MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 58 25.2 20.9 77 4.3 22.2 260 6 298.1 301.0 295.3 343.8 15.74 1 1000 84 25.5 20.8 75 4.7 22.2 264 7 298.7 301.5 295.3 344.2 15.65 2 950 535 23.7 18.1 71 5.6 19.8 270 28 301.2 303.8 294.8 342.1 13.89 3 900 1007 22.8 14.5 60 8.3 17.2 257 26 305.0 307.1 294.2 339.6 11.60 4 850 1503 19.9 11.0 57 8.9 14.2 245 22 307.0 308.8 293.4 336.5 9.77 5 800 2022 16.0 7.9 59 8.0 11.0 231 19 308.2 309.7 292.7 333.7 8.40 6 750 2567 12.3 5.9 65 6.4 8.5 239 25 309.9 311.4 292.7 333.7 7.76 7 700 3142 8.7 2.8 66 5.9 5.4 238 26 312.1 313.4 292.5 332.9 6.69 8 650 3752 4.3 0.8 78 3.5 2.4 244 26 313.8 315.0 292.6 333.4 6.24 9 600 4397 -0.6 -1.4 94 0.8 -1.0 257 25 315.4 316.5 292.7 333.7 5.76 10 550 5089 -4.4 -5.5 92 1.1 -5.0 269 25 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.7 4.61 11 500 5834 -8.2 -9.4 91 1.3 -8.7 267 27 323.1 323.8 293.2 335.5 3.75 12 450 6647 -12.3 -13.9 88 1.6 -12.9 259 26 327.7 328.3 293.7 337.6 2.90 13 400 7538 -17.8 -19.9 84 2.0 -18.4 263 28 331.8 332.2 294.0 338.8 1.98 14 350 8523 -24.4 -26.9 80 2.5 -24.9 263 30 335.9 336.1 294.4 340.3 1.21 15 300 9629 -32.6 -35.4 76 2.9 -33.0 265 34 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.8 0.62 16 250 10885 -43.2 -48.0 59 4.7 -43.5 245 40 341.8 341.9 295.0 342.6 0.20 17 200 12344 -55.1 -61.6 45 6.4 -55.3 279 48 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.6 0.05 18 150 14128 -64.7 -74.8 24 10.1 -64.8 263 29 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.6 0.01 19 100 16595 -67.4 -87.7 4 20.3 -67.5 261 15 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.40 m Freezing level: 606.25 mb = 4316.78 m = 14162.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.23 mb = 4195.28 m = 13763.89 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.53 % Est. max temperature: 34.00 C = 93.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.40 mb = 604.81 m = 1984.26 ft T: 23.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.26 C/km ThetaE index: 10.51 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 788.67 mb = 2142.78 m = 7030.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.65 C = 96.17 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: -2.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.29 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.09 C Cross Totals Index: 19.20 C K Index: 33.20 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 275.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.25 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 203.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.19 mb = 1269.78 m = 4165.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.19 mb = 3402.71 m = 11163.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.19 mb = 9435.80 m = 30956.99 ft B at Equ Level: 351.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.19 mb = 13418.01 m = 44021.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 18.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.9 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 56.7 neg: -58.9 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 35.59 Bulk Shear: 9.89 m/s