834 -43.9 -54.8 29 10.9 -44.4 237 44 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.09 17 200 12290 -55.9 -66.7 25 10.8 -56.1 252 42 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 18 150 14078 -64.5 -76.9 17 12.4 -64.6 254 37 358.9 358.9 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16546 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 272 19 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.31 m Freezing level: 599.77 mb = 4375.83 m = 14356.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.44 mb = 3947.75 m = 12951.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 31.31 C = 88.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.29 mb = 476.88 m = 1564.54 ft T: 23.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 17.55 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1408.11 m = 4619.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.11 C = 88.00 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -0.00 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.15 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 30.72 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1040.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.84 mb = 978.92 m = 3211.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.84 mb = 2037.31 m = 6684.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.84 mb = 12388.58 m = 40644.45 ft B at Equ Level: 1037.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.84 mb = 15098.88 m = 49536.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.6 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 299.6 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.4 neg: -1.7 tot: 53.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.34 Bulk Rich Number: 44.86 Bulk Shear: 23.20 m/s