MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 5 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 1011 59 20.3 19.7 96 0.7 19.9 86 7 292.6 295.1 292.6 333.4 14.39 1 1000 150 19.7 19.2 97 0.5 19.4 94 11 292.8 295.4 292.5 333.0 14.15 2 950 594 19.3 19.2 99 0.1 19.3 156 25 296.8 299.5 294.3 339.9 14.91 3 900 1059 17.4 17.4 99 0.1 17.4 181 29 299.5 302.0 294.4 340.3 13.99 4 850 1546 15.1 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 183 24 302.0 304.3 294.1 339.2 12.61 5 800 2059 12.6 12.3 98 0.3 12.4 179 19 304.6 306.7 293.9 338.5 11.34 6 750 2599 9.9 9.7 98 0.3 9.7 168 15 307.4 309.3 293.8 337.9 10.11 7 700 3171 7.2 6.7 97 0.5 6.9 151 15 310.4 312.1 293.7 337.5 8.83 8 650 3778 3.5 2.7 95 0.8 3.1 141 17 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.3 7.18 9 600 4423 -0.3 -0.8 97 0.4 -0.6 141 20 315.7 316.9 293.0 334.9 6.05 10 550 5116 -3.7 -4.3 96 0.5 -4.0 162 17 319.7 320.6 293.3 336.0 5.07 11 500 5864 -7.4 -8.5 92 1.1 -7.9 183 17 324.0 324.8 293.7 337.4 4.04 12 450 6678 -12.1 -13.5 89 1.5 -12.6 198 17 328.1 328.7 293.9 338.3 3.00 13 400 7570 -17.7 -19.6 85 1.9 -18.3 200 17 332.0 332.4 294.1 339.1 2.02 14 350 8555 -24.7 -27.3 79 2.6 -25.3 200 21 335.4 335.7 294.3 339.7 1.17 15 300 9657 -33.6 -36.6 74 3.0 -34.0 200 27 338.0 338.1 294.3 340.1 0.55 16 250 10906 -45.0 -48.4 69 3.4 -45.3 209 34 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.19 17 200 12353 -56.7 -61.3 56 4.7 -56.8 242 36 343.1 343.1 295.1 343.3 0.05 18 150 14145 -63.2 -76.1 16 12.9 -63.3 284 20 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16598 -69.8 -85.0 9 15.2 -69.9 260 11 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.17 m Freezing level: 604.35 mb = 4367.24 m = 14328.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.79 mb = 4319.31 m = 14170.81 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.21 C = 84.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.09 mb = 140.86 m = 462.12 ft T: 19.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.45 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.83 mb = 834.02 m = 2736.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.95 C = 78.71 F Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lifted Index: 0.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 36.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 242.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.47 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.35 mb = 536.08 m = 1758.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 671.35 mb = 3513.14 m = 11525.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 521.35 mb = 5536.09 m = 18162.80 ft B at Equ Level: 59.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 401.35 mb = 7544.58 m = 24752.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.8 at 18.8 knts Storm direction: 192.8 at 14.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.2 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 53.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 175.4 neg: -17.9 tot: 157.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 52.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 4.15 Bulk Shear: 14.36 m/s