MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 22.4 22.2 99 0.2 22.3 79 1 295.0 298.1 295.3 343.9 17.02 1 1000 116 22.1 22.0 100 0.1 22.1 121 2 295.2 298.3 295.2 343.6 16.86 2 950 562 20.3 19.3 94 0.9 19.6 278 8 297.7 300.5 294.6 341.3 15.03 3 900 1030 18.8 16.0 83 2.9 16.9 269 12 300.9 303.3 293.9 338.5 12.77 4 850 1519 15.9 13.7 87 2.2 14.5 258 12 302.8 305.0 293.7 337.5 11.71 5 800 2032 13.1 11.1 87 2.0 11.8 253 10 305.1 307.0 293.4 336.3 10.40 6 750 2574 10.6 7.9 83 2.7 9.0 257 9 308.1 309.8 293.2 335.4 8.97 7 700 3147 8.5 3.8 73 4.7 5.8 282 5 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.3 7.22 8 650 3757 5.4 -0.3 67 5.6 2.4 297 7 315.1 316.2 292.6 333.4 5.79 9 600 4406 1.2 -3.6 70 4.8 -1.3 271 8 317.5 318.4 292.6 333.1 4.87 10 550 5102 -3.1 -8.0 69 5.0 -5.3 269 10 320.4 321.2 292.5 332.9 3.79 11 500 5849 -8.1 -15.5 55 7.4 -10.8 266 13 323.2 323.6 292.0 330.9 2.29 12 450 6660 -12.8 -23.7 40 10.9 -15.9 273 15 327.2 327.4 292.2 331.6 1.25 13 400 7548 -18.8 -23.2 68 4.4 -20.0 271 19 330.6 330.9 293.3 335.8 1.48 14 350 8530 -24.8 -34.5 40 9.7 -26.5 283 21 335.3 335.5 293.7 337.6 0.59 15 300 9631 -34.0 -45.2 31 11.2 -35.1 288 28 337.4 337.5 293.9 338.3 0.23 16 250 10879 -44.5 -55.5 28 11.0 -45.0 285 30 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.08 17 200 12331 -56.5 -62.7 45 6.3 -56.6 288 26 343.4 343.4 295.1 343.5 0.04 18 150 14136 -60.7 -79.8 6 19.1 -60.9 293 40 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.00 19 100 16605 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 293 12 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.20 m Freezing level: 586.41 mb = 4595.39 m = 15076.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.47 mb = 4173.69 m = 13693.05 ft Precipitable water: 1.92 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.30 % Est. max temperature: 29.98 C = 85.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.37 mb = 78.63 m = 257.95 ft T: 22.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.14 C/km ThetaE index: 12.95 C Layer 1000.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.34 mb = 1083.63 m = 3555.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: -1.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 33.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 322.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 942.04 mb = 635.08 m = 2083.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.04 mb = 1853.91 m = 6082.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 727.04 mb = 2832.03 m = 9291.32 ft B at Equ Level: 27.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 167.04 mb = 13460.63 m = 44161.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 9.0 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 6.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.7 neg: -10.8 tot: 15.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 127.31 Bulk Shear: 2.54 m/s