MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 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 22.9 22.3 97 0.6 22.5 313 4 295.4 298.5 295.4 344.4 17.06 1 1000 121 22.2 21.9 98 0.3 22.0 315 5 295.3 298.3 295.1 343.3 16.74 2 950 566 19.5 19.4 99 0.1 19.4 356 11 297.0 299.7 294.4 340.6 15.07 3 900 1031 17.0 16.8 99 0.2 16.9 3 11 299.0 301.5 293.9 338.4 13.52 4 850 1518 14.9 14.0 94 0.9 14.3 341 10 301.7 303.9 293.5 336.8 11.87 5 800 2031 13.0 10.3 84 2.7 11.3 321 12 305.0 306.9 293.0 334.7 9.90 6 750 2573 11.1 6.3 72 4.8 8.2 308 14 308.6 310.1 292.5 333.0 7.98 7 700 3145 8.1 1.9 65 6.3 4.6 296 16 311.5 312.7 292.0 331.0 6.27 8 650 3754 4.5 -0.8 68 5.3 1.7 287 17 314.1 315.1 292.2 331.5 5.54 9 600 4402 1.0 -4.5 67 5.5 -1.7 283 18 317.3 318.2 292.2 332.0 4.56 10 550 5097 -3.0 -7.2 72 4.2 -4.9 281 20 320.6 321.3 292.7 333.8 4.05 11 500 5846 -7.0 -17.9 42 10.8 -10.8 279 21 324.5 324.9 292.0 330.9 1.88 12 450 6658 -12.6 -25.5 33 12.9 -16.1 275 23 327.3 327.5 292.0 331.1 1.06 13 400 7545 -19.1 -28.3 44 9.2 -21.2 264 22 330.2 330.3 292.7 333.5 0.93 14 350 8525 -25.4 -37.2 33 11.7 -27.3 267 27 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.2 0.45 15 300 9625 -34.0 -42.9 40 8.9 -35.0 264 35 337.4 337.5 294.0 338.6 0.29 16 250 10872 -45.0 -54.3 35 9.2 -45.4 272 35 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.5 0.10 17 200 12323 -55.7 -71.2 13 15.5 -56.0 286 30 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.01 18 150 14126 -60.2 -79.7 6 19.5 -60.3 292 47 366.4 366.4 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16595 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -68.9 290 17 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.78 m Freezing level: 587.41 mb = 4576.75 m = 15015.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.71 mb = 4075.11 m = 13369.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.32 mb = 126.83 m = 416.11 ft T: 22.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.61 C/km ThetaE index: 13.38 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.52 mb = 534.27 m = 1752.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.33 C = 75.80 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -0.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 1.14 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.89 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 29.57 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 309.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 954.17 mb = 528.32 m = 1733.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 949.17 mb = 573.87 m = 1882.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.17 mb = 2252.35 m = 7389.50 ft B at Equ Level: 36.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.17 mb = 13372.55 m = 43872.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.7 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 329.7 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: -7.1 tot: -6.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 20.17 Bulk Shear: 15.33 m/s