MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.56,-82.57 Latitude: 36.56 Longitude: -82.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 959 471 28.3 20.6 63 7.7 22.7 228 6 305.1 308.1 297.3 353.2 16.09 2 950 555 26.6 19.3 64 7.4 21.4 228 5 304.2 307.0 296.4 348.9 14.99 3 900 1029 21.9 18.2 79 3.7 19.3 235 7 304.1 306.8 296.2 348.0 14.75 4 850 1523 17.6 14.9 84 2.7 15.8 262 10 304.6 306.9 294.8 342.2 12.60 5 800 2039 14.1 8.9 71 5.2 10.9 288 16 306.2 307.9 292.6 333.3 8.97 6 750 2580 10.7 3.8 62 6.9 6.8 286 18 308.2 309.5 291.4 328.8 6.73 7 700 3154 9.0 -3.1 42 12.1 2.9 273 22 312.4 313.3 290.6 326.1 4.34 8 650 3762 4.1 -5.9 48 10.0 -0.6 270 23 313.6 314.3 290.5 325.7 3.79 9 600 4408 0.2 -8.4 52 8.6 -3.6 271 27 316.3 317.0 290.9 327.2 3.37 10 550 5099 -3.8 -16.2 37 12.5 -8.3 271 27 319.6 320.0 290.6 326.2 1.95 11 500 5846 -7.7 -15.3 55 7.5 -10.5 281 29 323.6 324.1 292.2 331.5 2.34 12 450 6659 -12.3 -22.5 42 10.2 -15.3 275 36 327.8 328.1 292.4 332.7 1.39 13 400 7548 -17.9 -33.7 24 15.8 -21.1 264 33 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.8 0.56 14 350 8532 -24.9 -34.5 40 9.6 -26.6 247 24 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.4 0.59 15 300 9634 -33.0 -47.7 22 14.7 -34.4 246 23 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.17 16 250 10887 -44.4 -54.1 33 9.7 -44.9 276 37 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.10 17 200 12338 -56.3 -62.9 44 6.5 -56.5 294 66 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.04 18 150 14139 -64.2 -77.0 16 12.8 -64.3 284 21 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16596 -67.1 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.2 289 28 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.96 m Freezing level: 597.89 mb = 4436.90 m = 14556.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.19 mb = 3658.86 m = 12004.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.13 C = 84.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.46 mb = 1447.59 m = 4749.25 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 27.45 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1641.23 m = 5384.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.75 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.91 C Showalter Index: -1.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.57 C K Index: 28.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1311.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.06 mb = 1552.57 m = 5093.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.06 mb = 1807.50 m = 5930.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.06 mb = 12926.36 m = 42408.80 ft B at Equ Level: 1297.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.06 mb = 15905.69 m = 52183.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.7 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 303.7 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.4 neg: -2.1 tot: 28.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 34.24 Bulk Shear: 38.31 m/s