MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 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 22.5 22.3 99 0.2 22.3 310 1 295.1 298.1 295.3 344.0 17.06 1 1000 113 22.1 22.1 100 0.0 22.1 302 2 295.3 298.3 295.3 343.9 16.96 2 950 559 19.4 18.9 97 0.5 19.1 331 8 296.9 299.5 294.1 339.1 14.63 3 900 1024 18.2 16.1 88 2.0 16.8 327 9 300.2 302.6 293.9 338.1 12.91 4 850 1512 15.5 13.8 89 1.7 14.4 289 9 302.4 304.6 293.6 337.2 11.75 5 800 2026 13.2 10.8 85 2.4 11.7 274 9 305.2 307.1 293.3 335.8 10.21 6 750 2567 11.0 7.0 76 4.0 8.6 280 11 308.5 310.0 292.8 334.0 8.39 7 700 3141 8.5 3.8 72 4.7 5.8 278 13 311.9 313.2 292.9 334.2 7.20 8 650 3750 4.6 -0.2 71 4.8 2.0 267 16 314.1 315.2 292.4 332.4 5.81 9 600 4397 0.3 -4.4 71 4.7 -2.0 265 16 316.5 317.4 292.0 331.2 4.61 10 550 5091 -3.1 -11.9 51 8.8 -6.7 271 16 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.6 2.79 11 500 5839 -7.7 -16.9 48 9.2 -10.9 273 17 323.7 324.1 291.9 330.6 2.03 12 450 6650 -12.7 -20.4 53 7.6 -15.1 271 16 327.2 327.6 292.6 333.1 1.68 13 400 7539 -17.9 -28.2 40 10.3 -20.4 280 16 331.7 331.9 293.1 335.1 0.93 14 350 8523 -25.0 -35.3 38 10.3 -26.8 274 23 335.0 335.1 293.6 337.0 0.54 15 300 9624 -34.0 -40.4 52 6.5 -34.7 276 33 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.0 0.37 16 250 10871 -45.1 -52.0 46 6.9 -45.5 283 33 339.0 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.12 17 200 12318 -56.5 -67.3 25 10.7 -56.7 293 22 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 18 150 14121 -60.6 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.7 290 43 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.00 19 100 16591 -68.9 -85.3 8 16.4 -68.9 292 18 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.15 m Freezing level: 595.58 mb = 4458.29 m = 14626.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.75 mb = 4070.14 m = 13353.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.83 % Est. max temperature: 29.52 C = 85.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.31 mb = 76.17 m = 249.89 ft T: 22.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 9.98 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 939.06 mb = 658.19 m = 2159.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.99 C = 76.97 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -1.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.71 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.21 C Cross Totals Index: 21.49 C K Index: 32.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 175.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 947.09 mb = 584.96 m = 1919.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.09 mb = 3598.45 m = 11805.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.09 mb = 11079.94 m = 36351.08 ft B at Equ Level: 175.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 182.09 mb = 12906.14 m = 42342.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.9 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 307.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: -4.9 tot: 1.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.85 Bulk Shear: 12.69 m/s