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: 35.42,-80.15 Latitude: 35.42 Longitude: -80.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 122 SFC 994 175 22.3 22.1 98 0.3 22.2 101 2 296.0 299.1 295.6 345.1 17.05 2 950 568 20.4 20.2 99 0.2 20.3 143 13 297.9 300.8 295.3 344.0 15.89 3 900 1035 18.0 17.8 99 0.2 17.9 192 14 300.1 302.7 294.9 342.3 14.43 4 850 1524 16.0 15.6 98 0.3 15.7 218 6 302.9 305.3 294.8 342.1 13.25 5 800 2038 13.4 12.8 96 0.6 13.0 234 3 305.5 307.6 294.4 340.5 11.69 6 750 2581 11.2 9.8 91 1.4 10.3 59 1 308.7 310.7 294.3 339.8 10.21 7 700 3154 8.0 6.9 93 1.1 7.3 279 2 311.3 313.0 294.0 338.8 8.94 8 650 3764 4.7 3.5 92 1.2 4.0 286 7 314.3 315.7 293.8 338.0 7.58 9 600 4413 1.4 -2.5 75 3.9 -0.6 295 14 317.7 318.8 293.0 334.8 5.32 10 550 5109 -2.4 -7.1 70 4.8 -4.6 309 17 321.3 322.1 293.0 334.6 4.07 11 500 5859 -7.6 -11.0 77 3.4 -9.0 311 19 323.8 324.5 293.0 334.9 3.32 12 450 6670 -12.7 -17.7 66 5.0 -14.4 293 20 327.3 327.7 292.9 334.6 2.12 13 400 7559 -18.5 -31.1 32 12.6 -21.2 262 19 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.5 0.71 14 350 8541 -25.5 -42.0 20 16.5 -27.7 249 21 334.4 334.5 293.2 335.5 0.27 15 300 9640 -34.1 -46.6 27 12.5 -35.3 238 22 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.0 0.19 16 250 10888 -44.4 -56.6 24 12.2 -44.9 222 19 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.4 0.07 17 200 12341 -56.0 -66.8 25 10.7 -56.2 230 20 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 14143 -61.1 -79.4 7 18.3 -61.3 286 23 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16615 -68.4 -85.2 7 16.7 -68.5 305 21 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.02 m Freezing level: 581.32 mb = 4672.94 m = 15330.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.19 mb = 4329.39 m = 14203.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.04 % Est. max temperature: 29.49 C = 85.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.27 mb = 206.95 m = 678.95 ft T: 22.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.74 C/km ThetaE index: 10.45 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.52 mb = 691.45 m = 2268.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lifted Index: -2.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 23.18 C K Index: 38.06 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 678.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.59 mb = 654.10 m = 2145.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 925.59 mb = 792.80 m = 2601.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.59 mb = 12161.49 m = 39899.43 ft B at Equ Level: 676.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.59 mb = 14324.65 m = 46996.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.8 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 314.8 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 18.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 85.1 neg: -17.7 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 16.52 Bulk Shear: 41.08 m/s