MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1006 59 22.8 22.6 99 0.2 22.7 251 2 295.5 298.6 295.6 345.6 17.43 1 1000 109 22.6 22.4 99 0.2 22.5 246 4 295.8 298.9 295.7 345.7 17.35 2 950 556 20.4 19.4 94 1.1 19.7 276 14 297.9 300.6 294.7 341.6 15.05 3 900 1023 18.2 16.9 92 1.3 17.3 287 11 300.3 302.8 294.3 340.1 13.57 4 850 1512 16.1 14.1 88 2.0 14.8 280 9 303.0 305.2 294.0 338.6 12.00 5 800 2026 13.4 10.9 85 2.5 11.8 271 8 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.2 10.26 6 750 2568 10.9 8.1 83 2.8 9.2 294 8 308.4 310.1 293.3 336.0 9.09 7 700 3141 8.2 4.9 80 3.2 6.3 301 11 311.5 313.0 293.2 335.6 7.80 8 650 3751 5.5 -1.9 59 7.4 1.7 292 14 315.2 316.2 292.1 331.5 5.13 9 600 4400 0.7 -2.5 79 3.1 -0.9 283 14 316.9 317.9 292.7 333.9 5.33 10 550 5094 -3.7 -7.6 74 3.9 -5.5 259 12 319.7 320.4 292.4 332.5 3.92 11 500 5840 -7.7 -20.4 35 12.7 -11.8 266 15 323.7 324.0 291.4 328.9 1.51 12 450 6651 -13.5 -24.3 40 10.8 -16.5 264 16 326.3 326.5 291.8 330.4 1.19 13 400 7536 -19.6 -37.7 18 18.1 -22.7 254 16 329.5 329.6 292.0 330.9 0.37 14 350 8511 -27.4 -47.9 12 20.5 -29.5 250 17 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.4 0.14 15 300 9599 -35.8 -55.3 12 19.4 -37.1 255 14 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.07 16 250 10839 -45.9 -58.9 22 13.0 -46.4 233 25 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.05 17 200 12291 -55.4 -69.5 16 14.1 -55.6 234 33 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 14107 -59.4 -81.1 4 21.7 -59.6 282 34 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16585 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 285 19 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.88 m Freezing level: 592.24 mb = 4507.39 m = 14787.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.80 mb = 4162.81 m = 13657.36 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.59 mb = 78.27 m = 256.78 ft T: 22.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.39 mb = 782.50 m = 2567.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.57 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -1.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.29 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.30 C Showalter Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 21.79 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.90 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 943.81 mb = 612.49 m = 2009.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 818.81 mb = 1828.84 m = 6000.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.81 mb = 11705.97 m = 38404.95 ft B at Equ Level: 798.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.81 mb = 14155.83 m = 46442.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.1 at 11.3 knts Storm direction: 309.1 at 8.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -4.6 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 505.73 Bulk Shear: 1.58 m/s