MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 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 1007 59 26.8 22.1 75 4.7 23.4 318 7 299.4 302.4 296.3 348.6 16.85 1 1000 123 25.1 21.0 78 4.1 22.2 319 6 298.2 301.1 295.3 344.2 15.81 2 950 571 20.5 19.4 94 1.1 19.8 322 8 298.0 300.7 294.8 341.9 15.13 3 900 1038 18.0 15.3 84 2.7 16.2 331 10 300.1 302.3 293.3 335.9 12.24 4 850 1526 15.3 12.3 82 3.0 13.4 326 12 302.2 304.2 292.7 333.7 10.65 5 800 2038 12.6 8.9 78 3.7 10.3 334 14 304.6 306.2 292.1 331.5 8.98 6 750 2578 11.0 4.3 64 6.6 7.2 329 15 308.5 309.8 291.7 329.8 6.97 7 700 3151 8.1 -0.1 56 8.2 3.8 315 16 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.4 5.42 8 650 3760 5.0 -3.4 55 8.4 0.8 300 20 314.7 315.6 291.5 329.3 4.59 9 600 4409 1.3 -5.7 60 7.0 -2.1 296 21 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.0 4.16 10 550 5104 -3.0 -10.9 54 7.9 -6.3 291 22 320.6 321.2 291.9 330.6 3.03 11 500 5852 -7.2 -23.8 25 16.5 -12.1 285 22 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.2 1.12 12 450 6664 -12.8 -30.8 21 17.9 -17.0 281 22 327.1 327.2 291.6 329.5 0.65 13 400 7551 -18.8 -33.2 27 14.4 -21.7 284 24 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.7 0.58 14 350 8531 -25.6 -48.1 10 22.5 -28.1 284 28 334.2 334.3 293.0 334.8 0.14 15 300 9632 -33.2 -61.8 4 28.6 -34.8 283 33 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.7 0.03 16 250 10883 -44.4 -57.4 22 13.0 -45.0 283 30 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.07 17 200 12334 -56.5 -64.1 38 7.7 -56.6 277 37 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.03 18 150 14134 -61.6 -76.2 13 14.6 -61.8 291 41 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.01 19 100 16596 -69.8 -86.2 7 16.4 -69.9 291 19 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.79 m Freezing level: 585.03 mb = 4616.81 m = 15146.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.66 mb = 3940.86 m = 12929.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.54 mb = 657.76 m = 2157.98 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 20.12 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.01 mb = 961.29 m = 3153.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.22 C = 81.00 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Showalter Index: 2.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.55 C K Index: 26.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 307.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 24.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.83 mb = 802.94 m = 2634.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.83 mb = 1328.81 m = 4359.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 749.83 mb = 2580.09 m = 8464.76 ft B at Equ Level: 22.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.83 mb = 13356.61 m = 43820.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.3 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 336.3 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: -3.6 tot: -0.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.4 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 25.38 Bulk Shear: 12.13 m/s