MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 28.8 21.6 65 7.2 23.6 294 5 301.4 304.4 296.5 349.6 16.38 1 1000 114 27.1 20.4 67 6.7 22.3 294 5 300.2 303.0 295.4 344.8 15.22 2 950 565 22.4 19.1 81 3.3 20.1 293 7 299.9 302.6 295.1 343.2 14.78 3 900 1033 18.3 15.9 85 2.5 16.7 300 13 300.4 302.7 293.7 337.6 12.69 4 850 1522 16.3 8.1 58 8.3 11.3 313 18 303.3 304.7 290.9 327.1 7.97 5 800 2035 13.8 2.3 46 11.5 7.5 317 20 305.9 307.0 289.7 323.1 5.65 6 750 2577 11.0 2.7 57 8.3 6.4 313 20 308.5 309.7 291.0 327.7 6.22 7 700 3149 7.5 1.0 63 6.5 4.0 306 18 310.8 311.9 291.5 329.1 5.89 8 650 3756 3.8 -2.2 65 6.0 0.8 297 18 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.1 5.02 9 600 4401 -0.1 -4.3 73 4.2 -2.1 289 19 316.0 316.9 291.9 330.8 4.62 10 550 5092 -3.8 -9.5 65 5.6 -6.2 283 18 319.5 320.2 291.9 330.6 3.39 11 500 5839 -8.0 -18.6 42 10.6 -11.6 275 21 323.3 323.6 291.5 329.3 1.76 12 450 6649 -12.9 -24.0 39 11.0 -16.0 269 21 327.0 327.2 292.0 331.3 1.22 13 400 7537 -18.7 -38.0 17 19.3 -22.0 270 20 330.7 330.8 292.3 332.1 0.36 14 350 8516 -26.7 -37.4 35 10.8 -28.3 265 18 332.8 332.9 292.9 334.4 0.44 15 300 9608 -35.8 -51.6 18 15.8 -37.0 279 17 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.3 0.11 16 250 10851 -44.4 -65.8 7 21.4 -45.0 326 34 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.02 17 200 12309 -55.1 -71.0 12 15.9 -55.4 343 47 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.01 18 150 14115 -61.9 -78.1 10 16.2 -62.0 309 28 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16584 -67.0 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 310 25 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.37 m Freezing level: 601.58 mb = 4380.56 m = 14371.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.66 mb = 3922.71 m = 12869.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.05 % Est. max temperature: 30.29 C = 86.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.75 mb = 968.74 m = 3178.24 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 26.51 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1202.08 m = 3943.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.80 C = 83.83 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.44 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 16.08 C K Index: 25.93 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 153.56 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.50 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 735.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.76 mb = 1045.21 m = 3429.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.76 mb = 2315.03 m = 7595.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.76 mb = 11575.10 m = 37975.59 ft B at Equ Level: 729.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.76 mb = 14373.85 m = 47157.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.4 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 327.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.9 neg: -8.5 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 44.96 Bulk Shear: 16.36 m/s