MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 22.2 22.0 99 0.2 22.1 73 3 295.3 298.3 295.2 343.6 16.83 1 1000 126 22.2 22.1 99 0.1 22.2 73 3 295.4 298.4 295.3 344.2 16.98 2 950 572 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.3 163 12 297.8 300.7 295.3 343.9 15.89 3 900 1039 18.3 17.7 96 0.6 17.9 206 10 300.3 303.0 294.8 342.1 14.26 4 850 1528 15.6 15.3 98 0.4 15.4 244 11 302.5 304.9 294.5 340.8 12.95 5 800 2041 13.0 12.8 99 0.1 12.9 255 11 305.0 307.1 294.3 339.9 11.70 6 750 2582 10.2 9.8 97 0.4 9.9 261 9 307.6 309.5 293.9 338.4 10.17 7 700 3155 7.6 6.3 92 1.2 6.8 281 6 310.9 312.5 293.7 337.3 8.61 8 650 3763 4.3 3.2 92 1.1 3.7 289 5 313.9 315.3 293.6 337.1 7.44 9 600 4411 1.1 -1.1 85 2.2 -0.0 296 8 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.2 5.91 10 550 5107 -2.8 -7.3 71 4.5 -4.8 315 9 320.8 321.6 292.8 334.0 4.03 11 500 5856 -7.6 -15.4 54 7.8 -10.5 311 11 323.8 324.3 292.2 331.6 2.31 12 450 6668 -12.5 -19.1 58 6.6 -14.7 296 13 327.5 327.9 292.8 334.0 1.87 13 400 7557 -18.2 -34.3 23 16.1 -21.3 263 16 331.3 331.5 292.6 333.3 0.52 14 350 8539 -25.5 -39.6 26 14.1 -27.6 247 20 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.7 0.35 15 300 9637 -34.3 -47.5 25 13.2 -35.5 236 20 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.17 16 250 10885 -44.7 -58.9 19 14.1 -45.3 232 21 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.05 17 200 12336 -55.9 -67.7 21 11.9 -56.1 245 21 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 14141 -60.5 -79.8 6 19.3 -60.7 278 23 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16615 -68.4 -86.5 6 18.1 -68.5 309 18 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.50 m Freezing level: 585.65 mb = 4610.80 m = 15127.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.53 mb = 4404.06 m = 14448.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.30 mb = 149.57 m = 490.71 ft T: 22.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 672.07 m = 2204.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.26 C = 77.47 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.19 C Showalter Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.84 C K Index: 37.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.85 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 726.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.41 mb = 604.78 m = 1984.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 891.41 mb = 1120.72 m = 3676.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.41 mb = 11975.00 m = 39287.59 ft B at Equ Level: 725.58 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.41 mb = 14500.49 m = 47573.21 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 8.8 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 6.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.7 neg: -2.4 tot: 86.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.40 Bulk Rich Number: 27.86 Bulk Shear: 26.06 m/s