MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 58 28.3 19.6 59 8.8 22.2 355 8 300.9 303.6 295.1 343.2 14.37 1 1000 114 26.7 18.2 60 8.5 20.8 354 8 299.8 302.2 294.0 338.5 13.24 2 950 564 21.9 17.1 74 4.9 18.6 349 10 299.5 301.8 293.7 337.4 12.98 3 900 1031 17.4 15.9 91 1.5 16.4 342 10 299.5 301.8 293.5 336.7 12.75 4 850 1517 13.8 10.3 79 3.5 11.6 336 16 300.6 302.3 291.2 328.0 9.29 5 800 2027 12.4 6.1 65 6.3 8.7 328 21 304.4 305.7 290.7 326.6 7.39 6 750 2566 9.9 0.5 52 9.5 4.9 317 28 307.4 308.4 289.9 323.6 5.28 7 700 3136 7.2 -2.1 52 9.3 2.5 307 27 310.4 311.3 290.3 325.1 4.68 8 650 3742 3.6 -0.9 72 4.5 1.2 300 25 313.0 314.0 291.8 330.3 5.51 9 600 4388 0.4 -2.7 79 3.1 -1.2 304 25 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.3 5.23 10 550 5082 -3.6 -7.5 74 3.9 -5.4 297 20 319.8 320.6 292.4 332.7 3.95 11 500 5828 -8.0 -13.6 64 5.5 -10.2 284 20 323.3 323.8 292.3 332.3 2.68 12 450 6640 -12.6 -21.3 48 8.7 -15.3 284 19 327.4 327.7 292.4 332.8 1.54 13 400 7528 -18.8 -29.2 39 10.4 -21.2 275 18 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.6 0.85 14 350 8507 -26.4 -37.8 33 11.4 -28.1 271 18 333.1 333.2 293.0 334.7 0.42 15 300 9600 -35.7 -44.7 39 9.1 -36.5 263 16 335.1 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.24 16 250 10840 -46.0 -54.1 39 8.1 -46.4 261 17 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.0 0.10 17 200 12290 -55.3 -74.3 8 19.0 -55.6 300 22 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.01 18 150 14093 -60.4 -78.8 7 18.4 -60.6 292 24 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16589 -67.0 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 293 17 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.22 m Freezing level: 594.53 mb = 4463.85 m = 14645.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.27 mb = 4068.06 m = 13346.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.87 C = 82.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.86 mb = 1165.38 m = 3823.37 ft T: 16.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 878.91 mb = 1232.32 m = 4042.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -0.31 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: 4.20 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.17 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.85 C Cross Totals Index: 18.32 C K Index: 22.84 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.40 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.85 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 46.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.53 mb = 1187.74 m = 3896.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.53 mb = 1333.29 m = 4374.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 798.53 mb = 2042.09 m = 6699.70 ft B at Equ Level: 10.39 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 238.53 mb = 11144.89 m = 36564.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 310.5 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 340.5 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: -21.9 tot: -17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.62 Bulk Shear: 28.83 m/s