MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 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 1007 59 21.2 20.8 97 0.5 20.9 344 4 293.8 296.6 293.8 338.0 15.51 1 1000 120 20.7 20.5 99 0.1 20.6 349 5 293.8 296.6 293.7 337.7 15.39 2 950 565 18.9 18.7 99 0.2 18.8 291 8 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.1 14.47 3 900 1029 17.4 16.9 97 0.4 17.1 271 10 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.1 13.60 4 850 1517 15.4 13.8 90 1.6 14.4 268 11 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.1 11.78 5 800 2031 13.7 10.5 81 3.2 11.7 271 11 305.8 307.7 293.3 335.9 10.03 6 750 2573 11.0 8.0 82 3.0 9.2 280 11 308.5 310.2 293.3 336.0 9.02 7 700 3146 7.7 4.7 81 3.0 5.9 276 10 311.0 312.5 293.0 334.7 7.66 8 650 3754 4.3 0.2 75 4.0 2.1 274 10 313.8 314.9 292.4 332.6 5.99 9 600 4403 2.3 -5.6 56 7.9 -1.5 292 10 318.7 319.6 292.3 332.4 4.20 10 550 5099 -2.9 -9.2 62 6.2 -5.7 270 10 320.6 321.3 292.3 332.0 3.47 11 500 5847 -7.4 -21.8 31 14.4 -11.9 271 12 324.1 324.3 291.3 328.7 1.34 12 450 6661 -12.4 -24.2 37 11.8 -15.7 274 14 327.7 327.9 292.2 331.9 1.20 13 400 7549 -18.6 -37.5 17 18.9 -21.9 272 15 330.8 330.9 292.3 332.3 0.38 14 350 8528 -26.2 -49.2 10 23.1 -28.6 250 14 333.5 333.5 292.8 334.0 0.12 15 300 9624 -34.8 -52.7 14 18.0 -36.0 267 14 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.8 0.10 16 250 10870 -44.7 -59.4 18 14.7 -45.3 281 18 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12325 -55.6 -66.5 25 10.9 -55.8 292 25 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.02 18 150 14126 -60.6 -82.1 4 21.5 -60.7 285 42 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16599 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 301 17 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.87 m Freezing level: 578.27 mb = 4705.64 m = 15438.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.27 mb = 4120.57 m = 13518.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.33 C = 84.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1000.73 mb = 113.95 m = 373.85 ft T: 20.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 7.23 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.00 mb = 564.55 m = 1852.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.82 C = 74.88 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: 0.18 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.59 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.77 C Cross Totals Index: 21.20 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.55 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 139.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 953.56 mb = 532.11 m = 1745.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 368.56 mb = 8149.40 m = 26736.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 338.56 mb = 8764.59 m = 28754.86 ft B at Equ Level: 21.17 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 278.56 mb = 10131.11 m = 33238.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.2 at 10.1 knts Storm direction: 307.2 at 7.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -4.6 tot: -1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.75 Bulk Shear: 5.66 m/s