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: 35.1594,-79.29227 Latitude: 35.16 Longitude: -79.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1001 106 30.7 19.7 52 11.0 22.9 273 4 303.8 306.5 296.0 347.2 14.58 1 1000 111 29.1 18.8 54 10.3 21.9 274 3 302.3 304.8 295.1 343.1 13.82 2 950 565 24.5 17.5 65 6.9 19.6 278 5 302.0 304.5 294.7 341.5 13.38 3 900 1036 19.8 16.5 81 3.3 17.6 281 6 302.0 304.4 294.6 341.0 13.25 4 850 1526 16.7 11.0 69 5.7 13.1 326 16 303.6 305.4 292.4 332.6 9.73 5 800 2040 13.7 7.1 64 6.7 9.7 330 16 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.7 7.91 6 750 2582 10.7 5.5 70 5.3 7.6 325 16 308.2 309.6 292.0 331.3 7.55 7 700 3154 7.6 3.0 73 4.6 5.0 303 20 310.9 312.2 292.2 331.9 6.79 8 650 3761 4.5 -1.1 67 5.6 1.6 294 24 314.1 315.2 292.1 331.3 5.45 9 600 4409 0.7 -6.4 59 7.1 -2.7 295 26 316.9 317.6 291.6 329.6 3.94 10 550 5103 -3.2 -13.2 46 10.0 -7.2 294 27 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.6 2.51 11 500 5850 -7.5 -20.0 36 12.5 -11.6 295 26 323.9 324.2 291.5 329.3 1.56 12 450 6662 -12.9 -35.6 13 22.7 -17.5 293 27 327.0 327.1 291.3 328.5 0.41 13 400 7547 -19.5 -54.2 3 34.6 -23.3 295 30 329.6 329.6 291.7 329.8 0.06 14 350 8523 -26.8 -57.2 4 30.4 -29.3 296 29 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 15 300 9618 -34.7 -59.3 6 24.6 -36.2 290 27 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.6 0.04 16 250 10865 -44.3 -65.4 8 21.1 -44.9 296 27 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.02 17 200 12323 -55.0 -72.7 9 17.7 -55.2 308 36 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14122 -62.2 -77.7 11 15.5 -62.3 300 29 362.9 362.9 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16600 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 299 18 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.07 m Freezing level: 591.52 mb = 4526.86 m = 14851.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.28 mb = 3997.98 m = 13116.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.38 % Est. max temperature: 30.52 C = 86.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.86 mb = 1497.21 m = 4912.06 ft T: 16.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 17.46 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1735.17 m = 5692.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.42 C = 88.55 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -1.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.62 C Showalter Index: 2.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.50 C K Index: 30.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 512.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.85 mb = 1437.22 m = 4715.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 763.85 mb = 2428.10 m = 7966.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.85 mb = 11027.52 m = 36179.07 ft B at Equ Level: 511.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.85 mb = 13570.02 m = 44520.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.5 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 331.5 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): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.1 neg: -6.5 tot: 14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 17.25 Bulk Shear: 29.70 m/s