MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 27.8 21.6 69 6.2 23.3 192 3 300.6 303.6 296.4 348.7 16.40 1 1000 91 28.2 21.1 65 7.2 23.1 207 5 301.4 304.3 296.3 348.2 15.91 2 950 546 26.0 19.4 67 6.6 21.3 251 11 303.6 306.3 296.3 348.2 15.04 3 900 1020 21.5 18.7 84 2.9 19.5 257 14 303.7 306.5 296.4 348.9 15.21 4 850 1514 18.0 16.1 89 1.9 16.7 278 16 305.0 307.5 295.7 345.8 13.67 5 800 2031 14.3 11.0 80 3.3 12.2 306 12 306.4 308.4 293.7 337.6 10.35 6 750 2573 11.2 5.4 67 5.8 7.8 314 10 308.7 310.1 292.2 331.7 7.50 7 700 3147 9.5 -4.1 38 13.7 2.8 318 12 313.0 313.8 290.5 325.8 4.02 8 650 3758 5.6 -10.2 31 15.8 -1.2 317 17 315.3 315.8 290.0 324.1 2.71 9 600 4406 1.3 -10.5 41 11.8 -3.7 308 18 317.6 318.2 290.9 327.0 2.87 10 550 5103 -1.2 -30.6 9 29.4 -9.0 293 22 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.7 0.54 11 500 5856 -5.8 -29.0 14 23.2 -12.0 283 21 325.9 326.1 291.3 328.5 0.70 12 450 6670 -11.8 -34.5 13 22.6 -16.7 279 25 328.4 328.5 291.7 330.1 0.46 13 400 7560 -18.3 -34.7 22 16.4 -21.4 278 30 331.2 331.3 292.6 333.1 0.50 14 350 8543 -24.1 -43.8 15 19.7 -26.8 259 20 336.2 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.23 15 300 9650 -32.1 -55.7 8 23.6 -33.8 214 13 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 16 250 10908 -43.3 -53.0 34 9.7 -43.8 262 22 341.7 341.7 294.8 342.2 0.11 17 200 12366 -55.9 -60.3 58 4.4 -56.0 304 50 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14145 -66.9 -74.3 34 7.4 -67.0 288 35 354.8 354.8 297.7 354.9 0.01 19 100 16600 -67.0 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.1 328 10 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.03 m Freezing level: 573.89 mb = 4769.91 m = 15649.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 665.19 mb = 3567.64 m = 11704.73 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.99 % Est. max temperature: 32.03 C = 89.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 917.65 mb = 849.93 m = 2788.47 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 24.74 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.63 mb = 1527.79 m = 5012.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.16 C = 89.90 F Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lifted Index: -2.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.70 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 26.22 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 246.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1141.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 47.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.85 mb = 1274.99 m = 4182.97 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 828.85 mb = 1728.81 m = 5671.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.85 mb = 13057.37 m = 42838.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1138.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.85 mb = 16086.74 m = 52777.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.0 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 324.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.0 neg: -2.2 tot: 70.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 52.28 Bulk Shear: 21.83 m/s