MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 59 22.4 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 68 3 295.0 298.1 295.2 343.7 16.97 1 1000 112 22.1 21.9 99 0.2 22.0 78 5 295.3 298.3 295.1 343.4 16.77 2 950 559 20.5 20.4 99 0.1 20.5 229 7 298.0 300.9 295.4 344.7 16.06 3 900 1026 18.6 17.6 94 1.0 17.9 267 7 300.6 303.2 294.8 342.2 14.18 4 850 1515 16.0 15.3 96 0.6 15.5 268 8 302.9 305.2 294.6 341.3 12.98 5 800 2029 13.1 12.5 96 0.6 12.7 265 9 305.1 307.2 294.1 339.4 11.46 6 750 2570 10.3 9.1 92 1.2 9.6 259 10 307.8 309.6 293.6 337.2 9.71 7 700 3144 8.3 5.0 80 3.2 6.3 293 7 311.6 313.1 293.3 335.9 7.86 8 650 3753 4.9 1.7 80 3.2 3.1 309 7 314.6 315.8 293.2 335.6 6.69 9 600 4402 1.1 -2.1 79 3.3 -0.6 306 10 317.4 318.5 293.0 334.9 5.45 10 550 5098 -2.6 -9.3 60 6.7 -5.5 283 11 321.0 321.7 292.3 332.4 3.44 11 500 5847 -7.5 -16.0 51 8.5 -10.6 281 13 323.9 324.3 292.1 331.3 2.19 12 450 6658 -12.9 -20.6 52 7.7 -15.3 275 12 327.1 327.4 292.5 332.8 1.65 13 400 7547 -18.2 -43.1 9 24.9 -22.0 257 16 331.3 331.4 292.3 332.1 0.21 14 350 8528 -25.4 -44.9 14 19.5 -27.8 249 19 334.5 334.6 293.2 335.3 0.20 15 300 9628 -34.2 -46.9 27 12.6 -35.4 272 19 337.1 337.1 293.8 337.9 0.19 16 250 10874 -45.0 -56.6 26 11.5 -45.5 267 20 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.07 17 200 12324 -56.2 -66.2 27 10.0 -56.4 278 24 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 18 150 14130 -59.8 -79.4 6 19.6 -60.0 280 34 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.1 0.00 19 100 16601 -68.6 -86.4 6 17.8 -68.7 298 17 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.58 m Freezing level: 584.58 mb = 4616.49 m = 15145.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.67 mb = 4299.01 m = 14104.18 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.51 mb = 81.59 m = 267.67 ft T: 22.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 13.32 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 937.50 mb = 673.00 m = 2207.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Cap Strength: 0.29 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.61 C Showalter Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 22.82 C K Index: 35.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 213.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 755.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.14 mb = 548.18 m = 1798.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 876.14 mb = 1255.87 m = 4120.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.14 mb = 12446.33 m = 40833.92 ft B at Equ Level: 737.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.14 mb = 14289.38 m = 46880.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 280.1 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 310.1 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -0.6 tot: 46.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 39.51 Bulk Shear: 19.11 m/s