MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z MON 9 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 1001 58 25.0 15.4 55 9.6 18.7 214 14 298.1 300.1 291.7 330.2 11.05 1 1000 66 25.0 15.1 54 9.9 18.5 213 12 298.2 300.2 291.7 329.9 10.87 2 950 516 25.8 10.3 38 15.5 16.1 231 35 303.4 304.9 291.2 328.2 8.30 3 900 989 23.3 7.4 36 15.8 13.7 239 33 305.5 306.8 290.9 327.3 7.21 4 850 1485 20.6 5.7 38 14.9 11.8 241 30 307.8 309.0 291.3 328.5 6.78 5 800 2005 17.2 3.7 41 13.5 9.5 251 29 309.5 310.6 291.3 328.7 6.25 6 750 2551 13.3 2.0 46 11.4 7.0 259 33 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.4 5.89 7 700 3127 8.5 -0.9 51 9.4 3.5 263 41 311.9 312.9 291.1 327.9 5.10 8 650 3735 3.9 -2.7 62 6.5 0.6 265 49 313.3 314.3 291.3 328.6 4.84 9 600 4379 -1.3 -4.3 80 3.0 -2.8 266 53 314.6 315.5 291.5 329.3 4.62 10 550 5066 -5.9 -7.9 86 1.9 -6.8 268 43 317.0 317.8 291.6 329.5 3.85 11 500 5807 -9.7 -11.3 88 1.6 -10.4 259 36 321.2 321.8 292.2 331.8 3.22 12 450 6615 -14.1 -16.0 86 1.9 -14.8 243 39 325.5 326.0 292.7 333.8 2.44 13 400 7499 -19.4 -21.6 82 2.2 -20.0 235 34 329.8 330.2 293.3 335.8 1.70 14 350 8480 -25.7 -28.4 78 2.7 -26.3 218 30 334.1 334.3 293.8 337.9 1.05 15 300 9579 -34.0 -37.0 74 3.0 -34.4 211 39 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.6 0.53 16 250 10827 -44.8 -48.3 68 3.5 -45.0 210 46 339.5 339.5 294.4 340.3 0.19 17 200 12277 -56.3 -61.1 54 4.8 -56.4 217 47 343.6 343.6 295.3 343.8 0.05 18 150 14071 -62.2 -68.8 41 6.6 -62.3 238 48 362.9 362.9 299.2 363.0 0.02 19 100 16554 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 247 32 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.71 m Freezing level: 612.81 mb = 4213.57 m = 13823.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.09 mb = 3845.75 m = 12617.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.35 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.34 % Est. max temperature: 34.65 C = 94.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.50 mb = 1288.02 m = 4225.75 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.80 C/km ThetaE index: 2.88 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.70 mb = 3477.50 m = 11408.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.66 C = 103.39 F Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lifted Index: 2.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.72 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.38 C Cross Totals Index: 15.46 C K Index: 26.67 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 228.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.66 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6663.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 772.13 mb = 2305.17 m = 7562.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 240.3 neg: -11.5 tot: 228.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.4 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.46 Bulk Shear: 60.18 m/s