MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1007 59 22.5 21.8 96 0.7 22.0 9 5 295.0 298.0 294.9 342.3 16.49 1 1000 121 21.7 21.3 98 0.4 21.4 11 5 294.8 297.7 294.6 341.1 16.15 2 950 566 19.6 18.7 95 0.9 18.9 357 13 297.0 299.6 294.0 338.6 14.39 3 900 1031 18.1 15.6 86 2.4 16.4 11 12 300.1 302.4 293.5 336.8 12.51 4 850 1519 15.7 13.0 84 2.6 14.0 353 11 302.6 304.6 293.2 335.6 11.17 5 800 2033 13.4 9.5 77 3.9 11.0 346 12 305.5 307.2 292.7 333.5 9.34 6 750 2574 11.3 4.2 61 7.1 7.2 337 14 308.9 310.2 291.7 330.1 6.90 7 700 3148 8.6 1.4 60 7.2 4.6 322 16 312.0 313.1 291.9 330.8 6.04 8 650 3757 4.7 -2.6 59 7.3 1.0 304 16 314.3 315.2 291.6 329.8 4.88 9 600 4404 0.7 -4.9 66 5.5 -2.0 277 18 316.9 317.7 292.0 331.2 4.45 10 550 5098 -3.1 -9.9 59 6.8 -6.0 279 21 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.3 3.28 11 500 5846 -7.9 -13.3 65 5.5 -10.0 287 22 323.4 324.0 292.4 332.6 2.73 12 450 6658 -12.5 -23.7 38 11.3 -15.7 285 22 327.6 327.8 292.3 332.0 1.25 13 400 7547 -18.6 -31.1 33 12.4 -21.3 279 21 330.8 330.9 292.6 333.4 0.72 14 350 8528 -25.3 -41.3 21 15.9 -27.5 267 19 334.6 334.7 293.3 335.8 0.29 15 300 9627 -34.3 -47.9 24 13.5 -35.5 274 25 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.7 0.17 16 250 10872 -45.6 -49.9 62 4.3 -45.9 276 28 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.9 0.16 17 200 12315 -57.0 -66.2 30 9.2 -57.2 254 28 342.5 342.5 295.0 342.6 0.03 18 150 14122 -60.1 -77.8 8 17.7 -60.2 293 44 366.6 366.6 299.9 366.6 0.01 19 100 16594 -69.4 -87.4 6 18.0 -69.5 309 23 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.99 m Freezing level: 591.11 mb = 4527.38 m = 14853.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.33 mb = 3966.98 m = 13014.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.05 % Est. max temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 996.71 mb = 149.52 m = 490.55 ft T: 21.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 12.26 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.02 mb = 1040.03 m = 3412.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: 0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 29.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.68 mb = 632.13 m = 2073.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.68 mb = 4169.23 m = 13678.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 357.68 mb = 8368.45 m = 27455.21 ft B at Equ Level: 74.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.68 mb = 12071.41 m = 39603.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.4 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 341.4 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 140.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: -13.6 tot: -9.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 3.92 Bulk Shear: 19.19 m/s