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 the city database file for: KVUJ ... Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KVUJ 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 115 SFC 993 175 21.8 21.6 99 0.2 21.7 4 2 295.6 298.5 295.1 343.1 16.55 2 950 561 20.1 19.9 99 0.1 20.0 190 2 297.5 300.4 295.0 342.7 15.59 3 900 1027 17.9 17.4 97 0.5 17.6 329 7 300.0 302.5 294.6 341.1 14.07 4 850 1516 15.9 15.0 94 0.9 15.3 13 5 302.8 305.1 294.4 340.4 12.70 5 800 2029 13.6 11.3 86 2.2 12.1 1 4 305.6 307.6 293.7 337.4 10.59 6 750 2573 12.1 7.5 73 4.6 9.3 331 7 309.8 311.4 293.4 336.4 8.72 7 700 3148 8.6 4.4 75 4.2 6.1 332 10 312.0 313.4 293.1 335.2 7.49 8 650 3757 5.1 -1.9 61 6.9 1.5 350 9 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.0 5.14 9 600 4406 1.0 -4.1 69 5.1 -1.5 317 8 317.3 318.2 292.3 332.4 4.71 10 550 5101 -3.0 -11.7 51 8.7 -6.6 291 10 320.5 321.1 291.7 329.9 2.83 11 500 5848 -7.8 -30.2 15 22.4 -13.3 271 12 323.5 323.6 290.5 325.7 0.62 12 450 6658 -12.8 -26.7 30 13.9 -16.4 280 13 327.1 327.3 291.9 330.5 0.96 13 400 7546 -18.4 -28.9 39 10.5 -20.8 286 13 331.1 331.3 292.9 334.3 0.88 14 350 8529 -25.4 -34.5 42 9.2 -26.9 293 17 334.6 334.7 293.5 336.7 0.58 15 300 9629 -34.2 -53.4 13 19.2 -35.5 291 29 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.09 16 250 10875 -44.9 -55.9 28 11.0 -45.4 295 31 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.08 17 200 12323 -56.2 -68.6 19 12.5 -56.3 291 23 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.02 18 150 14131 -59.6 -79.3 6 19.7 -59.8 294 41 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16607 -67.8 -86.2 6 18.4 -67.9 294 17 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.01 m Freezing level: 587.69 mb = 4577.05 m = 15016.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.16 mb = 4072.89 m = 13362.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.03 % Est. max temperature: 29.43 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.00 mb = 202.44 m = 664.16 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 12.15 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.81 mb = 717.94 m = 2355.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.62 C = 76.32 F Cap Strength: 1.05 C Lifted Index: -1.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.20 C Showalter Index: -1.21 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 22.79 C K Index: 34.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.83 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 466.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.03 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.95 mb = 661.39 m = 2169.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 903.95 mb = 988.82 m = 3244.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 883.95 mb = 1180.49 m = 3872.94 ft B at Equ Level: 18.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 733.95 mb = 2752.93 m = 9031.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.8 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 346.8 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 156.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -2.3 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 48.43 Bulk Shear: 9.64 m/s