MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 58 29.3 20.8 60 8.5 23.2 312 3 301.9 304.8 296.1 347.8 15.56 1 1000 111 27.5 19.6 62 7.8 21.9 312 3 300.6 303.3 295.1 343.3 14.54 2 950 563 22.8 18.5 77 4.3 19.8 311 3 300.3 302.9 294.8 342.0 14.25 3 900 1031 19.1 12.3 64 6.9 14.8 349 5 301.2 303.1 291.9 330.8 10.02 4 850 1520 16.7 7.2 53 9.5 11.0 350 11 303.6 305.0 290.6 326.1 7.49 5 800 2034 14.4 1.7 42 12.7 7.5 348 14 306.5 307.5 289.7 323.1 5.42 6 750 2576 11.8 -5.4 30 17.1 3.6 322 15 309.4 310.0 288.8 320.1 3.42 7 700 3149 8.1 1.6 63 6.5 4.5 300 18 311.5 312.6 291.9 330.6 6.14 8 650 3757 4.7 -1.8 63 6.5 1.4 299 23 314.3 315.2 291.9 330.6 5.17 9 600 4406 1.3 -8.1 50 9.3 -3.0 297 25 317.6 318.3 291.4 328.9 3.47 10 550 5101 -2.4 -15.6 35 13.2 -7.4 292 26 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.2 2.06 11 500 5851 -6.7 -19.5 36 12.7 -11.0 291 26 324.8 325.2 291.9 330.5 1.64 12 450 6663 -13.0 -20.9 52 7.9 -15.4 289 25 326.9 327.2 292.4 332.5 1.61 13 400 7549 -19.1 -31.6 32 12.5 -21.7 274 22 330.2 330.4 292.4 332.7 0.68 14 350 8530 -25.4 -45.0 14 19.6 -27.8 275 25 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.3 0.20 15 300 9630 -33.9 -50.2 18 16.2 -35.3 286 26 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.13 16 250 10878 -44.8 -56.3 27 11.5 -45.3 296 28 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.7 0.07 17 200 12331 -56.1 -69.7 17 13.6 -56.3 328 36 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.0 0.02 18 150 14123 -60.9 -78.4 8 17.5 -61.0 294 30 365.2 365.2 299.7 365.2 0.01 19 100 16604 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 287 22 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.47 m Freezing level: 582.74 mb = 4645.76 m = 15241.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.23 mb = 3956.21 m = 12979.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.23 % Est. max temperature: 30.71 C = 87.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.83 mb = 1128.36 m = 3701.91 ft T: 18.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 27.65 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1809.67 m = 5937.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.36 C Showalter Index: 6.45 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.42 C Cross Totals Index: 13.88 C K Index: 24.05 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.46 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.97 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 94.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.66 mb = 1246.26 m = 4088.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 652.66 mb = 3723.76 m = 12216.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 272.66 mb = 10284.34 m = 33740.87 ft B at Equ Level: 126.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.66 mb = 12563.85 m = 41219.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 304.8 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 334.8 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: -20.3 tot: -19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: -2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 27.26 m/s