MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 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 1006 59 21.2 20.3 95 0.9 20.6 343 11 293.9 296.6 293.6 337.0 15.11 1 1000 109 20.8 20.2 96 0.7 20.4 345 13 294.0 296.7 293.5 336.9 15.02 2 950 552 18.1 18.1 100 0.1 18.1 14 28 295.6 298.1 293.2 335.4 13.86 3 900 1014 16.3 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 37 19 298.4 300.7 293.3 336.1 12.99 4 850 1502 15.2 15.1 99 0.2 15.1 339 16 302.1 304.5 294.3 339.8 12.76 5 800 2015 13.6 11.3 86 2.3 12.1 330 18 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.3 10.57 6 750 2559 12.4 5.6 63 6.9 8.4 330 19 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.5 7.62 7 700 3134 8.9 3.4 69 5.4 5.8 323 24 312.3 313.7 292.9 334.2 7.02 8 650 3745 5.5 0.9 72 4.6 2.9 319 18 315.2 316.4 293.1 335.0 6.30 9 600 4395 1.5 -0.9 84 2.5 0.2 314 15 317.9 319.0 293.6 336.9 5.96 10 550 5091 -2.5 -5.4 80 2.9 -3.8 310 16 321.2 322.1 293.4 336.4 4.67 11 500 5842 -6.5 -13.1 60 6.5 -9.1 300 15 325.1 325.6 292.9 334.5 2.80 12 450 6657 -12.3 -19.4 55 7.2 -14.6 309 13 327.8 328.2 292.9 334.2 1.83 13 400 7544 -19.6 -25.8 58 6.2 -21.2 283 16 329.5 329.7 292.7 333.6 1.17 14 350 8521 -26.4 -45.1 16 18.6 -28.6 273 22 333.1 333.2 292.7 333.9 0.20 15 300 9618 -33.9 -49.0 20 15.1 -35.2 238 28 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 16 250 10872 -42.5 -55.5 23 13.0 -43.2 213 40 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.08 17 200 12340 -54.2 -58.1 62 3.9 -54.4 202 54 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.2 0.07 18 150 14135 -62.2 -81.2 6 19.0 -62.4 267 25 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.00 19 100 16601 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 328 16 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.28 m Freezing level: 580.88 mb = 4660.95 m = 15291.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.58 mb = 4426.87 m = 14523.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.01 C = 84.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.47 mb = 165.28 m = 542.25 ft T: 20.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.30 mb = 512.68 m = 1682.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.49 C Showalter Index: 0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.35 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.58 C K Index: 31.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.57 mb = 537.39 m = 1763.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 946.57 mb = 582.62 m = 1911.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 916.57 mb = 858.30 m = 2815.91 ft B at Equ Level: 16.37 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 836.57 mb = 1636.40 m = 5368.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 331.7 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 1.7 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 4.1 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 67.1 neg: -16.2 tot: 50.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.12 Bulk Shear: 14.65 m/s