MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 32.4 22.4 56 10.0 25.0 222 11 305.5 308.7 298.1 357.3 17.30 1 1000 69 31.3 21.6 56 9.7 24.2 221 9 304.5 307.5 297.4 353.5 16.45 2 950 526 26.4 20.1 68 6.3 21.9 225 15 304.0 306.9 296.8 351.1 15.81 3 900 1001 21.8 18.9 84 2.9 19.8 229 16 304.0 306.8 296.6 350.0 15.48 4 850 1494 17.8 14.3 80 3.5 15.5 245 26 304.8 307.1 294.6 341.2 12.18 5 800 2011 14.6 11.3 81 3.3 12.5 238 38 306.7 308.7 294.0 338.6 10.57 6 750 2554 11.3 6.0 70 5.3 8.1 237 40 308.8 310.3 292.4 332.8 7.82 7 700 3127 7.7 -0.4 56 8.1 3.5 243 39 311.1 312.1 291.0 327.7 5.33 8 650 3734 4.6 -6.8 43 11.4 -0.7 244 41 314.2 314.8 290.4 325.5 3.54 9 600 4381 0.2 -8.1 54 8.3 -3.6 246 44 316.3 317.0 291.0 327.5 3.45 10 550 5072 -4.8 -10.7 63 5.9 -7.2 245 45 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.4 3.06 11 500 5815 -9.3 -22.1 34 12.8 -13.1 249 46 321.8 322.0 290.6 326.3 1.30 12 450 6621 -13.8 -37.2 12 23.4 -18.2 245 44 325.9 325.9 290.9 327.2 0.35 13 400 7507 -18.9 -37.8 17 18.9 -22.2 238 42 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.8 0.37 14 350 8486 -26.4 -31.7 61 5.2 -27.4 238 44 333.1 333.3 293.3 336.0 0.77 15 300 9583 -34.5 -38.3 68 3.9 -35.0 245 26 336.8 336.9 294.0 338.6 0.47 16 250 10832 -43.8 -54.6 29 10.8 -44.3 231 31 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.09 17 200 12290 -55.3 -63.4 36 8.1 -55.5 217 35 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14075 -65.9 -71.9 43 6.0 -65.9 240 31 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.02 19 100 16546 -66.2 -88.0 3 21.8 -66.3 244 24 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.05 m Freezing level: 598.37 mb = 4403.41 m = 14446.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.21 mb = 3631.32 m = 11913.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.56 % Est. max temperature: 31.75 C = 89.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.03 mb = 1323.00 m = 4340.51 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 31.77 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.96 mb = 1393.75 m = 4572.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.89 F Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lifted Index: -6.81 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.23 C Showalter Index: -2.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.07 C Cross Totals Index: 23.60 C K Index: 33.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.35 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2303.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.85 mb = 1324.78 m = 4346.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.85 mb = 1475.59 m = 4841.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.85 mb = 13231.51 m = 43409.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2303.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.4 at 35.6 knts Storm direction: 272.4 at 26.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.0 neg: -3.5 tot: 114.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 29.25 Bulk Shear: 78.74 m/s