MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1009 59 25.9 23.0 84 2.9 23.8 140 7 298.3 301.6 296.6 350.0 17.76 1 1000 134 25.1 22.0 83 3.1 22.9 143 8 298.2 301.3 296.0 347.2 16.86 2 950 583 20.9 20.4 97 0.5 20.5 148 12 298.4 301.3 295.5 345.1 16.07 3 900 1049 17.6 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 172 17 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.4 13.97 4 850 1537 15.1 14.4 96 0.7 14.7 214 12 302.0 304.2 293.9 338.2 12.26 5 800 2050 12.6 11.6 94 1.0 11.9 215 15 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.7 10.77 6 750 2590 9.8 8.7 93 1.1 9.1 220 16 307.2 309.0 293.3 335.8 9.46 7 700 3161 6.8 5.5 91 1.3 6.1 227 16 310.0 311.6 293.0 335.0 8.14 8 650 3768 3.6 1.9 89 1.7 2.7 232 18 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.2 6.78 9 600 4413 -0.4 -1.5 92 1.1 -0.9 235 20 315.7 316.8 292.7 333.9 5.74 10 550 5106 -3.6 -4.6 93 1.0 -4.1 245 22 319.8 320.7 293.3 335.7 4.93 11 500 5856 -6.4 -7.1 95 0.7 -6.7 246 22 325.3 326.2 294.4 340.2 4.51 12 450 6673 -11.5 -12.5 92 1.0 -11.9 242 23 328.8 329.4 294.3 339.9 3.26 13 400 7566 -17.5 -18.8 90 1.3 -18.0 240 21 332.2 332.6 294.3 339.7 2.16 14 350 8549 -25.6 -29.4 70 3.8 -26.4 224 19 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.7 0.96 15 300 9649 -34.0 -37.8 69 3.8 -34.5 207 24 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.4 0.49 16 250 10897 -44.7 -48.2 68 3.4 -45.0 207 27 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.19 17 200 12348 -56.5 -58.5 78 2.0 -56.5 210 33 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.6 0.07 18 150 14141 -62.2 -78.2 10 16.1 -62.3 275 27 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.01 19 100 16605 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 311 22 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.77 m Freezing level: 604.51 mb = 4355.24 m = 14288.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.84 mb = 4242.64 m = 13919.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.15 C = 84.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 966.70 mb = 430.57 m = 1412.63 ft T: 22.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.90 C/km ThetaE index: 16.13 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 682.92 m = 2240.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.21 C = 79.18 F Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.40 C Showalter Index: 1.16 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.49 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.65 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1040.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.67 mb = 668.17 m = 2192.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 935.67 mb = 714.15 m = 2342.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.67 mb = 12484.44 m = 40958.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1039.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.67 mb = 15216.59 m = 49922.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.6 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 253.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.0 neg: -0.0 tot: 86.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.52 Bulk Rich Number: 25.40 Bulk Shear: 40.96 m/s