MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 34.79,-78.90 Latitude: 34.79 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 44 21.2 20.8 98 0.4 20.9 46 6 293.3 296.1 293.6 337.3 15.47 1 1000 148 20.7 20.5 99 0.2 20.6 59 12 293.8 296.6 293.7 337.6 15.34 2 950 594 19.7 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 89 10 297.2 299.9 294.6 340.9 15.13 3 900 1060 17.9 17.8 99 0.1 17.8 136 4 300.0 302.6 294.8 342.1 14.39 4 850 1549 15.8 15.7 99 0.1 15.8 179 6 302.7 305.2 294.8 342.2 13.32 5 800 2063 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 167 6 305.3 307.5 294.6 340.9 11.92 6 750 2605 10.5 10.4 99 0.1 10.4 162 6 308.0 310.0 294.4 340.2 10.61 7 700 3178 7.7 7.5 99 0.2 7.6 176 6 311.0 312.8 294.3 339.7 9.35 8 650 3786 4.3 4.1 99 0.2 4.2 202 8 313.8 315.3 294.0 338.6 7.95 9 600 4434 0.4 0.2 98 0.3 0.3 206 14 316.6 317.9 293.6 337.2 6.48 10 550 5128 -3.2 -3.7 97 0.5 -3.4 206 9 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.5 5.31 11 500 5877 -7.6 -8.2 95 0.7 -7.9 211 12 323.8 324.6 293.7 337.4 4.11 12 450 6691 -12.1 -13.3 90 1.2 -12.6 203 22 328.0 328.6 293.9 338.4 3.04 13 400 7583 -17.7 -19.6 85 1.9 -18.3 203 29 332.0 332.4 294.1 339.1 2.02 14 350 8568 -24.7 -27.3 79 2.6 -25.3 201 30 335.4 335.7 294.2 339.7 1.16 15 300 9671 -33.6 -36.8 73 3.2 -34.0 200 28 338.1 338.2 294.4 340.2 0.55 16 250 10919 -45.4 -48.9 68 3.5 -45.6 205 28 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12365 -55.7 -62.4 43 6.7 -55.8 224 19 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.8 0.04 18 150 14154 -62.9 -79.4 9 16.5 -63.0 292 15 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16602 -69.5 -85.8 8 16.2 -69.6 279 12 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.62 m Freezing level: 593.93 mb = 4518.52 m = 14824.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.83 mb = 4489.82 m = 14730.20 ft Precipitable water: 2.31 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1007.32 mb = 85.60 m = 280.83 ft T: 20.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 5.04 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 935.94 mb = 722.21 m = 2369.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.82 C = 78.48 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.04 C Showalter Index: -1.68 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.72 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.43 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 38.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 102.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.45 mb = 516.82 m = 1695.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 693.45 mb = 3254.91 m = 10678.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 413.45 mb = 7332.39 m = 24056.11 ft B at Equ Level: 101.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.45 mb = 11942.99 m = 39182.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.0 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 213.0 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.0 neg: -1.3 tot: 40.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 3.07 Bulk Shear: 33.37 m/s