MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 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 59 30.0 21.2 60 8.7 23.7 302 6 302.6 305.6 296.6 349.9 15.99 1 1000 110 28.2 20.0 61 8.2 22.4 302 6 301.4 304.1 295.6 345.2 14.88 2 950 563 23.5 18.7 75 4.7 20.2 303 7 301.0 303.6 295.1 343.5 14.46 3 900 1033 18.9 17.7 93 1.2 18.1 305 8 301.0 303.6 295.1 343.1 14.32 4 850 1522 15.5 11.5 77 4.0 13.0 344 10 302.4 304.3 292.3 332.3 10.10 5 800 2034 14.0 6.1 59 7.9 9.4 356 15 306.1 307.5 291.3 328.6 7.41 6 750 2577 11.6 0.6 47 11.0 5.7 343 17 309.2 310.2 290.5 325.6 5.31 7 700 3151 8.3 -2.0 48 10.3 3.0 321 17 311.7 312.5 290.7 326.4 4.71 8 650 3759 5.1 -3.7 53 8.8 0.7 309 22 314.7 315.6 291.5 329.0 4.48 9 600 4408 1.7 -7.1 52 8.9 -2.4 300 22 318.1 318.8 291.8 330.2 3.73 10 550 5104 -2.7 -12.5 47 9.8 -6.7 290 23 320.9 321.4 291.6 329.7 2.66 11 500 5853 -6.9 -28.4 16 21.5 -12.5 286 24 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.3 0.74 12 450 6666 -12.4 -30.4 21 18.0 -16.7 286 27 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.1 0.68 13 400 7554 -18.8 -49.0 5 30.2 -22.7 289 29 330.5 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.11 14 350 8534 -25.3 -58.9 3 33.6 -28.0 287 33 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.04 15 300 9635 -33.6 -47.2 24 13.6 -34.9 274 34 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.18 16 250 10885 -44.5 -52.8 39 8.2 -44.9 264 40 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.11 17 200 12336 -56.1 -63.8 37 7.7 -56.2 288 39 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14124 -63.1 -74.5 20 11.4 -63.3 287 35 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16593 -69.5 -86.0 7 16.5 -69.6 304 23 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.43 m Freezing level: 580.49 mb = 4679.72 m = 15353.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.36 mb = 3905.83 m = 12814.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.58 C = 85.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 886.41 mb = 1162.88 m = 3815.17 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 24.31 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 881.93 mb = 1206.14 m = 3957.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.85 C = 83.93 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.65 C Showalter Index: 3.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.77 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.37 C Cross Totals Index: 18.40 C K Index: 23.60 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.27 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 651.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.64 mb = 1160.63 m = 3807.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 871.64 mb = 1306.59 m = 4286.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 791.64 mb = 2122.72 m = 6964.21 ft B at Equ Level: 12.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.64 mb = 14473.02 m = 47483.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 309.9 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 339.9 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: -18.0 tot: -15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 43.96 Bulk Shear: 14.82 m/s