MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1003 59 26.3 19.9 68 6.4 21.8 230 3 299.2 301.9 294.8 342.2 14.73 1 1000 87 26.6 19.7 66 6.9 21.8 232 5 299.7 302.4 294.9 342.4 14.62 2 950 542 26.2 19.2 65 7.1 21.2 263 21 303.8 306.6 296.2 348.0 14.85 3 900 1016 22.0 17.9 78 4.1 19.2 258 21 304.2 306.9 296.0 347.4 14.50 4 850 1511 18.2 15.7 85 2.5 16.5 255 19 305.2 307.7 295.5 344.9 13.28 5 800 2028 14.9 10.3 74 4.6 12.0 256 8 307.0 308.9 293.6 336.9 9.89 6 750 2571 11.7 4.6 62 7.1 7.6 266 11 309.2 310.6 292.0 331.0 7.10 7 700 3145 8.6 -0.6 52 9.3 3.7 265 13 312.0 313.0 291.3 328.4 5.23 8 650 3754 4.9 -3.1 56 8.0 0.9 264 14 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.4 4.70 9 600 4402 0.9 -3.4 73 4.3 -1.3 271 18 317.2 318.1 292.6 333.1 4.97 10 550 5098 -2.4 -10.7 53 8.2 -6.0 269 23 321.2 321.8 292.1 331.4 3.08 11 500 5848 -7.0 -10.7 75 3.7 -8.6 261 25 324.5 325.1 293.3 335.8 3.39 12 450 6661 -12.1 -15.4 76 3.3 -13.3 270 28 328.1 328.6 293.6 336.9 2.57 13 400 7553 -17.9 -20.0 83 2.1 -18.6 280 35 331.7 332.1 294.0 338.6 1.95 14 350 8537 -24.6 -27.2 79 2.6 -25.2 272 31 335.5 335.8 294.3 339.8 1.17 15 300 9643 -32.2 -36.7 64 4.5 -32.8 258 33 340.0 340.1 294.8 342.2 0.55 16 250 10900 -43.2 -49.3 52 6.0 -43.6 240 38 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12356 -57.1 -61.1 60 4.0 -57.1 265 46 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14147 -63.4 -73.4 25 10.0 -63.5 275 44 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16589 -67.9 -86.9 5 19.0 -68.0 290 14 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.83 m Freezing level: 586.50 mb = 4589.92 m = 15058.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.27 mb = 4016.52 m = 13177.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.08 % Est. max temperature: 32.27 C = 90.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.37 mb = 886.94 m = 2909.87 ft T: 23.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1721.02 m = 5646.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.09 C = 91.56 F Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lifted Index: -2.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.94 C Showalter Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.93 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.23 C Cross Totals Index: 22.70 C K Index: 31.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 251.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.87 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 911.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 62.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.99 mb = 1329.46 m = 4361.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 772.99 mb = 2317.22 m = 7602.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.99 mb = 12909.30 m = 42352.82 ft B at Equ Level: 892.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.99 mb = 15342.75 m = 50336.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.9 neg: -34.6 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 379.79 Bulk Shear: 2.40 m/s