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: 35.22,-79.84 Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -79.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 62 SFC 992 138 28.4 23.9 76 4.5 25.0 192 4 302.3 305.8 298.5 359.0 19.14 2 950 516 24.8 21.7 83 3.1 22.5 201 11 302.4 305.6 297.5 353.9 17.42 3 900 990 22.0 19.0 83 3.0 19.9 214 22 304.2 307.1 296.7 350.5 15.57 4 850 1485 17.7 16.4 92 1.4 16.8 214 24 304.7 307.3 295.8 346.2 13.90 5 800 2001 14.9 7.6 62 7.2 10.5 237 30 307.0 308.5 292.3 332.0 8.24 6 750 2545 12.3 2.2 50 10.1 6.7 253 33 309.9 311.1 291.3 328.5 5.99 7 700 3119 8.6 -1.3 49 10.0 3.4 261 38 312.1 313.0 291.0 327.6 4.96 8 650 3727 3.7 -3.1 61 6.7 0.3 264 42 313.1 314.0 291.1 327.9 4.69 9 600 4371 -0.4 -10.0 48 9.6 -4.5 260 47 315.6 316.2 290.4 325.3 2.98 10 550 5061 -5.2 -11.5 62 6.2 -7.7 256 61 317.9 318.4 291.0 327.4 2.89 11 500 5802 -10.3 -15.3 66 5.0 -12.1 256 59 320.5 320.9 291.2 328.2 2.32 12 450 6606 -15.1 -19.2 71 4.1 -16.3 254 48 324.3 324.7 291.9 330.7 1.87 13 400 7488 -19.9 -23.0 76 3.1 -20.8 248 47 329.1 329.4 292.9 334.4 1.50 14 350 8465 -27.5 -31.9 66 4.4 -28.2 246 45 331.7 331.9 292.9 334.5 0.76 15 300 9562 -33.5 -36.6 74 3.1 -33.9 216 45 338.1 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.55 16 250 10814 -44.0 -47.5 68 3.5 -44.2 218 46 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12268 -56.4 -60.5 59 4.1 -56.5 224 53 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.05 18 150 14059 -62.5 -80.8 7 18.3 -62.6 239 47 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16542 -65.7 -86.5 4 20.8 -65.8 243 27 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.56 m Freezing level: 605.06 mb = 4305.97 m = 14127.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.75 mb = 3767.23 m = 12359.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.22 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.60 mb = 716.04 m = 2349.20 ft T: 23.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 31.35 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.83 mb = 1206.06 m = 3956.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.52 C = 86.94 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -8.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.98 C Showalter Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 26.66 C K Index: 34.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 526.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2905.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 76.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.49 mb = 1024.27 m = 3360.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.49 mb = 1368.58 m = 4490.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.49 mb = 13225.47 m = 43390.11 ft B at Equ Level: 2905.09 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 38.4 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 28.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 294.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 294.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 98.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.39 Bulk Rich Number: 19.18 Bulk Shear: 151.47 m/s