MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 8 JUN 25 Station: 34.41,-81.86 Latitude: 34.41 Longitude: -81.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 SFC 990 164 28.7 23.3 73 5.4 24.7 177 6 302.7 306.1 298.2 357.3 18.45 2 950 530 23.9 21.1 85 2.7 21.9 193 9 301.4 304.5 296.8 351.1 16.86 3 900 1002 20.8 16.9 78 3.9 18.1 250 17 303.0 305.5 295.1 343.2 13.58 4 850 1494 18.3 13.0 71 5.3 14.8 249 26 305.3 307.4 294.0 338.6 11.13 5 800 2012 14.8 11.3 79 3.6 12.6 239 34 307.0 308.9 294.0 338.8 10.54 6 750 2555 11.9 4.3 60 7.6 7.5 242 38 309.5 310.8 292.0 330.9 6.96 7 700 3130 9.1 -6.0 34 15.0 2.0 247 38 312.5 313.2 289.9 323.7 3.50 8 650 3738 4.5 -4.1 53 8.7 0.3 245 39 314.1 314.9 291.1 327.8 4.33 9 600 4385 0.3 -2.3 83 2.6 -1.0 251 39 316.4 317.5 292.7 333.6 5.38 10 550 5077 -4.8 -11.7 58 6.9 -7.5 259 45 318.4 319.0 291.1 327.8 2.84 11 500 5819 -9.1 -19.1 44 10.0 -12.3 268 52 322.0 322.3 291.0 327.7 1.69 12 450 6627 -13.9 -21.3 53 7.4 -16.1 271 46 325.8 326.1 292.0 331.2 1.55 13 400 7512 -19.3 -35.6 22 16.3 -22.2 275 45 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.7 0.46 14 350 8490 -26.4 -31.4 63 4.9 -27.3 271 41 333.1 333.3 293.3 336.1 0.79 15 300 9586 -34.2 -38.3 66 4.1 -34.7 255 36 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.9 0.47 16 250 10836 -44.0 -51.9 41 7.9 -44.5 248 35 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.13 17 200 12291 -56.6 -62.1 50 5.5 -56.7 267 57 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.04 18 150 14077 -62.2 -79.0 9 16.8 -62.4 267 48 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16553 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 246 24 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.79 m Freezing level: 597.20 mb = 4423.82 m = 14513.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.14 mb = 3861.69 m = 12669.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.23 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 915.97 mb = 848.06 m = 2782.33 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1419.47 m = 4657.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.95 C = 87.71 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -5.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.45 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.38 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 25.32 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 334.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1920.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.57 mb = 1082.63 m = 3551.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.57 mb = 1836.77 m = 6026.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.57 mb = 13064.52 m = 42862.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1897.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.57 mb = 16164.13 m = 53031.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 35.0 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 2.6 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 165.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 5.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.62 Bulk Rich Number: 14.49 Bulk Shear: 132.51 m/s