MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1007 59 21.3 20.5 95 0.8 20.8 209 4 293.9 296.6 293.7 337.4 15.24 1 1000 116 20.9 20.3 96 0.6 20.5 211 7 294.0 296.7 293.6 337.2 15.12 2 950 562 21.4 20.7 96 0.6 20.9 231 26 298.9 301.8 295.9 346.6 16.40 3 900 1030 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 260 16 300.7 303.4 295.4 344.4 14.90 4 850 1520 15.6 15.0 97 0.5 15.2 241 13 302.4 304.8 294.3 340.1 12.73 5 800 2032 12.3 12.0 99 0.2 12.1 234 15 304.2 306.3 293.7 337.3 11.11 6 750 2572 9.2 9.0 98 0.2 9.1 227 19 306.6 308.4 293.2 335.7 9.65 7 700 3141 6.0 5.7 98 0.2 5.8 220 22 309.1 310.6 292.9 334.3 8.25 8 650 3746 2.4 2.0 97 0.4 2.2 219 24 311.7 313.0 292.5 332.9 6.84 9 600 4389 -1.2 -1.6 97 0.4 -1.4 233 22 314.7 315.8 292.4 332.7 5.69 10 550 5079 -4.6 -5.2 96 0.6 -4.8 249 20 318.7 319.6 292.8 334.0 4.74 11 500 5823 -9.8 -11.6 87 1.8 -10.5 260 19 321.1 321.7 292.2 331.5 3.15 12 450 6626 -16.4 -18.8 82 2.4 -17.1 268 19 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.1 1.92 13 400 7501 -22.4 -24.8 81 2.4 -23.0 268 18 325.8 326.1 291.8 330.3 1.27 14 350 8469 -28.3 -31.1 76 2.8 -28.8 251 23 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.81 15 300 9559 -35.7 -38.7 73 3.1 -36.0 240 28 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.45 16 250 10799 -46.3 -49.8 68 3.5 -46.5 227 32 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.9 0.16 17 200 12243 -55.9 -60.0 60 4.1 -56.1 223 31 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.06 18 150 14051 -59.9 -70.9 23 11.0 -60.1 230 41 366.9 366.9 300.0 367.0 0.02 19 100 16544 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 246 23 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.82 m Freezing level: 616.79 mb = 4172.93 m = 13690.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.64 mb = 4130.02 m = 13549.79 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.57 % Est. max temperature: 29.63 C = 85.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.40 mb = 156.44 m = 513.23 ft T: 20.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 13.98 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 1000.00 mb = 116.36 m = 381.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.46 C = 70.63 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -4.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.74 C Showalter Index: -3.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.34 C Cross Totals Index: 24.80 C K Index: 40.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 247.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1501.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 948.13 mb = 579.17 m = 1900.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.13 mb = 1289.77 m = 4231.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 203.13 mb = 12142.53 m = 39837.21 ft B at Equ Level: 1492.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.13 mb = 15264.21 m = 50078.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.8 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 265.8 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.1 neg: -3.8 tot: 85.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.0 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 455.58 Bulk Shear: 3.30 m/s