MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 1007 59 20.4 19.4 94 0.9 19.7 318 7 292.9 295.5 292.6 333.4 14.24 1 1000 118 20.0 19.1 94 0.9 19.4 322 10 293.2 295.7 292.6 333.1 14.02 2 950 560 18.1 17.6 97 0.5 17.7 2 21 295.5 297.9 292.8 334.1 13.42 3 900 1022 17.4 14.9 85 2.5 15.8 358 25 299.5 301.7 292.9 334.3 11.93 4 850 1510 15.5 10.6 73 4.8 12.4 354 24 302.3 304.1 291.9 330.5 9.50 5 800 2022 12.9 8.1 73 4.8 10.0 344 20 304.8 306.4 291.8 330.4 8.49 6 750 2562 9.7 6.9 83 2.8 8.0 334 15 307.1 308.7 292.4 332.5 8.37 7 700 3133 7.2 5.3 88 1.9 6.1 323 16 310.4 311.9 293.0 335.0 7.99 8 650 3740 4.8 -3.4 55 8.2 0.7 305 17 314.4 315.3 291.5 329.0 4.59 9 600 4389 1.9 -6.5 54 8.4 -2.1 299 22 318.3 319.1 292.0 331.0 3.91 10 550 5086 -3.1 -6.6 76 3.6 -4.7 287 22 320.5 321.3 292.9 334.3 4.24 11 500 5831 -9.0 -13.6 70 4.5 -10.8 274 20 322.0 322.5 292.0 331.0 2.68 12 450 6642 -13.4 -23.2 44 9.8 -16.2 268 20 326.4 326.6 292.0 331.0 1.31 13 400 7528 -19.1 -34.8 24 15.7 -22.1 265 17 330.1 330.2 292.3 332.0 0.50 14 350 8504 -27.2 -42.1 23 14.9 -29.0 271 19 332.1 332.1 292.6 333.1 0.27 15 300 9597 -35.4 -51.0 19 15.7 -36.5 261 19 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.12 16 250 10838 -45.4 -60.2 18 14.7 -46.0 259 18 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 17 200 12290 -55.5 -72.0 11 16.4 -55.8 251 26 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 14093 -60.1 -79.4 6 19.3 -60.3 273 29 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16571 -67.3 -87.7 4 20.4 -67.4 299 21 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.91 m Freezing level: 580.94 mb = 4655.16 m = 15272.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.15 mb = 3902.04 m = 12801.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.09 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.60 mb = 172.88 m = 567.18 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 3.98 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.72 mb = 1393.13 m = 4570.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.10 C = 84.38 F Cap Strength: 2.83 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.53 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.19 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 33.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5004.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.81 mb = 633.91 m = 2079.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 320.0 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 350.0 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -23.6 tot: -10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.94 Bulk Shear: 11.65 m/s