MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1008 59 24.9 22.1 85 2.8 22.9 336 4 297.4 300.5 295.8 346.3 16.87 1 1000 125 23.2 21.4 89 1.9 21.9 335 4 296.4 299.3 295.1 343.2 16.23 2 950 571 19.9 17.8 88 2.1 18.5 5 10 297.4 299.8 293.6 336.9 13.64 3 900 1037 17.9 14.0 78 4.0 15.4 19 11 300.0 302.0 292.5 332.8 11.21 4 850 1525 15.8 10.5 71 5.3 12.4 359 13 302.6 304.4 291.9 330.6 9.42 5 800 2038 13.9 1.6 43 12.3 7.3 352 17 306.0 307.0 289.5 322.4 5.38 6 750 2579 11.6 -4.2 33 15.8 3.9 343 17 309.1 309.8 289.0 320.8 3.72 7 700 3152 8.0 -2.2 48 10.3 2.8 316 15 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.0 4.64 8 650 3760 4.6 -1.6 64 6.2 1.4 289 20 314.1 315.1 291.9 330.6 5.22 9 600 4408 1.0 -4.5 67 5.4 -1.7 290 22 317.2 318.1 292.2 332.0 4.58 10 550 5102 -2.6 -8.5 64 6.0 -5.3 298 21 321.0 321.7 292.5 333.0 3.65 11 500 5852 -7.2 -16.1 49 8.9 -10.5 290 23 324.2 324.7 292.2 331.6 2.18 12 450 6664 -12.7 -24.0 38 11.3 -15.9 287 23 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.6 1.22 13 400 7552 -18.7 -31.5 31 12.8 -21.4 272 22 330.7 330.8 292.6 333.2 0.69 14 350 8534 -25.1 -43.3 17 18.2 -27.5 270 23 335.0 335.0 293.3 335.9 0.24 15 300 9632 -34.5 -44.7 35 10.2 -35.4 264 29 336.8 336.9 293.7 337.8 0.24 16 250 10877 -45.7 -49.9 62 4.2 -45.9 253 34 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.16 17 200 12323 -56.3 -69.9 17 13.6 -56.5 278 32 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.02 18 150 14123 -60.8 -81.1 5 20.3 -61.0 296 36 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.3 0.00 19 100 16602 -68.2 -85.6 7 17.4 -68.4 318 19 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.43 m Freezing level: 586.39 mb = 4596.55 m = 15080.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.56 mb = 4044.08 m = 13267.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.49 % Est. max temperature: 29.74 C = 85.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.14 mb = 406.86 m = 1334.82 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 25.47 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.69 mb = 1231.83 m = 4041.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Cap Strength: 1.70 C Lifted Index: 0.26 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.93 C Showalter Index: 3.71 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.98 C Cross Totals Index: 17.72 C K Index: 23.20 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 175.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.24 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 151.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.24 mb = 798.75 m = 2620.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 460.24 mb = 6490.62 m = 21294.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 400.24 mb = 7547.39 m = 24761.48 ft B at Equ Level: 13.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 360.24 mb = 8321.67 m = 27301.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.6 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 344.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -25.2 tot: -25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: -3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 20.89 m/s