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,-79.24 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 97 30.7 19.8 52 10.9 22.9 273 4 303.7 306.4 296.0 347.2 14.65 1 1000 112 29.1 18.9 54 10.3 21.9 273 4 302.3 304.8 295.1 343.2 13.86 2 950 565 24.3 17.6 66 6.7 19.7 277 5 301.9 304.4 294.7 341.5 13.45 3 900 1036 19.7 16.6 82 3.1 17.6 281 6 301.8 304.3 294.6 341.0 13.30 4 850 1526 16.7 10.9 68 5.8 13.0 325 16 303.7 305.5 292.4 332.6 9.68 5 800 2040 13.8 7.0 64 6.8 9.7 330 16 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.6 7.87 6 750 2581 10.8 5.4 69 5.4 7.6 324 16 308.3 309.7 292.0 331.2 7.51 7 700 3154 7.6 2.8 71 4.8 4.9 302 20 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.7 6.70 8 650 3761 4.6 -0.9 67 5.5 1.7 294 24 314.2 315.2 292.2 331.6 5.52 9 600 4409 0.6 -6.0 61 6.6 -2.5 295 26 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.0 4.08 10 550 5103 -3.2 -13.2 46 10.1 -7.2 294 27 320.3 320.8 291.3 328.6 2.50 11 500 5850 -7.6 -19.2 39 11.6 -11.5 295 26 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.5 1.67 12 450 6661 -12.9 -34.8 14 21.8 -17.4 292 27 327.0 327.0 291.3 328.6 0.44 13 400 7547 -19.5 -53.8 3 34.3 -23.3 296 30 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.06 14 350 8523 -26.9 -56.8 4 30.0 -29.3 297 29 332.5 332.5 292.4 332.7 0.05 15 300 9618 -34.7 -60.7 5 26.0 -36.1 290 27 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.04 16 250 10865 -44.3 -65.8 7 21.6 -44.9 296 27 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12323 -55.0 -72.7 9 17.7 -55.3 308 35 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.01 18 150 14123 -62.1 -77.9 10 15.8 -62.2 299 29 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16599 -67.8 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 299 18 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5738.79 m Freezing level: 592.06 mb = 4519.32 m = 14826.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.63 mb = 4019.15 m = 13186.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 30.61 C = 87.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.58 mb = 1469.70 m = 4821.80 ft T: 17.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 17.59 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1724.99 m = 5659.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.53 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.51 C = 88.71 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Showalter Index: 2.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.33 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 30.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.56 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 527.77 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 27.01 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.94 mb = 1416.16 m = 4646.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 765.94 mb = 2405.01 m = 7890.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.94 mb = 11243.16 m = 36886.54 ft B at Equ Level: 522.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 155.94 mb = 13879.69 m = 45536.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.3 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 331.3 at 14.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.7 neg: -5.6 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 17.82 Bulk Shear: 29.61 m/s