MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 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 1007 59 23.8 22.8 94 0.9 23.1 174 4 296.3 299.5 296.0 347.2 17.65 1 1000 123 23.3 22.4 95 0.9 22.6 180 6 296.4 299.6 295.8 346.3 17.27 2 950 570 20.3 19.7 96 0.6 19.9 199 16 297.8 300.6 294.9 342.4 15.37 3 900 1036 17.8 17.1 95 0.7 17.3 212 20 299.9 302.4 294.3 340.0 13.73 4 850 1525 15.5 14.5 93 1.1 14.8 230 19 302.4 304.7 294.0 338.7 12.27 5 800 2038 12.9 11.6 92 1.3 12.1 230 17 304.9 306.9 293.6 337.3 10.80 6 750 2579 10.3 8.5 88 1.8 9.2 234 17 307.8 309.6 293.3 336.1 9.33 7 700 3151 7.4 4.6 83 2.7 5.8 238 17 310.7 312.1 292.9 334.2 7.65 8 650 3759 4.6 0.9 77 3.7 2.5 246 17 314.1 315.3 292.7 333.9 6.28 9 600 4407 0.8 -2.2 81 3.0 -0.7 273 17 317.0 318.1 292.9 334.3 5.43 10 550 5103 -2.7 -6.1 78 3.3 -4.3 297 21 320.8 321.7 293.1 335.2 4.42 11 500 5851 -7.6 -11.6 73 4.0 -9.2 304 19 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.3 3.14 12 450 6663 -13.0 -16.2 77 3.1 -14.2 285 19 326.8 327.3 293.1 335.1 2.40 13 400 7552 -18.2 -20.7 81 2.5 -19.0 264 17 331.4 331.7 293.8 337.8 1.84 14 350 8535 -25.4 -28.8 74 3.3 -26.1 243 18 334.5 334.7 293.9 338.2 1.02 15 300 9635 -34.1 -37.7 70 3.5 -34.6 208 26 337.2 337.4 294.1 339.2 0.50 16 250 10882 -45.0 -48.8 65 3.8 -45.2 197 39 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.18 17 200 12331 -56.6 -60.6 61 4.0 -56.7 207 35 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14126 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.5 267 24 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16600 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 305 15 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.37 m Freezing level: 589.12 mb = 4558.22 m = 14954.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.31 mb = 4255.71 m = 13962.12 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 993.96 mb = 175.76 m = 576.63 ft T: 22.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.62 mb = 655.47 m = 2150.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.20 F Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.31 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.14 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.11 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 34.84 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 375.72 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 702.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.93 mb = 597.86 m = 1961.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 921.93 mb = 828.58 m = 2718.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.93 mb = 12268.54 m = 40250.61 ft B at Equ Level: 697.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.93 mb = 14463.80 m = 47452.83 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 17.5 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.5 neg: -5.3 tot: 100.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.44 Bulk Rich Number: 23.28 Bulk Shear: 30.17 m/s