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: 35.94,-79.16 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -79.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 SFC 997 158 22.1 21.7 97 0.4 21.9 102 5 295.6 298.6 295.1 343.3 16.63 2 950 575 19.5 19.4 99 0.2 19.4 125 17 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.5 15.05 3 900 1040 17.5 17.3 99 0.2 17.4 159 13 299.5 302.1 294.4 340.2 13.94 4 850 1528 15.3 15.1 99 0.1 15.2 159 9 302.1 304.5 294.3 340.0 12.83 5 800 2041 12.9 12.7 99 0.1 12.8 159 6 304.9 307.0 294.2 339.6 11.64 6 750 2582 10.0 9.6 97 0.5 9.7 134 4 307.5 309.3 293.8 337.8 10.04 7 700 3154 7.2 5.8 91 1.4 6.3 94 2 310.5 312.0 293.3 336.0 8.29 8 650 3762 4.2 2.0 86 2.2 2.9 281 8 313.7 315.0 293.0 335.0 6.82 9 600 4410 1.2 -2.6 76 3.8 -0.8 300 14 317.5 318.5 292.9 334.3 5.26 10 550 5107 -2.3 -7.9 66 5.6 -4.8 316 17 321.3 322.1 292.8 334.0 3.84 11 500 5855 -7.5 -16.0 50 8.6 -10.6 308 19 323.9 324.4 292.1 331.4 2.19 12 450 6668 -12.2 -25.9 31 13.7 -15.9 289 19 327.9 328.1 292.2 331.6 1.03 13 400 7558 -18.1 -28.8 39 10.6 -20.6 276 21 331.4 331.6 293.0 334.6 0.89 14 350 8540 -25.4 -33.6 46 8.2 -26.9 256 24 334.5 334.6 293.5 336.8 0.64 15 300 9640 -34.0 -39.3 59 5.3 -34.7 238 27 337.4 337.5 294.1 339.1 0.42 16 250 10889 -44.5 -47.9 68 3.4 -44.7 200 29 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12340 -56.8 -59.9 68 3.1 -56.9 217 34 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.06 18 150 14133 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.4 281 25 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16606 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 300 20 396.9 396.9 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.90 m Freezing level: 583.16 mb = 4644.48 m = 15237.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.36 mb = 4271.17 m = 14012.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.78 % Est. max temperature: 28.89 C = 84.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.83 mb = 209.69 m = 687.96 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 11.98 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 944.14 mb = 628.33 m = 2061.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.89 C = 75.00 F Cap Strength: -0.05 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -0.69 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.33 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.74 C Cross Totals Index: 22.59 C K Index: 36.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 268.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.95 mb = 639.22 m = 2097.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 937.95 mb = 684.97 m = 2247.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 247.95 mb = 10942.73 m = 35900.91 ft B at Equ Level: 267.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.95 mb = 13428.39 m = 44055.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.1 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 313.1 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.7 neg: -21.4 tot: 44.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 3.99 Bulk Shear: 67.33 m/s