MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 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 1008 59 24.2 21.0 83 3.2 21.9 82 12 296.6 299.5 294.8 342.0 15.73 1 1000 130 23.2 20.2 84 2.9 21.1 83 14 296.3 299.0 294.3 339.9 15.11 2 950 575 18.9 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 87 21 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.0 14.44 3 900 1039 16.3 16.2 99 0.2 16.3 100 27 298.3 300.7 293.3 336.0 12.96 4 850 1524 14.1 13.4 95 0.7 13.6 96 24 300.9 303.0 292.9 334.5 11.41 5 800 2035 12.1 10.3 89 1.7 11.0 90 19 304.0 305.9 292.7 333.6 9.92 6 750 2575 9.6 7.5 87 2.1 8.3 80 10 307.0 308.6 292.6 333.3 8.70 7 700 3146 7.2 6.3 94 0.9 6.7 256 4 310.5 312.1 293.6 336.9 8.60 8 650 3753 3.9 3.2 95 0.7 3.5 240 15 313.4 314.8 293.4 336.6 7.44 9 600 4400 0.6 -0.6 91 1.3 -0.0 228 20 316.9 318.0 293.4 336.3 6.11 10 550 5097 -2.4 -3.5 92 1.1 -3.0 227 21 321.2 322.3 294.0 338.7 5.38 11 500 5848 -6.6 -8.6 85 2.1 -7.5 240 22 325.0 325.8 293.9 338.3 3.98 12 450 6664 -11.3 -15.8 69 4.5 -13.0 248 25 329.0 329.5 293.7 337.5 2.47 13 400 7556 -18.0 -28.2 40 10.2 -20.4 227 26 331.6 331.8 293.1 335.1 0.94 14 350 8541 -24.8 -29.7 64 4.8 -25.8 208 33 335.3 335.4 294.0 338.7 0.93 15 300 9645 -32.8 -39.9 49 7.0 -33.7 198 39 339.1 339.2 294.5 340.6 0.40 16 250 10900 -43.3 -54.6 28 11.3 -43.9 190 45 341.6 341.7 294.8 342.0 0.09 17 200 12357 -55.7 -60.6 54 4.9 -55.8 181 39 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.05 18 150 14147 -63.3 -81.3 7 18.0 -63.4 258 17 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16602 -68.8 -85.4 7 16.6 -68.8 320 17 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.11 m Freezing level: 589.52 mb = 4546.27 m = 14915.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.54 mb = 4393.12 m = 14412.96 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.02 C = 82.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.85 mb = 458.34 m = 1503.73 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 8.70 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 943.36 mb = 635.19 m = 2083.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.19 C = 75.54 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: 0.93 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.63 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.55 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.63 C Cross Totals Index: 19.91 C K Index: 33.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.53 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.68 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.53 mb = 642.75 m = 2108.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.53 mb = 688.36 m = 2258.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 707.53 mb = 3057.21 m = 10030.08 ft B at Equ Level: 38.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 467.53 mb = 6368.22 m = 20892.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 166.0 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 196.0 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -45.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.9 neg: -115.8 tot: -2.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.68 Bulk Shear: 65.96 m/s