MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 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 22.0 75 4.8 23.3 323 5 299.3 302.4 296.3 348.3 16.77 1 1000 123 25.0 21.1 79 3.9 22.2 321 4 298.1 301.0 295.3 344.3 15.91 2 950 571 20.6 19.1 91 1.5 19.6 326 6 298.1 300.8 294.6 341.1 14.82 3 900 1037 18.3 13.0 71 5.2 14.9 328 11 300.4 302.3 292.1 331.3 10.54 4 850 1526 16.4 10.5 68 5.9 12.7 340 12 303.3 305.0 292.1 331.3 9.40 5 800 2039 13.1 9.3 78 3.8 10.7 348 13 305.1 306.8 292.4 332.8 9.23 6 750 2580 10.8 5.6 70 5.2 7.7 341 16 308.3 309.7 292.1 331.5 7.60 7 700 3153 8.6 -4.1 41 12.7 2.4 322 19 312.0 312.7 290.2 324.7 4.04 8 650 3761 4.6 -2.2 62 6.7 1.1 305 20 314.1 315.1 291.7 330.0 5.02 9 600 4409 1.3 -5.6 60 6.9 -2.0 294 23 317.6 318.4 292.0 331.2 4.20 10 550 5105 -2.4 -10.8 53 8.4 -6.0 286 24 321.2 321.8 292.0 331.3 3.05 11 500 5855 -6.7 -26.4 19 19.7 -12.2 285 24 324.9 325.0 291.2 328.0 0.88 12 450 6668 -12.7 -31.9 18 19.2 -17.0 279 22 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.4 0.58 13 400 7555 -18.8 -28.9 41 10.1 -21.1 287 24 330.5 330.7 292.7 333.7 0.88 14 350 8534 -26.4 -39.3 29 12.9 -28.2 293 33 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.5 0.36 15 300 9633 -33.6 -44.9 31 11.4 -34.7 290 33 338.1 338.1 294.1 339.0 0.23 16 250 10886 -44.1 -53.6 34 9.5 -44.5 276 31 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.0 0.10 17 200 12336 -56.8 -62.0 52 5.2 -56.9 276 30 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.05 18 150 14132 -62.1 -78.3 10 16.3 -62.2 289 37 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16598 -68.2 -87.3 5 19.1 -68.3 288 18 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5732.47 m Freezing level: 582.64 mb = 4651.01 m = 15259.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.76 mb = 3991.85 m = 13096.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.33 C = 86.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.98 mb = 662.21 m = 2172.59 ft T: 20.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.66 C/km ThetaE index: 16.97 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 875.39 mb = 1273.88 m = 4179.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.28 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.09 C Cross Totals Index: 17.19 C K Index: 20.91 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 163.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.15 mb = 874.10 m = 2867.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 662.15 mb = 3609.43 m = 11841.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.15 mb = 9582.14 m = 31437.07 ft B at Equ Level: 162.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.15 mb = 12586.22 m = 41292.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 308.5 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 338.5 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -7.5 tot: -3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: -1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 8.39 Bulk Shear: 19.51 m/s