MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 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 1010 59 22.6 21.6 94 1.0 21.9 60 7 294.9 297.8 294.7 341.5 16.27 1 1000 145 21.5 21.2 98 0.3 21.3 63 9 294.6 297.5 294.4 340.6 16.05 2 950 590 19.1 19.0 99 0.2 19.1 97 15 296.6 299.3 294.1 339.0 14.69 3 900 1055 17.4 17.2 99 0.2 17.2 171 4 299.4 302.0 294.3 339.8 13.83 4 850 1542 14.7 14.3 97 0.4 14.4 231 5 301.5 303.8 293.7 337.4 12.15 5 800 2054 12.4 11.4 94 1.0 11.8 231 7 304.4 306.4 293.4 336.3 10.68 6 750 2594 9.7 8.4 92 1.2 8.9 240 9 307.1 308.8 293.1 335.2 9.29 7 700 3165 6.7 5.2 90 1.6 5.8 247 10 310.0 311.4 292.9 334.3 7.94 8 650 3771 3.4 1.1 85 2.3 2.1 251 11 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.7 6.39 9 600 4416 -0.5 -1.1 96 0.6 -0.8 250 12 315.5 316.7 292.9 334.2 5.90 10 550 5109 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.6 -3.1 237 13 320.8 321.8 293.9 338.3 5.41 11 500 5860 -7.1 -7.9 93 0.9 -7.5 225 18 324.4 325.3 293.9 338.4 4.21 12 450 6675 -11.9 -13.3 89 1.4 -12.5 215 19 328.2 328.8 294.0 338.6 3.04 13 400 7566 -17.8 -19.6 85 1.9 -18.4 220 21 331.9 332.3 294.1 339.0 2.02 14 350 8551 -25.0 -27.6 79 2.6 -25.6 213 24 335.0 335.3 294.1 339.2 1.13 15 300 9652 -33.4 -36.5 74 3.1 -33.8 207 34 338.3 338.4 294.4 340.4 0.56 16 250 10905 -44.1 -47.5 69 3.4 -44.3 196 39 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.3 0.21 17 200 12356 -56.1 -59.8 63 3.7 -56.2 201 43 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.2 0.06 18 150 14156 -61.9 -78.7 9 16.7 -62.1 267 24 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16614 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 311 22 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5714.50 m Freezing level: 606.47 mb = 4332.19 m = 14213.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.66 mb = 4234.29 m = 13891.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.83 C = 83.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.20 mb = 178.36 m = 585.15 ft T: 21.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 7.07 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 957.03 mb = 525.67 m = 1724.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.02 C = 75.23 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -0.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: 0.83 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.36 C K Index: 34.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.62 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.09 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 143.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 956.17 mb = 533.43 m = 1750.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 951.17 mb = 578.83 m = 1899.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 921.17 mb = 854.53 m = 2803.55 ft B at Equ Level: 16.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.17 mb = 11701.50 m = 38390.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.0 at 10.6 knts Storm direction: 261.0 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 125.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 82.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 60.53 m/s