MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 8 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 1001 58 24.0 22.7 92 1.4 23.0 234 7 297.1 300.3 296.2 348.0 17.57 1 1000 64 24.0 22.5 92 1.5 23.0 231 6 297.2 300.3 296.1 347.7 17.45 2 950 515 26.6 16.9 55 9.7 19.9 292 23 304.2 306.6 294.9 342.5 12.88 3 900 990 23.3 15.6 62 7.7 18.0 301 27 305.5 307.8 295.0 342.8 12.47 4 850 1486 19.1 12.0 64 7.0 14.5 303 28 306.1 308.1 293.7 337.5 10.44 5 800 2004 16.7 1.9 37 14.9 8.5 295 32 309.0 310.0 290.5 325.9 5.47 6 750 2550 12.6 0.6 44 12.0 6.1 290 25 310.3 311.3 290.8 326.9 5.34 7 700 3124 8.5 1.4 61 7.1 4.6 288 25 311.9 313.0 291.9 330.8 6.07 8 650 3733 4.8 -3.5 55 8.3 0.7 285 27 314.4 315.3 291.4 328.9 4.55 9 600 4382 2.3 -26.8 10 29.1 -6.3 287 31 318.7 318.9 289.1 321.2 0.71 10 550 5078 -1.7 -42.5 3 40.8 -9.9 287 35 322.1 322.1 289.6 322.7 0.16 11 500 5828 -6.6 -35.4 8 28.8 -13.0 285 30 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.38 12 450 6642 -11.9 -30.0 21 18.2 -16.2 294 20 328.3 328.5 292.0 330.9 0.70 13 400 7535 -16.4 -32.7 23 16.3 -19.9 324 12 333.7 333.8 293.3 336.0 0.61 14 350 8526 -23.2 -47.7 9 24.5 -26.2 350 14 337.5 337.5 293.9 338.1 0.15 15 300 9632 -32.9 -50.3 16 17.4 -34.3 310 29 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.13 16 250 10886 -42.9 -48.8 52 5.9 -43.3 286 28 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.9 0.18 17 200 12347 -56.1 -60.0 61 4.0 -56.2 260 24 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14122 -65.8 -69.7 57 4.0 -65.8 274 48 356.8 356.8 298.1 356.9 0.02 19 100 16586 -68.6 -83.3 10 14.7 -68.7 283 25 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.47 m Freezing level: 571.36 mb = 4780.52 m = 15683.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 645.24 mb = 3792.99 m = 12444.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.37 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.03 % Est. max temperature: 33.01 C = 91.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.02 mb = 232.33 m = 762.24 ft T: 24.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 16.95 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.10 mb = 2227.95 m = 7309.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.41 C = 97.54 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: -1.41 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.38 C Showalter Index: 1.22 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.67 C Cross Totals Index: 18.64 C K Index: 30.64 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 231.45 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 286.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 170.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 857.29 mb = 1411.82 m = 4631.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 712.29 mb = 2979.38 m = 9774.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.29 mb = 11655.51 m = 38239.40 ft B at Equ Level: 286.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 152.29 mb = 14028.87 m = 46025.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.0 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 320.0 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 71.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.5 neg: -30.2 tot: 75.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 12.95 Bulk Shear: 22.13 m/s