MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 35.24,-78.98 Latitude: 35.24 Longitude: -78.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1009 73 21.0 20.8 98 0.3 20.9 19 4 293.4 296.2 293.7 337.5 15.47 1 1000 150 20.5 20.5 100 0.0 20.5 24 7 293.7 296.4 293.7 337.5 15.37 2 950 594 19.4 19.2 99 0.2 19.3 81 11 296.8 299.5 294.3 339.9 14.90 3 900 1059 17.2 17.1 99 0.1 17.1 79 8 299.2 301.8 294.1 339.3 13.73 4 850 1546 14.9 14.7 99 0.1 14.8 77 8 301.7 304.0 294.0 338.5 12.48 5 800 2058 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.2 89 9 304.3 306.4 293.7 337.7 11.22 6 750 2599 10.4 10.2 99 0.1 10.3 113 10 307.8 309.8 294.2 339.6 10.49 7 700 3172 7.8 7.7 99 0.2 7.7 136 8 311.1 312.9 294.4 340.1 9.44 8 650 3780 4.3 4.0 98 0.3 4.1 160 6 313.8 315.3 293.9 338.3 7.87 9 600 4428 0.1 -0.1 98 0.3 -0.0 188 10 316.3 317.5 293.4 336.3 6.32 10 550 5122 -3.1 -3.5 97 0.5 -3.3 207 12 320.5 321.5 293.8 337.9 5.38 11 500 5872 -6.8 -7.8 93 0.9 -7.3 215 12 324.7 325.5 294.0 338.8 4.26 12 450 6688 -11.5 -12.9 89 1.5 -12.1 217 15 328.8 329.4 294.2 339.5 3.14 13 400 7582 -17.0 -18.9 85 1.9 -17.7 209 21 332.9 333.3 294.4 340.4 2.14 14 350 8569 -24.2 -26.7 79 2.5 -24.8 206 27 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.6 1.23 15 300 9674 -33.5 -36.4 75 2.9 -33.9 201 30 338.2 338.3 294.4 340.3 0.56 16 250 10922 -45.3 -48.8 68 3.5 -45.5 207 30 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12369 -55.7 -61.8 47 6.0 -55.9 206 23 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.05 18 150 14159 -62.8 -80.3 8 17.5 -62.9 253 19 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16617 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -68.9 290 18 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.48 m Freezing level: 597.72 mb = 4459.25 m = 14629.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.47 mb = 4421.34 m = 14505.54 ft Precipitable water: 2.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 98.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.88 C = 83.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1005.54 mb = 102.12 m = 335.04 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 2.16 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 942.58 mb = 661.26 m = 2169.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.80 C = 76.63 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: 0.35 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: 0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.70 C Cross Totals Index: 21.55 C K Index: 36.26 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.04 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.54 mb = 534.39 m = 1753.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.54 mb = 1431.09 m = 4695.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 771.54 mb = 2361.70 m = 7748.27 ft B at Equ Level: 26.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 411.54 mb = 7366.11 m = 24166.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 144.2 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 174.2 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.9 neg: -5.4 tot: 48.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 20.80 m/s