MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 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 59 29.6 21.5 62 8.2 23.7 232 5 302.4 305.4 296.7 350.5 16.25 1 1000 94 30.0 20.8 58 9.2 23.3 234 7 303.1 306.0 296.5 349.4 15.61 2 950 550 26.1 18.5 63 7.6 20.8 244 12 303.7 306.3 295.7 345.9 14.23 3 900 1024 21.4 17.3 78 4.1 18.6 244 12 303.6 306.2 295.5 345.0 13.96 4 850 1517 16.8 16.0 95 0.8 16.3 248 13 303.8 306.3 295.3 344.2 13.59 5 800 2032 14.1 12.3 89 1.8 12.9 271 12 306.2 308.3 294.3 340.1 11.29 6 750 2575 11.1 8.7 85 2.4 9.6 290 12 308.6 310.4 293.7 337.4 9.46 7 700 3148 7.9 5.2 83 2.7 6.3 303 15 311.2 312.8 293.3 335.8 7.96 8 650 3757 4.8 0.8 75 4.0 2.7 307 19 314.4 315.6 292.8 334.1 6.26 9 600 4406 1.5 -6.6 55 8.1 -2.3 314 23 317.8 318.6 291.8 330.4 3.89 10 550 5101 -2.2 -20.1 24 17.9 -8.2 301 23 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.3 1.40 11 500 5852 -6.1 -24.1 23 18.0 -11.5 293 24 325.6 325.9 291.6 329.5 1.09 12 450 6667 -11.8 -34.6 13 22.8 -16.6 299 28 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.45 13 400 7557 -18.3 -41.5 11 23.3 -22.0 302 27 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.25 14 350 8542 -23.3 -50.1 7 26.7 -26.3 308 17 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.8 0.11 15 300 9651 -32.3 -55.4 8 23.1 -34.0 351 17 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.07 16 250 10908 -42.7 -64.0 8 21.3 -43.5 333 15 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.7 0.03 17 200 12368 -55.4 -62.5 41 7.1 -55.5 327 58 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.04 18 150 14139 -67.7 -72.2 53 4.5 -67.7 290 28 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 19 100 16600 -68.1 -86.0 6 18.0 -68.2 303 14 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.25 m Freezing level: 579.74 mb = 4687.61 m = 15379.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.33 mb = 4096.77 m = 13440.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.26 mb = 1098.34 m = 3603.45 ft T: 20.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 24.14 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 853.52 mb = 1481.07 m = 4859.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -1.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.78 C Showalter Index: -0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.99 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 36.22 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 820.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.42 mb = 1441.73 m = 4730.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.42 mb = 1592.82 m = 5225.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.42 mb = 12934.66 m = 42436.02 ft B at Equ Level: 807.94 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.42 mb = 15372.39 m = 50433.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.3 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 320.3 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 47.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 35.96 Bulk Shear: 22.83 m/s