MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 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 1006 59 22.1 21.8 98 0.3 21.9 315 6 294.8 297.7 294.8 342.2 16.55 1 1000 110 21.8 21.5 98 0.3 21.6 321 7 294.9 297.9 294.7 341.8 16.36 2 950 555 19.9 19.7 99 0.2 19.8 342 17 297.4 300.2 294.7 341.8 15.36 3 900 1021 18.3 16.1 87 2.1 16.8 353 18 300.3 302.7 293.9 338.2 12.93 4 850 1510 15.8 14.0 89 1.9 14.6 349 14 302.7 304.9 293.8 338.0 11.90 5 800 2023 13.2 11.2 88 2.0 11.9 334 13 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.6 10.48 6 750 2564 10.7 6.0 73 4.7 7.9 328 14 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.1 7.84 7 700 3136 7.8 0.4 60 7.4 3.8 320 16 311.1 312.2 291.3 328.7 5.64 8 650 3744 4.0 -1.4 68 5.4 1.3 287 16 313.5 314.5 291.8 330.3 5.33 9 600 4389 -0.9 -2.0 92 1.1 -1.4 263 18 315.1 316.1 292.4 332.5 5.51 10 550 5081 -3.9 -7.0 79 3.0 -5.4 262 19 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.8 4.12 11 500 5828 -8.1 -12.0 73 3.9 -9.7 264 20 323.2 323.8 292.6 333.3 3.04 12 450 6637 -13.9 -19.7 61 5.8 -15.7 263 16 325.8 326.2 292.3 332.0 1.78 13 400 7522 -19.4 -31.4 34 12.0 -21.9 272 14 329.8 329.9 292.3 332.3 0.69 14 350 8498 -27.1 -41.3 25 14.2 -28.9 270 12 332.2 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.29 15 300 9589 -36.1 -44.1 44 8.0 -36.8 293 7 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.25 16 250 10826 -46.1 -56.4 30 10.3 -46.5 241 21 337.5 337.5 293.8 337.8 0.07 17 200 12278 -54.5 -66.9 20 12.4 -54.8 255 31 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14101 -58.8 -79.6 5 20.8 -59.0 280 33 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16581 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 294 28 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.11 m Freezing level: 609.09 mb = 4271.79 m = 14014.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.81 mb = 4036.95 m = 13244.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.47 mb = 97.00 m = 318.24 ft T: 21.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 13.13 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 924.22 mb = 791.96 m = 2598.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.23 C = 79.22 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.25 C Showalter Index: -0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.03 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 22.09 C K Index: 30.55 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.51 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 678.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.07 mb = 581.57 m = 1908.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.07 mb = 2001.30 m = 6565.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 232.07 mb = 11310.22 m = 37106.57 ft B at Equ Level: 677.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.07 mb = 13610.90 m = 44654.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.1 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 331.1 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: -2.2 tot: 7.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 62.38 Bulk Shear: 10.87 m/s