MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1004 58 30.8 20.4 54 10.4 23.3 298 6 303.6 306.3 296.3 348.5 15.14 1 1000 98 29.8 19.3 53 10.5 22.3 299 5 302.9 305.5 295.5 345.0 14.19 2 950 553 25.1 17.9 64 7.2 20.1 299 7 302.7 305.2 295.1 343.3 13.73 3 900 1025 20.5 16.8 80 3.7 18.0 299 7 302.6 305.1 295.0 342.6 13.52 4 850 1516 16.9 10.8 67 6.1 13.0 324 8 303.8 305.6 292.4 332.5 9.62 5 800 2031 15.4 -0.4 34 15.8 7.1 337 16 307.5 308.4 289.3 321.9 4.64 6 750 2574 11.4 0.3 46 11.2 5.5 312 16 309.0 310.0 290.3 325.1 5.20 7 700 3147 8.0 0.7 60 7.4 4.1 311 21 311.4 312.5 291.5 329.3 5.75 8 650 3755 4.8 -3.2 56 8.0 0.8 311 23 314.4 315.2 291.5 329.1 4.64 9 600 4403 1.2 -12.4 35 13.6 -4.3 307 23 317.5 318.0 290.5 325.6 2.45 10 550 5098 -2.0 -25.3 15 23.3 -8.9 302 24 321.7 321.9 290.2 324.8 0.89 11 500 5848 -7.1 -22.1 29 15.1 -11.8 294 28 324.4 324.7 291.4 329.0 1.30 12 450 6660 -12.0 -43.5 5 31.5 -17.3 285 29 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.18 13 400 7549 -18.8 -41.7 11 22.9 -22.4 291 32 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.25 14 350 8529 -25.0 -51.8 6 26.8 -27.7 291 35 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.5 0.09 15 300 9633 -32.9 -52.7 12 19.7 -34.5 319 38 338.9 339.0 294.1 339.3 0.10 16 250 10885 -44.0 -55.5 27 11.5 -44.6 330 47 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12340 -56.1 -67.6 22 11.6 -56.2 319 39 344.0 344.0 295.3 344.1 0.02 18 150 14125 -62.3 -76.5 13 14.2 -62.4 278 37 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16603 -68.7 -87.5 5 18.8 -68.8 301 20 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.65 m Freezing level: 581.16 mb = 4664.55 m = 15303.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.33 mb = 3850.85 m = 12633.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.13 % Est. max temperature: 30.95 C = 87.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.80 mb = 1377.67 m = 4519.85 ft T: 17.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 26.59 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 2035.55 m = 6678.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.80 C = 94.63 F Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Showalter Index: 2.99 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.94 C Cross Totals Index: 17.87 C K Index: 27.37 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.78 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 502.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.27 mb = 1452.96 m = 4766.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 741.27 mb = 2670.98 m = 8762.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.27 mb = 11982.62 m = 39312.57 ft B at Equ Level: 501.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.27 mb = 14072.93 m = 46170.45 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.7 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 337.7 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.9 neg: -7.8 tot: 4.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 25.87 Bulk Shear: 19.42 m/s