MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.87,-78.78 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 1000 102 30.0 19.2 53 10.8 22.4 282 5 303.1 305.7 295.5 345.0 14.15 1 1000 105 28.5 18.7 55 9.8 21.6 283 3 301.7 304.2 294.8 341.9 13.66 2 950 557 23.7 17.4 68 6.3 19.4 285 6 301.2 303.7 294.4 340.3 13.28 3 900 1027 19.1 16.3 84 2.8 17.2 288 6 301.2 303.6 294.2 339.6 13.06 4 850 1516 16.0 11.4 74 4.6 13.0 320 15 302.9 304.7 292.4 332.5 9.99 5 800 2029 13.1 8.5 74 4.5 10.3 310 20 305.1 306.7 292.1 331.4 8.76 6 750 2569 9.9 6.4 79 3.5 7.8 300 21 307.3 308.8 292.2 331.8 8.06 7 700 3140 6.8 2.7 75 4.0 4.5 293 22 310.0 311.2 291.9 330.6 6.67 8 650 3746 3.7 -1.2 71 4.8 1.2 292 26 313.1 314.1 291.7 330.1 5.41 9 600 4392 0.7 -13.4 34 14.1 -4.9 289 28 316.9 317.3 290.1 324.3 2.26 10 550 5086 -2.3 -28.7 11 26.4 -9.5 292 29 321.3 321.5 289.9 323.6 0.65 11 500 5834 -7.8 -26.4 21 18.7 -12.9 283 29 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.7 0.88 12 450 6644 -12.8 -36.3 12 23.5 -17.4 276 29 327.1 327.2 291.3 328.6 0.38 13 400 7532 -19.1 -51.9 4 32.8 -22.9 278 28 330.2 330.2 291.9 330.5 0.08 14 350 8508 -27.0 -46.9 13 19.9 -29.1 258 27 332.4 332.4 292.5 333.0 0.16 15 300 9600 -35.6 -59.3 7 23.7 -36.9 269 27 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.04 16 250 10843 -44.7 -69.2 5 24.5 -45.4 286 32 339.6 339.6 294.2 339.7 0.01 17 200 12301 -54.9 -73.9 8 19.0 -55.1 297 35 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 14104 -61.2 -79.1 8 17.9 -61.4 293 27 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16580 -67.6 -86.1 6 18.5 -67.7 286 21 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.34 m Freezing level: 589.03 mb = 4544.11 m = 14908.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.42 mb = 3865.82 m = 12683.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.73 C = 85.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.81 mb = 1457.49 m = 4781.74 ft T: 16.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 13.64 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 843.55 mb = 1580.20 m = 5184.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.02 C = 86.03 F Cap Strength: 0.95 C Lifted Index: -1.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 19.16 C K Index: 31.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.99 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 394.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.14 mb = 1354.94 m = 4445.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.14 mb = 2122.12 m = 6962.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.14 mb = 10811.79 m = 35471.30 ft B at Equ Level: 393.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.14 mb = 13277.69 m = 43561.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.7 at 20.9 knts Storm direction: 323.7 at 15.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.0 neg: -8.3 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 11.18 Bulk Shear: 35.33 m/s