MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 28.2 20.3 62 7.9 22.6 37 7 300.9 303.7 295.6 345.3 15.12 1 1000 107 27.1 19.2 62 7.9 21.6 38 6 300.3 302.9 294.7 341.8 14.16 2 950 558 22.5 18.1 76 4.4 19.5 29 7 300.1 302.6 294.5 340.8 13.92 3 900 1026 18.1 17.0 93 1.1 17.4 3 6 300.2 302.7 294.4 340.3 13.70 4 850 1514 14.9 13.5 91 1.4 14.0 331 13 301.8 303.9 293.3 335.9 11.55 5 800 2026 11.8 9.6 86 2.2 10.5 355 15 303.8 305.5 292.3 332.0 9.45 6 750 2563 8.7 4.6 75 4.1 6.4 332 19 306.1 307.4 291.0 327.6 7.11 7 700 3132 6.9 -0.6 59 7.5 3.0 313 26 310.2 311.1 290.7 326.5 5.24 8 650 3738 3.3 -0.3 77 3.6 1.4 308 26 312.7 313.8 291.9 330.8 5.77 9 600 4384 0.2 -2.7 81 2.9 -1.3 311 25 316.3 317.3 292.5 333.0 5.22 10 550 5077 -3.3 -7.1 75 3.8 -5.1 317 22 320.1 320.9 292.7 333.5 4.09 11 500 5825 -7.9 -12.2 71 4.3 -9.6 316 23 323.5 324.1 292.7 333.5 3.00 12 450 6636 -13.3 -19.0 62 5.7 -15.2 314 23 326.5 326.9 292.5 333.0 1.89 13 400 7523 -18.5 -53.8 3 35.3 -22.5 296 21 331.0 331.0 292.0 331.2 0.06 14 350 8502 -26.6 -53.0 6 26.4 -29.0 278 21 332.8 332.9 292.6 333.2 0.08 15 300 9597 -35.1 -54.5 12 19.4 -36.4 277 20 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 16 250 10840 -44.9 -67.5 6 22.6 -45.5 292 24 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.4 0.02 17 200 12294 -55.4 -68.6 18 13.2 -55.6 305 26 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.1 0.02 18 150 14095 -60.7 -77.6 9 16.9 -60.9 284 25 365.5 365.5 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16586 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.2 -67.5 291 17 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.74 m Freezing level: 597.22 mb = 4422.13 m = 14508.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.81 mb = 4069.79 m = 13352.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 896.74 mb = 1057.15 m = 3468.30 ft T: 17.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 18.84 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.01 mb = 1188.90 m = 3900.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.47 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.54 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: 0.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.39 C K Index: 28.81 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 539.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.30 mb = 1118.67 m = 3670.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 875.30 mb = 1263.71 m = 4145.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.30 mb = 11234.69 m = 36858.77 ft B at Equ Level: 533.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.30 mb = 13877.25 m = 45528.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.3 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 352.3 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.7 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.5 neg: -9.3 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 12.98 Bulk Shear: 41.54 m/s