MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 95 SFC 999 103 28.2 21.7 68 6.5 23.5 205 3 301.4 304.4 296.7 350.2 16.58 2 950 551 26.9 17.3 56 9.6 20.2 240 16 304.5 306.9 295.2 343.7 13.16 3 900 1026 22.5 16.0 67 6.5 18.1 253 18 304.7 307.1 295.0 343.0 12.83 4 850 1520 17.8 15.1 84 2.7 16.0 257 18 304.8 307.2 295.0 343.0 12.78 5 800 2036 14.1 13.4 95 0.7 13.6 283 18 306.2 308.5 295.0 342.7 12.16 6 750 2578 10.4 8.8 90 1.6 9.4 292 15 307.9 309.7 293.5 336.7 9.50 7 700 3150 7.1 1.7 69 5.4 4.2 295 17 310.4 311.6 291.6 329.6 6.21 8 650 3757 4.4 -7.4 42 11.8 -1.0 300 18 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.8 3.38 9 600 4403 1.0 -14.9 29 15.9 -5.1 303 22 317.3 317.7 290.0 324.0 2.01 10 550 5098 -2.4 -19.9 25 17.5 -8.3 285 23 321.2 321.5 290.6 326.1 1.43 11 500 5846 -7.6 -22.6 29 15.0 -12.1 274 21 323.8 324.1 291.2 328.2 1.25 12 450 6658 -12.6 -27.5 27 15.0 -16.4 278 24 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.6 0.88 13 400 7547 -17.8 -35.5 20 17.6 -21.2 272 29 331.8 331.9 292.7 333.5 0.47 14 350 8532 -24.7 -47.1 11 22.4 -27.3 258 30 335.4 335.5 293.3 336.1 0.16 15 300 9635 -33.0 -52.0 13 19.0 -34.5 244 26 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.3 0.10 16 250 10888 -44.2 -52.4 40 8.2 -44.6 262 29 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.9 0.12 17 200 12342 -56.6 -60.6 61 3.9 -56.7 287 49 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14130 -65.3 -79.3 13 14.0 -65.4 306 26 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.6 0.00 19 100 16597 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 297 17 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.39 m Freezing level: 585.03 mb = 4611.39 m = 15129.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.47 mb = 3638.37 m = 11936.78 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.99 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.82 mb = 930.58 m = 3053.04 ft T: 23.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 26.21 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.14 mb = 1793.44 m = 5883.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.33 C = 90.19 F Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.40 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.07 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.92 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 851.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.98 mb = 1580.65 m = 5185.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.98 mb = 2047.04 m = 6715.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.98 mb = 12694.67 m = 41648.67 ft B at Equ Level: 841.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.98 mb = 15048.94 m = 49372.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 281.6 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 311.6 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.2 neg: -1.6 tot: 100.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.53 Bulk Rich Number: 34.89 Bulk Shear: 24.42 m/s