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: 35.42,-80.15 Latitude: 35.42 Longitude: -80.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 124 SFC 994 175 27.2 21.0 69 6.2 22.8 284 4 300.8 303.8 296.1 347.7 15.97 2 950 574 21.8 18.8 83 3.0 19.8 290 5 299.4 302.0 294.7 341.8 14.55 3 900 1042 19.5 15.3 77 4.1 16.7 318 12 301.6 303.8 293.7 337.7 12.26 4 850 1532 16.9 10.9 68 6.0 13.1 327 7 303.9 305.6 292.4 332.7 9.66 5 800 2047 13.9 8.4 69 5.5 10.6 318 9 306.0 307.6 292.3 332.2 8.69 6 750 2588 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 304 11 307.7 309.4 293.1 335.1 9.04 7 700 3160 7.0 4.3 83 2.7 5.4 299 14 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.1 7.46 8 650 3766 3.8 0.1 77 3.7 1.8 291 18 313.3 314.4 292.2 331.9 5.94 9 600 4413 0.4 -4.0 72 4.4 -1.8 280 20 316.6 317.5 292.2 331.8 4.75 10 550 5108 -2.6 -11.6 50 9.0 -6.4 280 22 321.0 321.5 291.8 330.5 2.85 11 500 5857 -6.3 -31.0 12 24.7 -12.5 284 22 325.3 325.5 291.0 327.4 0.57 12 450 6670 -12.9 -25.5 34 12.5 -16.3 291 23 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.8 1.07 13 400 7557 -19.0 -35.9 21 16.9 -22.1 299 26 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.9 0.44 14 350 8535 -26.2 -36.3 38 10.2 -27.8 298 33 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.3 0.49 15 300 9633 -33.6 -50.5 17 16.9 -35.0 289 39 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.6 0.12 16 250 10885 -44.5 -53.2 37 8.7 -45.0 282 36 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.3 0.11 17 200 12334 -56.4 -64.5 35 8.1 -56.6 275 31 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14131 -61.7 -78.4 9 16.8 -61.8 292 34 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.01 19 100 16606 -68.8 -86.9 6 18.1 -68.9 300 18 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.46 m Freezing level: 593.58 mb = 4501.90 m = 14769.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.52 mb = 4089.17 m = 13415.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.52 % Est. max temperature: 30.45 C = 86.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.29 mb = 952.78 m = 3125.87 ft T: 19.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 15.49 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.38 mb = 1608.62 m = 5277.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.53 C = 86.95 F Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lifted Index: -0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 3.68 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.41 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 17.19 C K Index: 31.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 167.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 408.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.80 mb = 1139.51 m = 3738.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.80 mb = 2315.33 m = 7596.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.80 mb = 11291.79 m = 37046.12 ft B at Equ Level: 408.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.80 mb = 13934.03 m = 45714.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.0 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 322.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.1 neg: -0.3 tot: 10.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 31.56 Bulk Shear: 12.95 m/s