MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F030.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KRDU ... Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: KRDU 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1009 103 26.5 17.0 56 9.5 20.1 139 7 298.9 301.1 292.9 334.3 12.15 1 1000 179 26.1 16.2 54 9.9 19.5 140 11 299.3 301.4 292.6 333.4 11.68 2 950 628 21.9 15.0 65 7.0 17.3 145 17 299.4 301.5 292.4 332.6 11.33 3 900 1095 17.5 13.8 79 3.7 15.1 145 14 299.6 301.6 292.3 332.1 11.10 4 850 1580 13.6 9.4 76 4.2 11.0 147 11 300.4 302.0 290.6 326.2 8.75 5 800 2091 13.8 -13.5 14 27.3 2.8 150 13 305.8 306.2 285.8 311.2 1.68 6 750 2631 11.9 -20.5 9 32.4 0.5 144 15 309.5 309.7 286.3 312.8 0.99 7 700 3204 9.0 -10.7 24 19.7 0.5 130 19 312.4 312.9 288.8 320.2 2.41 8 650 3812 4.2 -12.0 29 16.3 -2.4 124 17 313.8 314.2 289.2 321.4 2.33 9 600 4457 0.3 -15.9 28 16.2 -5.7 124 17 316.4 316.8 289.5 322.6 1.84 10 550 5149 -3.1 -27.7 13 24.6 -9.8 126 16 320.4 320.6 289.6 323.0 0.72 11 500 5896 -8.1 -20.3 37 12.1 -12.1 130 21 323.1 323.4 291.2 328.4 1.53 12 450 6706 -13.0 -29.2 24 16.2 -16.9 143 24 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.6 0.76 13 400 7595 -18.2 -20.2 84 2.0 -18.8 176 19 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.2 1.93 14 350 8577 -25.9 -29.1 75 3.2 -26.6 168 10 333.8 334.0 293.7 337.4 0.98 15 300 9679 -32.9 -35.9 74 3.0 -33.3 229 15 339.0 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10933 -44.0 -47.3 70 3.3 -44.2 216 29 340.6 340.7 294.7 341.5 0.21 17 200 12383 -57.2 -61.3 59 4.1 -57.3 224 55 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.4 0.05 18 150 14156 -64.6 -78.0 14 13.4 -64.7 243 23 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16619 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 309 10 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.38 m Freezing level: 596.09 mb = 4511.08 m = 14799.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.25 mb = 3307.31 m = 10850.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.41 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.20 mb = 1303.16 m = 4275.39 ft T: 15.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 23.05 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 739.06 mb = 2753.10 m = 9032.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.72 C = 99.90 F Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lifted Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.67 C Showalter Index: 4.96 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.72 C Cross Totals Index: 17.56 C K Index: 11.43 Risk: None Sweat Index: 156.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4436.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.76 mb = 1483.36 m = 4866.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 134.2 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 164.2 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.4 neg: -7.2 tot: 8.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.86 Bulk Shear: 1.55 m/s