MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1005 59 30.7 20.6 55 10.1 23.5 285 6 303.4 306.3 296.4 349.2 15.41 1 1000 104 29.8 19.2 53 10.6 22.3 285 6 302.9 305.6 295.4 344.8 14.13 2 950 559 25.2 17.9 64 7.4 20.1 285 8 302.8 305.3 295.1 343.3 13.69 3 900 1031 20.6 16.8 78 3.9 18.0 285 9 302.8 305.3 295.0 342.7 13.47 4 850 1523 16.3 13.4 83 2.9 14.4 304 13 303.3 305.4 293.6 337.3 11.46 5 800 2036 14.1 3.5 49 10.5 8.2 316 18 306.1 307.3 290.3 324.9 6.17 6 750 2578 10.5 4.6 67 5.9 7.1 306 20 308.0 309.3 291.6 329.6 7.09 7 700 3149 6.9 1.4 68 5.6 3.9 297 20 310.2 311.3 291.4 328.9 6.04 8 650 3754 3.0 -1.3 74 4.2 0.8 293 19 312.3 313.4 291.5 329.2 5.37 9 600 4397 -1.2 -4.8 77 3.5 -2.9 286 17 314.7 315.6 291.4 329.0 4.48 10 550 5088 -4.0 -10.0 63 6.0 -6.5 287 18 319.3 319.9 291.7 330.0 3.26 11 500 5835 -7.8 -16.2 51 8.4 -10.8 290 20 323.6 324.0 291.9 330.9 2.16 12 450 6646 -12.7 -37.2 11 24.5 -17.4 291 20 327.3 327.3 291.3 328.6 0.35 13 400 7535 -17.7 -56.2 2 38.6 -21.9 286 20 332.0 332.1 292.3 332.2 0.05 14 350 8518 -25.7 -54.4 5 28.7 -28.3 300 22 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.4 0.07 15 300 9619 -33.3 -58.1 6 24.9 -34.9 347 42 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.7 0.05 16 250 10870 -44.1 -54.3 31 10.2 -44.6 356 51 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.10 17 200 12327 -54.4 -65.8 23 11.4 -54.6 346 69 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.03 18 150 14120 -62.2 -76.9 12 14.6 -62.4 291 29 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16592 -66.9 -87.4 4 20.4 -67.1 309 29 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.75 m Freezing level: 614.59 mb = 4209.78 m = 13811.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.41 mb = 3886.24 m = 12749.98 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.50 C = 86.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.96 mb = 1332.88 m = 4372.92 ft T: 18.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 24.22 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 847.27 mb = 1549.82 m = 5084.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.71 C = 87.27 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.88 C Showalter Index: 0.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.31 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 31.97 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 732.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.41 mb = 1478.00 m = 4849.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 789.41 mb = 2148.10 m = 7047.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.41 mb = 11431.05 m = 37502.99 ft B at Equ Level: 732.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.41 mb = 14565.86 m = 47787.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.9 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 324.9 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.5 neg: -11.4 tot: 9.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 62.22 Bulk Shear: 11.77 m/s