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: 35.17,-79.02 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -79.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 73 30.5 20.6 55 9.9 23.4 294 4 303.4 306.2 296.4 349.0 15.39 1 1000 107 29.0 19.6 57 9.5 22.3 295 3 302.2 304.8 295.5 344.9 14.46 2 950 561 24.2 18.2 69 6.0 20.0 298 5 301.7 304.3 295.0 342.8 13.95 3 900 1031 19.6 16.8 84 2.8 17.7 303 5 301.7 304.2 294.7 341.5 13.49 4 850 1522 17.3 7.7 53 9.6 11.6 3 7 304.3 305.8 291.1 327.7 7.80 5 800 2036 14.2 4.6 53 9.6 8.7 339 8 306.3 307.5 290.7 326.6 6.67 6 750 2578 11.0 0.9 50 10.1 5.6 319 12 308.5 309.6 290.4 325.4 5.44 7 700 3150 7.7 1.1 63 6.6 4.1 304 15 311.0 312.1 291.6 329.5 5.93 8 650 3758 4.4 -0.7 69 5.1 1.7 295 19 314.0 315.0 292.2 331.6 5.61 9 600 4405 1.3 -5.0 63 6.3 -1.8 291 24 317.6 318.4 292.2 331.7 4.39 10 550 5102 -1.9 -16.1 33 14.2 -7.2 288 24 321.8 322.2 291.3 328.5 1.98 11 500 5853 -6.0 -27.2 17 21.2 -11.9 287 25 325.8 325.9 291.3 328.7 0.82 12 450 6667 -12.3 -26.1 31 13.8 -16.0 292 24 327.8 328.0 292.1 331.4 1.01 13 400 7556 -18.5 -41.1 12 22.6 -22.1 299 26 330.9 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.26 14 350 8536 -25.3 -43.7 16 18.4 -27.6 296 34 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.5 0.23 15 300 9639 -33.1 -48.3 20 15.2 -34.4 287 41 338.8 338.8 294.2 339.4 0.16 16 250 10891 -44.3 -61.7 13 17.4 -44.9 286 41 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.4 0.04 17 200 12344 -55.4 -72.7 10 17.3 -55.6 293 30 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.01 18 150 14134 -63.2 -78.2 11 15.0 -63.3 284 25 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16606 -69.0 -87.1 6 18.1 -69.1 300 18 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.94 m Freezing level: 580.25 mb = 4680.42 m = 15355.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.55 mb = 4067.86 m = 13345.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.30 C = 88.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.50 mb = 1327.02 m = 4353.70 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.06 C/km ThetaE index: 23.66 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.27 mb = 1720.98 m = 5646.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.27 C = 90.08 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -0.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 6.38 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.01 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 13.70 C K Index: 24.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 131.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 429.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.31 mb = 1328.91 m = 4359.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 764.31 mb = 2419.05 m = 7936.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.31 mb = 11597.44 m = 38048.88 ft B at Equ Level: 427.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.31 mb = 13958.11 m = 45793.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.4 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 328.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: -9.0 tot: -4.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 25.64 Bulk Shear: 16.74 m/s