MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KRDU ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 4 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 1010 103 18.8 16.2 85 2.5 17.1 150 3 291.0 293.1 289.9 323.6 11.55 1 1000 192 18.7 15.2 80 3.6 16.5 165 9 291.9 293.8 289.6 322.8 10.91 2 950 635 19.5 15.6 78 3.9 16.9 190 18 297.0 299.1 292.0 331.1 11.80 3 900 1099 17.1 13.5 79 3.6 14.8 196 10 299.1 301.1 291.9 330.8 10.85 4 850 1585 14.5 5.3 54 9.2 9.3 213 8 301.4 302.6 289.0 321.0 6.60 5 800 2098 15.7 -19.2 7 35.0 2.9 169 12 307.9 308.1 285.8 311.4 1.04 6 750 2640 12.1 -12.6 16 24.7 1.9 161 13 309.7 310.0 287.4 315.9 1.93 7 700 3213 8.9 -29.2 5 38.1 -2.2 153 13 312.4 312.5 286.8 314.1 0.49 8 650 3821 5.5 -31.9 5 37.4 -4.6 152 12 315.2 315.3 287.6 316.7 0.41 9 600 4469 1.3 -28.4 9 29.7 -7.0 154 9 317.7 317.8 288.7 319.8 0.61 10 550 5163 -2.2 -34.7 6 32.5 -9.9 119 4 321.5 321.5 289.6 322.8 0.36 11 500 5913 -7.1 -39.8 5 32.7 -13.6 165 3 324.4 324.4 290.3 325.3 0.24 12 450 6724 -13.2 -43.6 6 30.4 -18.1 163 8 326.7 326.7 291.0 327.4 0.18 13 400 7609 -20.0 -50.4 5 30.5 -23.5 144 9 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.4 0.09 14 350 8581 -28.3 -49.8 11 21.5 -30.3 115 6 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.12 15 300 9668 -36.6 -57.7 10 21.1 -37.8 135 7 333.8 333.8 292.8 334.0 0.05 16 250 10904 -46.0 -56.9 28 11.0 -46.4 223 6 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.07 17 200 12351 -56.0 -68.1 21 12.1 -56.2 52 5 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 14149 -62.8 -77.4 12 14.6 -62.9 298 12 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16606 -68.5 -87.6 5 19.1 -68.6 295 5 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.67 m Freezing level: 581.13 mb = 4731.00 m = 15521.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.93 mb = 2899.45 m = 9512.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.20 % Est. max temperature: 28.63 C = 83.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 973.34 mb = 425.38 m = 1395.59 ft T: 19.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 19.75 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.79 mb = 2821.48 m = 9256.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.31 C = 100.95 F Cap Strength: 6.45 C Lifted Index: 4.98 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.24 C Showalter Index: 8.70 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 34.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.63 C Cross Totals Index: 12.44 C K Index: -11.18 Risk: None Sweat Index: 82.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5979.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.43 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.12 mb = 1022.31 m = 3354.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.0 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 197.0 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 22.41 Bulk Shear: 1.27 m/s