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: 35.23,-79.4 Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -79.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 123 26.9 21.4 72 5.5 23.0 318 4 300.0 303.0 296.1 347.7 16.27 1 1000 123 25.7 20.9 75 4.8 22.3 317 3 298.8 301.7 295.4 344.6 15.70 2 950 572 21.0 19.4 90 1.6 19.9 319 5 298.5 301.2 294.8 342.3 15.06 3 900 1039 19.4 12.9 66 6.5 15.2 329 12 301.5 303.4 292.3 332.3 10.44 4 850 1529 16.7 8.1 57 8.5 11.5 342 13 303.6 305.1 291.0 327.6 8.02 5 800 2043 13.6 7.0 64 6.7 9.7 350 13 305.7 307.1 291.6 329.4 7.87 6 750 2584 11.1 1.6 52 9.5 5.9 335 16 308.6 309.7 290.7 326.3 5.74 7 700 3156 7.9 -1.0 53 8.9 3.3 318 17 311.3 312.2 290.9 327.2 5.10 8 650 3764 4.1 -0.6 71 4.7 1.6 299 19 313.6 314.7 292.1 331.4 5.63 9 600 4411 0.9 -3.2 74 4.2 -1.2 288 23 317.2 318.1 292.6 333.3 5.02 10 550 5106 -2.6 -10.5 54 7.9 -6.0 280 23 321.1 321.7 292.1 331.4 3.12 11 500 5856 -6.5 -33.7 9 27.2 -12.9 287 23 325.1 325.2 290.7 326.7 0.44 12 450 6669 -12.9 -26.6 31 13.7 -16.4 287 22 327.0 327.2 291.8 330.4 0.96 13 400 7556 -19.0 -28.5 43 9.4 -21.2 289 25 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.5 0.91 14 350 8534 -26.2 -38.3 31 12.1 -28.0 296 32 333.5 333.5 293.0 335.0 0.40 15 300 9633 -33.6 -44.2 34 10.6 -34.7 291 36 338.0 338.0 294.1 339.0 0.25 16 250 10885 -44.0 -52.1 40 8.1 -44.5 273 33 340.6 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.12 17 200 12335 -57.0 -61.8 54 4.8 -57.1 270 30 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.8 0.05 18 150 14132 -61.9 -78.7 9 16.7 -62.1 290 35 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16600 -68.3 -87.4 5 19.1 -68.4 300 18 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.01 m Freezing level: 586.89 mb = 4593.34 m = 15069.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.22 mb = 4129.89 m = 13549.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.92 mb = 812.76 m = 2666.51 ft T: 20.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 20.01 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.90 mb = 1570.00 m = 5150.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.17 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 0.12 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 14.69 C K Index: 22.49 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 181.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 901.69 mb = 1023.27 m = 3357.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.69 mb = 3313.76 m = 10871.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 506.69 mb = 5751.85 m = 18870.67 ft B at Equ Level: 41.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 186.69 mb = 12765.76 m = 41881.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.5 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 335.5 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: -8.7 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.87 Bulk Shear: 20.50 m/s