MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KRDU ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 5 JUN 25 Station: KRDU Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -78.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 103 21.4 18.7 85 2.7 19.6 167 2 293.8 296.3 292.4 332.5 13.57 1 1000 175 21.1 18.4 85 2.7 19.3 171 6 294.3 296.7 292.4 332.7 13.45 2 950 619 19.4 14.8 75 4.6 16.4 162 14 296.9 298.9 291.5 329.3 11.22 3 900 1083 18.0 7.4 50 10.5 11.8 162 11 300.0 301.4 289.2 321.4 7.20 4 850 1571 17.1 -2.0 27 19.1 7.5 168 11 304.1 304.8 287.4 316.0 3.88 5 800 2085 14.9 -9.0 18 23.9 4.3 169 12 307.1 307.5 287.0 314.8 2.42 6 750 2627 12.7 -19.5 9 32.2 1.0 165 14 310.3 310.6 286.7 314.0 1.09 7 700 3201 9.5 -15.6 15 25.1 -0.3 154 16 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.4 1.62 8 650 3810 4.4 -8.2 40 12.5 -1.3 141 17 313.9 314.5 290.0 324.1 3.18 9 600 4454 -0.9 -11.8 43 10.9 -5.3 140 21 315.1 315.5 289.8 323.5 2.58 10 550 5142 -4.8 -25.5 18 20.7 -10.6 149 26 318.4 318.5 289.2 321.4 0.87 11 500 5886 -8.8 -11.0 84 2.3 -9.7 175 25 322.4 323.0 292.6 333.3 3.30 12 450 6698 -12.9 -14.8 86 1.9 -13.6 191 19 327.0 327.5 293.3 336.2 2.70 13 400 7586 -18.3 -20.4 84 2.0 -19.0 202 16 331.1 331.5 293.8 337.8 1.89 14 350 8569 -25.2 -28.1 77 2.9 -25.8 209 18 334.8 335.0 294.0 338.7 1.08 15 300 9670 -34.0 -37.5 70 3.5 -34.4 211 30 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.4 0.51 16 250 10919 -44.5 -49.9 55 5.3 -44.9 218 35 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.5 0.16 17 200 12370 -56.4 -65.3 32 8.8 -56.6 230 45 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14157 -63.0 -77.8 12 14.8 -63.2 294 24 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16622 -67.4 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.5 345 6 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.45 m Freezing level: 608.71 mb = 4341.98 m = 14245.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 710.60 mb = 3076.29 m = 10092.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.56 % Est. max temperature: 30.96 C = 87.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.41 mb = 443.81 m = 1456.06 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 18.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.23 mb = 3022.15 m = 9915.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.78 C = 103.60 F Cap Strength: 5.81 C Lifted Index: 2.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.55 C Showalter Index: 9.92 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 32.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.88 C Cross Totals Index: 6.76 C K Index: -1.21 Risk: None Sweat Index: 47.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.90 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6548.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 891.96 mb = 1159.55 m = 3804.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 156.4 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 186.4 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.0 neg: -4.5 tot: 11.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.49 Bulk Shear: 8.39 m/s