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,-79.26 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 30.7 20.7 55 10.1 23.5 287 3 303.8 306.7 296.6 349.9 15.49 1 1000 107 29.4 19.9 57 9.4 22.6 289 2 302.5 305.2 295.8 346.3 14.81 2 950 561 24.5 18.2 68 6.3 20.1 291 4 302.1 304.7 295.1 343.4 14.01 3 900 1032 20.0 17.3 85 2.6 18.2 295 4 302.1 304.7 295.1 343.3 13.97 4 850 1523 17.2 7.6 53 9.6 11.4 344 7 304.2 305.6 291.0 327.3 7.72 5 800 2037 14.1 5.7 57 8.4 9.2 329 7 306.2 307.5 291.2 328.0 7.21 6 750 2579 10.9 2.4 56 8.5 6.2 311 12 308.5 309.6 290.9 327.2 6.08 7 700 3151 7.4 3.9 78 3.5 5.4 299 15 310.7 312.1 292.5 333.0 7.24 8 650 3759 4.5 -0.6 69 5.1 1.8 294 20 314.0 315.1 292.2 331.7 5.63 9 600 4407 1.3 -5.0 63 6.3 -1.8 289 24 317.6 318.5 292.2 331.7 4.38 10 550 5103 -1.6 -21.6 20 20.0 -8.2 288 25 322.2 322.4 290.7 326.4 1.23 11 500 5855 -6.0 -26.4 18 20.5 -11.8 290 26 325.8 326.0 291.4 328.9 0.88 12 450 6669 -12.3 -27.8 26 15.6 -16.2 292 23 327.8 328.0 292.0 330.9 0.86 13 400 7558 -18.6 -41.1 12 22.5 -22.1 299 26 330.8 330.9 292.2 331.8 0.26 14 350 8538 -25.1 -44.9 14 19.7 -27.6 296 33 334.9 334.9 293.2 335.7 0.20 15 300 9641 -33.0 -47.9 21 14.9 -34.3 286 41 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.6 0.17 16 250 10894 -44.2 -57.4 22 13.2 -44.8 287 43 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.07 17 200 12347 -55.4 -74.9 7 19.5 -55.6 298 31 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 14136 -63.3 -78.1 12 14.8 -63.4 285 24 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16607 -69.3 -87.0 6 17.6 -69.4 302 18 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.98 m Freezing level: 577.83 mb = 4715.36 m = 15470.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.13 mb = 4074.40 m = 13367.28 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.33 % Est. max temperature: 31.05 C = 87.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 865.12 mb = 1371.36 m = 4499.16 ft T: 18.06 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.94 C/km ThetaE index: 22.53 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.28 mb = 1640.50 m = 5382.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.52 C Showalter Index: 6.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 13.54 C K Index: 27.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.42 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 573.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 868.05 mb = 1342.36 m = 4404.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.05 mb = 2110.47 m = 6924.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.05 mb = 11935.37 m = 39157.55 ft B at Equ Level: 571.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.05 mb = 14425.21 m = 47326.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.9 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 325.9 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.8 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: -6.5 tot: 0.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 29.27 Bulk Shear: 19.58 m/s