MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 9 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 1004 58 22.1 17.7 76 4.4 19.1 222 9 294.9 297.2 292.2 331.5 12.78 1 1000 91 22.0 17.5 76 4.5 18.9 223 10 295.1 297.4 292.1 331.4 12.66 2 950 540 25.5 18.7 66 6.9 20.7 253 32 303.1 305.8 295.7 345.7 14.39 3 900 1014 21.8 16.4 71 5.4 18.1 257 31 303.9 306.4 295.0 343.0 13.12 4 850 1507 17.7 12.8 73 4.9 14.5 261 28 304.7 306.7 293.7 337.6 11.01 5 800 2022 13.8 6.3 60 7.5 9.4 269 27 305.9 307.3 291.3 328.6 7.50 6 750 2562 10.6 -0.9 45 11.5 4.6 264 29 308.1 309.0 289.6 322.9 4.79 7 700 3134 7.8 -5.4 39 13.1 1.5 260 29 311.1 311.8 289.6 322.7 3.66 8 650 3740 4.3 -12.0 29 16.3 -2.4 263 31 313.8 314.3 289.2 321.5 2.34 9 600 4386 0.7 -28.2 9 28.9 -7.4 263 32 316.9 317.0 288.5 319.1 0.62 10 550 5079 -4.1 -27.9 14 23.8 -10.5 263 31 319.2 319.3 289.3 321.7 0.70 11 500 5821 -9.8 -25.0 28 15.2 -13.9 258 31 321.1 321.3 290.2 324.6 1.01 12 450 6623 -16.3 -32.1 24 15.9 -19.5 264 32 322.8 322.9 290.2 324.9 0.57 13 400 7499 -21.5 -45.3 10 23.8 -24.5 243 39 327.0 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.17 14 350 8470 -28.5 -34.8 55 6.2 -29.5 240 42 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.4 0.57 15 300 9560 -35.0 -38.3 72 3.3 -35.4 226 43 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.47 16 250 10806 -44.9 -48.4 68 3.5 -45.1 221 48 339.3 339.4 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12257 -56.2 -60.9 56 4.7 -56.3 219 56 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.9 0.05 18 150 14056 -61.6 -78.1 9 16.5 -61.8 234 44 363.9 363.9 299.5 364.0 0.01 19 100 16553 -65.6 -87.6 3 21.9 -65.8 252 28 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.04 m Freezing level: 592.79 mb = 4486.11 m = 14718.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.35 mb = 3366.92 m = 11046.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.79 C = 89.23 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.03 mb = 623.22 m = 2044.66 ft T: 24.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 26.64 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.07 mb = 1790.72 m = 5875.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.51 C = 90.52 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -3.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.45 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 27.13 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 261.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 811.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.00 mb = 1266.52 m = 4155.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.00 mb = 2573.24 m = 8442.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 239.00 mb = 11098.33 m = 36411.42 ft B at Equ Level: 811.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.00 mb = 14096.98 m = 46249.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.8 at 29.2 knts Storm direction: 290.8 at 21.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.9 neg: -6.6 tot: 130.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 50.61 Bulk Shear: 16.03 m/s