MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.23,-79.4 Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 123 22.6 21.8 95 0.9 22.1 121 5 295.8 298.7 295.2 343.6 16.62 1 1000 125 22.6 21.8 95 0.8 22.0 122 4 295.7 298.7 295.1 343.5 16.64 2 950 570 19.4 19.0 98 0.4 19.2 145 14 296.9 299.6 294.2 339.5 14.75 3 900 1036 18.0 17.1 94 0.9 17.4 190 16 300.1 302.6 294.4 340.4 13.77 4 850 1525 15.7 14.4 92 1.3 14.8 224 15 302.6 304.8 294.0 338.8 12.24 5 800 2039 13.2 11.5 90 1.7 12.1 235 15 305.2 307.2 293.7 337.4 10.75 6 750 2580 10.9 9.4 91 1.5 10.0 248 9 308.4 310.3 294.0 338.5 9.93 7 700 3154 8.2 6.3 87 2.0 7.1 264 5 311.6 313.2 293.9 338.0 8.56 8 650 3764 4.8 2.7 86 2.1 3.7 288 5 314.4 315.8 293.6 337.0 7.19 9 600 4412 0.8 -0.2 93 1.0 0.3 301 8 317.0 318.3 293.6 337.1 6.31 10 550 5108 -2.7 -4.5 87 1.8 -3.6 314 13 320.9 321.9 293.6 337.1 4.99 11 500 5858 -7.2 -9.6 83 2.4 -8.3 308 14 324.2 325.0 293.4 336.5 3.68 12 450 6671 -12.3 -18.5 60 6.2 -14.4 290 15 327.7 328.1 292.9 334.6 1.97 13 400 7561 -18.1 -37.4 17 19.3 -21.5 271 17 331.5 331.5 292.5 332.9 0.38 14 350 8543 -25.3 -41.1 22 15.8 -27.5 261 20 334.6 334.7 293.3 335.8 0.30 15 300 9644 -34.0 -42.2 43 8.2 -34.9 230 24 337.5 337.5 294.0 338.7 0.31 16 250 10893 -44.4 -47.8 69 3.3 -44.6 195 25 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12344 -56.6 -59.9 66 3.3 -56.6 214 28 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.06 18 150 14142 -61.1 -79.9 7 18.8 -61.2 284 22 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16613 -68.0 -87.1 5 19.1 -68.1 303 22 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.93 m Freezing level: 588.48 mb = 4572.82 m = 15002.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.66 mb = 4456.99 m = 14622.50 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 988.07 mb = 229.34 m = 752.43 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 4.05 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 684.61 m = 2246.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.55 C = 76.19 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Showalter Index: 0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.92 C Cross Totals Index: 21.65 C K Index: 35.35 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.53 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 171.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.43 mb = 648.56 m = 2127.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.43 mb = 3682.77 m = 12082.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 256.43 mb = 10718.91 m = 35166.61 ft B at Equ Level: 170.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.43 mb = 12783.37 m = 41939.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: -7.8 tot: 119.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 4.30 Bulk Shear: 39.91 m/s