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: 35.42,-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 125 SFC 994 175 22.1 21.9 99 0.2 22.0 75 2 295.7 298.8 295.3 344.2 16.86 2 950 572 20.3 20.2 99 0.1 20.2 148 10 297.8 300.7 295.2 343.8 15.85 3 900 1038 17.9 17.6 98 0.3 17.7 220 9 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.6 14.24 4 850 1527 15.7 15.4 98 0.3 15.5 261 4 302.6 305.0 294.6 341.2 13.07 5 800 2040 13.1 12.7 97 0.4 12.8 314 1 305.1 307.2 294.3 339.7 11.59 6 750 2582 10.7 9.6 93 1.0 10.0 25 3 308.2 310.1 294.0 338.8 10.09 7 700 3155 7.7 6.7 93 1.0 7.1 16 4 311.1 312.7 293.9 338.2 8.83 8 650 3763 4.5 2.6 87 1.9 3.4 324 8 314.1 315.5 293.4 336.4 7.12 9 600 4412 0.9 -2.5 78 3.5 -0.9 329 11 317.2 318.2 292.8 334.1 5.30 10 550 5108 -2.7 -6.0 78 3.3 -4.3 314 9 320.9 321.8 293.2 335.4 4.44 11 500 5856 -7.9 -14.3 60 6.4 -10.4 293 12 323.4 323.9 292.2 331.9 2.52 12 450 6667 -13.0 -30.5 21 17.5 -17.0 286 14 326.9 327.1 291.5 329.4 0.67 13 400 7554 -18.5 -38.7 15 20.2 -21.9 270 15 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.3 0.34 14 350 8537 -25.1 -46.9 11 21.8 -27.6 263 15 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.5 0.16 15 300 9636 -34.1 -43.8 37 9.7 -35.1 287 18 337.3 337.3 293.9 338.3 0.26 16 250 10885 -44.7 -54.7 32 10.0 -45.2 281 17 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 17 200 12336 -55.5 -66.9 23 11.5 -55.7 273 23 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 14140 -60.2 -80.1 6 19.9 -60.4 275 28 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.4 0.00 19 100 16615 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 305 16 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.69 m Freezing level: 587.26 mb = 4589.19 m = 15056.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.04 mb = 4277.28 m = 14032.89 ft Precipitable water: 2.00 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.18 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 991.70 mb = 198.08 m = 649.85 ft T: 22.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 10.10 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.72 mb = 693.10 m = 2273.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.71 C = 76.49 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -2.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.61 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.59 C Cross Totals Index: 23.33 C K Index: 37.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.40 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.89 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 646.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.38 mb = 650.25 m = 2133.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 926.38 mb = 788.80 m = 2587.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.38 mb = 11824.18 m = 38792.78 ft B at Equ Level: 641.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.38 mb = 14289.22 m = 46880.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.2 at 7.2 knts Storm direction: 337.2 at 5.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.3 tot: 0.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.2 neg: -10.0 tot: 52.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.25 Bulk Rich Number: 25.72 Bulk Shear: 25.13 m/s