MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1006 59 30.4 20.9 57 9.5 23.5 294 4 303.0 305.9 296.5 349.4 15.65 1 1000 108 28.6 19.8 59 8.9 22.3 295 4 301.8 304.5 295.5 345.0 14.66 2 950 561 23.9 18.3 71 5.7 20.0 298 5 301.5 304.0 295.0 342.7 14.03 3 900 1031 19.5 16.6 84 2.8 17.5 304 6 301.6 304.0 294.5 340.9 13.34 4 850 1522 17.4 8.1 54 9.3 11.7 7 7 304.3 305.8 291.2 328.3 7.99 5 800 2036 14.2 4.3 52 9.8 8.6 345 9 306.2 307.5 290.6 326.1 6.54 6 750 2577 11.0 0.8 49 10.2 5.5 323 12 308.6 309.6 290.3 325.3 5.42 7 700 3150 7.9 -0.7 54 8.7 3.4 307 15 311.3 312.2 291.0 327.4 5.18 8 650 3758 4.4 -0.8 69 5.1 1.7 297 19 313.9 315.0 292.1 331.4 5.57 9 600 4405 1.2 -5.0 63 6.2 -1.8 291 24 317.5 318.3 292.2 331.6 4.39 10 550 5102 -2.0 -15.4 35 13.4 -7.1 288 24 321.7 322.1 291.4 328.8 2.10 11 500 5853 -6.0 -28.6 15 22.6 -12.1 286 25 325.8 325.9 291.2 328.4 0.72 12 450 6667 -12.2 -26.4 30 14.2 -16.0 291 24 327.8 328.0 292.1 331.3 0.98 13 400 7556 -18.5 -40.8 12 22.4 -22.1 300 26 331.0 331.0 292.3 332.0 0.27 14 350 8536 -25.3 -42.8 18 17.5 -27.6 297 34 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.6 0.25 15 300 9639 -33.0 -47.8 21 14.7 -34.4 287 41 338.8 338.9 294.2 339.5 0.17 16 250 10892 -44.3 -61.2 14 16.9 -44.9 284 41 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12344 -55.6 -70.7 13 15.2 -55.8 288 31 344.8 344.8 295.5 344.9 0.01 18 150 14135 -63.1 -78.5 11 15.4 -63.2 284 26 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16606 -68.9 -87.0 6 18.1 -68.9 300 18 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.31 m Freezing level: 581.30 mb = 4665.81 m = 15307.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.99 mb = 4062.20 m = 13327.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.86 % Est. max temperature: 31.36 C = 88.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.98 mb = 1253.43 m = 4112.24 ft T: 18.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 24.11 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.42 mb = 1698.90 m = 5573.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.34 C = 90.21 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.71 C Showalter Index: 6.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.40 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.34 C Cross Totals Index: 14.06 C K Index: 22.77 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 137.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 423.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 873.95 mb = 1283.11 m = 4209.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.95 mb = 2368.14 m = 7769.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 218.95 mb = 11754.95 m = 38565.63 ft B at Equ Level: 419.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.95 mb = 13773.87 m = 45189.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.0 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 330.0 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 2.1 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: -9.4 tot: -6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 26.28 Bulk Shear: 16.12 m/s