MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 22.2 22.0 99 0.2 22.1 14 4 294.9 297.9 295.0 342.9 16.77 1 1000 110 21.9 21.8 99 0.1 21.8 22 5 295.0 298.0 295.0 342.8 16.66 2 950 556 20.1 20.0 99 0.1 20.1 340 9 297.6 300.4 295.0 343.0 15.68 3 900 1022 18.1 17.5 96 0.6 17.7 349 10 300.2 302.7 294.7 341.4 14.09 4 850 1511 15.6 15.0 96 0.7 15.2 335 7 302.5 304.9 294.3 340.1 12.69 5 800 2025 13.1 11.9 92 1.2 12.3 298 6 305.1 307.2 293.9 338.1 11.01 6 750 2566 11.0 7.9 81 3.1 9.1 302 8 308.5 310.2 293.3 335.8 8.97 7 700 3141 8.9 2.4 64 6.5 5.3 318 12 312.4 313.6 292.4 332.7 6.52 8 650 3750 5.0 -4.1 51 9.2 0.5 323 13 314.7 315.5 291.3 328.5 4.33 9 600 4398 0.9 -4.2 68 5.1 -1.6 303 13 317.2 318.1 292.3 332.1 4.66 10 550 5093 -2.9 -10.2 57 7.3 -6.1 278 16 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.1 3.19 11 500 5841 -7.7 -28.4 17 20.7 -13.0 268 17 323.7 323.8 290.6 326.3 0.74 12 450 6651 -12.7 -33.5 16 20.8 -17.1 268 16 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.2 0.50 13 400 7539 -18.6 -31.8 30 13.3 -21.3 272 18 330.9 331.0 292.6 333.3 0.67 14 350 8521 -25.4 -37.0 33 11.7 -27.2 285 19 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.45 15 300 9621 -34.4 -56.0 9 21.6 -35.8 291 27 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.06 16 250 10866 -45.4 -55.1 32 9.8 -45.8 288 28 338.6 338.7 294.1 339.0 0.09 17 200 12310 -56.7 -67.3 25 10.6 -56.9 276 23 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 18 150 14118 -59.3 -80.8 5 21.5 -59.5 291 43 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16590 -68.9 -86.1 7 17.2 -68.9 296 23 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.65 m Freezing level: 588.18 mb = 4562.30 m = 14968.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.38 mb = 3908.82 m = 12824.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.69 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.11 mb = 83.06 m = 272.50 ft T: 22.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.31 mb = 598.59 m = 1963.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.18 C = 77.33 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -2.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.43 C Showalter Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 31.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 579.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.57 mb = 532.44 m = 1746.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 887.57 mb = 1141.23 m = 3744.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.57 mb = 2819.00 m = 9248.57 ft B at Equ Level: 34.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.57 mb = 14217.22 m = 46643.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.5 at 11.1 knts Storm direction: 334.5 at 8.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -5.8 tot: 4.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 56.86 Bulk Shear: 10.19 m/s