MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 3Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 34.34,-78.56 Latitude: 34.34 Longitude: -78.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 21 20.3 19.0 92 1.3 19.4 146 5 292.7 295.1 292.2 331.9 13.80 1 1000 98 19.7 18.4 92 1.3 18.9 141 7 292.9 295.3 292.0 331.1 13.46 2 950 544 23.5 13.9 55 9.6 17.2 255 11 301.0 303.0 292.3 332.1 10.56 3 900 1015 20.8 17.8 83 3.0 18.8 254 33 303.0 305.6 295.7 345.7 14.42 4 850 1509 17.7 16.0 90 1.7 16.5 246 39 304.7 307.2 295.6 345.1 13.56 5 800 2025 14.1 12.7 92 1.3 13.2 248 39 306.2 308.3 294.6 341.2 11.65 6 750 2568 10.9 9.2 90 1.7 9.9 253 42 308.4 310.2 293.9 338.2 9.81 7 700 3140 7.3 3.5 77 3.8 5.1 258 38 310.6 311.9 292.3 332.3 7.04 8 650 3748 4.0 -0.2 74 4.3 1.8 264 43 313.5 314.6 292.2 331.7 5.79 9 600 4394 0.3 -5.5 65 5.8 -2.5 256 49 316.4 317.2 291.7 330.0 4.22 10 550 5085 -4.9 -8.5 76 3.6 -6.5 252 51 318.3 319.0 291.7 330.1 3.65 11 500 5828 -9.7 -15.5 63 5.8 -11.8 256 48 321.2 321.6 291.4 328.8 2.28 12 450 6632 -15.9 -21.7 61 5.8 -17.5 260 43 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.5 1.50 13 400 7510 -20.9 -30.5 42 9.6 -22.8 236 52 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.6 0.75 14 350 8485 -26.2 -46.6 13 20.4 -28.5 227 52 333.4 333.4 292.8 334.1 0.17 15 300 9582 -34.3 -47.6 25 13.3 -35.5 212 49 337.0 337.1 293.7 337.7 0.17 16 250 10834 -42.8 -48.6 52 5.9 -43.2 216 37 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.18 17 200 12296 -55.1 -59.7 56 4.7 -55.2 230 42 345.5 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.06 18 150 14084 -64.7 -72.9 31 8.2 -64.8 237 50 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.7 0.01 19 100 16565 -66.1 -87.4 4 21.4 -66.2 221 19 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.11 m Freezing level: 597.36 mb = 4430.68 m = 14536.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.22 mb = 4010.01 m = 13156.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.11 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.82 mb = 186.81 m = 612.90 ft T: 20.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 784.57 mb = 2188.87 m = 7181.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.48 C = 94.06 F Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lifted Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Showalter Index: -4.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.41 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 39.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 445.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 342.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.60 mb = 1193.58 m = 3915.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.60 mb = 4990.76 m = 16373.69 ft Equ Level (EL): 396.60 mb = 7572.35 m = 24843.37 ft B at Equ Level: 97.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 326.60 mb = 8977.48 m = 29453.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 29.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 1.3 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 194.0 neg: -7.5 tot: 186.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 62.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 0.63 Bulk Shear: 157.03 m/s