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: 35.87,-78.78 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -78.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 999 103 29.6 21.0 60 8.6 23.4 241 4 302.9 305.8 296.6 349.9 15.88 2 950 546 26.2 18.2 61 8.0 20.6 250 11 303.8 306.4 295.6 345.4 13.99 3 900 1019 21.5 17.1 76 4.4 18.5 250 11 303.7 306.2 295.4 344.5 13.74 4 850 1512 16.8 15.9 94 0.9 16.2 250 11 303.8 306.3 295.3 343.9 13.49 5 800 2027 13.9 11.9 88 2.0 12.6 282 12 306.0 308.0 294.1 339.1 11.02 6 750 2570 11.0 8.5 85 2.5 9.5 304 15 308.5 310.3 293.6 337.0 9.34 7 700 3143 7.9 4.9 82 2.9 6.2 302 16 311.2 312.7 293.2 335.3 7.81 8 650 3752 4.8 0.9 76 3.9 2.7 305 19 314.4 315.6 292.8 334.1 6.27 9 600 4401 1.2 -5.7 60 6.9 -2.1 306 22 317.5 318.3 292.0 331.0 4.18 10 550 5094 -2.7 -18.6 28 15.9 -8.2 292 25 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.3 1.60 11 500 5844 -6.1 -32.4 10 26.3 -12.5 289 28 325.5 325.6 291.0 327.4 0.50 12 450 6659 -11.9 -40.8 7 28.9 -17.1 301 33 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.2 0.24 13 400 7548 -18.6 -32.9 27 14.3 -21.5 297 33 330.8 331.0 292.6 333.1 0.60 14 350 8531 -23.8 -46.3 11 22.4 -26.6 291 20 336.7 336.7 293.7 337.3 0.17 15 300 9638 -32.6 -54.4 10 21.7 -34.3 311 14 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.08 16 250 10892 -43.8 -59.7 15 16.0 -44.4 314 41 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 17 200 12351 -54.8 -65.7 25 10.8 -55.1 314 64 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14128 -66.7 -71.9 48 5.1 -66.8 282 40 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.2 0.02 19 100 16594 -67.1 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.2 317 17 398.1 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.62 m Freezing level: 584.63 mb = 4613.90 m = 15137.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.01 mb = 4108.63 m = 13479.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.57 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 881.72 mb = 1196.37 m = 3925.04 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 23.65 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1502.40 m = 4929.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: -0.89 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.00 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 240.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.19 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 844.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.78 mb = 1474.09 m = 4836.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 838.78 mb = 1625.24 m = 5332.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.78 mb = 12388.66 m = 40644.72 ft B at Equ Level: 840.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.78 mb = 15547.85 m = 51009.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.5 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 320.5 at 13.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 42.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 38.47 Bulk Shear: 21.94 m/s