MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1006 58 30.3 20.1 54 10.3 23.0 275 5 303.0 305.7 296.0 347.0 14.86 1 1000 112 28.4 19.0 57 9.4 21.8 276 4 301.6 304.1 295.0 342.7 13.95 2 950 564 23.7 17.8 70 5.8 19.6 278 6 301.2 303.7 294.7 341.4 13.66 3 900 1034 19.2 16.5 85 2.6 17.4 282 7 301.3 303.7 294.4 340.3 13.26 4 850 1524 16.7 11.2 70 5.5 13.2 323 17 303.6 305.4 292.6 333.1 9.88 5 800 2038 13.9 7.3 65 6.5 9.9 328 18 305.9 307.4 291.8 330.3 8.06 6 750 2580 10.7 4.6 66 6.0 7.2 321 16 308.1 309.5 291.7 329.9 7.12 7 700 3152 7.8 2.3 68 5.4 4.7 303 20 311.1 312.3 292.0 331.2 6.47 8 650 3760 4.6 -0.7 69 5.2 1.8 293 25 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.8 5.61 9 600 4407 0.3 -3.7 74 4.0 -1.6 294 27 316.5 317.5 292.3 332.1 4.86 10 550 5101 -3.2 -12.8 47 9.6 -7.1 292 28 320.3 320.8 291.4 328.9 2.59 11 500 5848 -7.7 -18.9 40 11.2 -11.5 292 26 323.7 324.0 291.6 329.6 1.72 12 450 6659 -13.1 -29.5 24 16.4 -17.0 291 27 326.8 326.9 291.6 329.4 0.74 13 400 7544 -19.7 -44.8 9 25.0 -23.2 293 28 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.0 0.18 14 350 8520 -26.7 -58.5 3 31.7 -29.2 293 27 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 15 300 9617 -34.4 -62.2 4 27.7 -36.0 289 26 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.0 0.03 16 250 10864 -44.3 -67.4 6 23.2 -44.9 291 26 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.3 0.02 17 200 12321 -55.2 -72.7 10 17.5 -55.4 308 32 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.4 0.01 18 150 14122 -61.6 -78.4 9 16.8 -61.8 298 30 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16598 -68.0 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.1 296 18 396.2 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5736.73 m Freezing level: 595.12 mb = 4475.20 m = 14682.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.85 mb = 4092.13 m = 13425.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.21 mb = 1352.10 m = 4435.98 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 17.09 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.35 mb = 1671.39 m = 5483.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.66 C = 88.98 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -1.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.36 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 2.10 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.37 C Cross Totals Index: 18.90 C K Index: 30.14 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 499.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.01 mb = 1314.72 m = 4313.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.01 mb = 2402.59 m = 7882.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.01 mb = 10968.95 m = 35986.93 ft B at Equ Level: 499.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.01 mb = 13875.82 m = 45523.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.0 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 330.0 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -4.5 tot: 21.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 17.12 Bulk Shear: 29.20 m/s