MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1000 58 31.5 22.1 57 9.4 24.6 253 7 304.6 307.8 297.8 355.3 16.98 1 1000 63 31.5 21.7 56 9.9 24.3 249 6 304.7 307.7 297.5 354.0 16.51 2 950 521 27.3 19.7 63 7.6 21.9 240 12 304.9 307.8 296.8 350.9 15.41 3 900 997 22.9 18.5 76 4.5 19.8 229 17 305.1 307.9 296.7 350.1 15.03 4 850 1493 18.2 17.4 95 0.8 17.7 228 18 305.2 308.0 296.5 349.7 14.86 5 800 2010 14.3 13.8 97 0.5 14.0 239 22 306.4 308.7 295.3 343.9 12.48 6 750 2552 10.5 7.3 81 3.2 8.5 263 31 307.9 309.5 292.8 334.0 8.58 7 700 3125 8.2 0.2 57 8.1 3.9 265 37 311.6 312.7 291.4 328.9 5.53 8 650 3733 4.3 -3.1 59 7.4 0.6 259 40 313.8 314.7 291.3 328.6 4.68 9 600 4379 -0.5 -5.0 71 4.5 -2.7 249 43 315.5 316.4 291.6 329.6 4.39 10 550 5068 -5.4 -8.0 82 2.6 -6.5 245 47 317.7 318.4 291.7 330.0 3.80 11 500 5809 -10.2 -12.3 84 2.1 -11.0 244 46 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.5 2.97 12 450 6615 -14.2 -16.2 84 2.1 -14.9 246 47 325.4 325.9 292.7 333.6 2.39 13 400 7500 -19.2 -23.0 72 3.8 -20.2 240 46 330.1 330.4 293.2 335.4 1.51 14 350 8480 -26.3 -31.4 63 5.0 -27.3 237 49 333.3 333.4 293.4 336.2 0.80 15 300 9576 -34.3 -37.6 72 3.2 -34.7 216 36 337.0 337.1 294.0 338.9 0.50 16 250 10824 -44.4 -47.9 68 3.5 -44.6 223 38 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12280 -55.4 -60.2 55 4.9 -55.5 223 45 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14070 -64.1 -76.2 18 12.1 -64.1 234 42 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16547 -66.3 -87.8 3 21.5 -66.4 246 25 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.89 m Freezing level: 605.19 mb = 4311.51 m = 14145.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.77 mb = 3848.45 m = 12626.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.04 % Est. max temperature: 32.14 C = 89.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.28 mb = 1258.40 m = 4128.55 ft T: 20.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 26.69 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.44 mb = 1508.35 m = 4948.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.18 C = 89.92 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -7.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.95 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 28.40 C Cross Totals Index: 27.55 C K Index: 37.69 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 488.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2406.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.39 mb = 1458.09 m = 4783.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.39 mb = 1609.98 m = 5282.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.39 mb = 13350.50 m = 43800.33 ft B at Equ Level: 2380.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 32.3 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 24.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.19 Bulk Rich Number: 34.31 Bulk Shear: 70.13 m/s