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: 35.23,-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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 106 SFC 998 123 30.7 20.6 55 10.1 23.5 280 3 304.0 306.9 296.7 350.1 15.47 2 950 560 24.8 18.4 68 6.4 20.3 282 3 302.3 304.9 295.3 344.1 14.14 3 900 1032 20.2 17.2 83 2.9 18.1 287 4 302.3 304.8 295.1 343.3 13.87 4 850 1523 17.2 7.9 54 9.3 11.6 335 7 304.2 305.6 291.1 327.8 7.88 5 800 2037 14.0 5.7 57 8.3 9.2 317 7 306.1 307.4 291.2 328.0 7.21 6 750 2579 10.8 3.7 62 7.1 6.8 304 12 308.3 309.6 291.4 328.8 6.69 7 700 3150 7.4 4.0 79 3.4 5.4 295 15 310.7 312.0 292.6 333.2 7.29 8 650 3758 4.6 -0.8 68 5.3 1.7 292 20 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.7 5.57 9 600 4407 1.4 -5.1 62 6.5 -1.8 289 24 317.7 318.6 292.2 331.8 4.36 10 550 5103 -1.5 -23.6 17 22.1 -8.4 289 25 322.3 322.5 290.5 325.9 1.04 11 500 5855 -6.1 -24.0 23 17.9 -11.5 291 27 325.6 325.8 291.6 329.5 1.10 12 450 6669 -12.3 -29.4 22 17.2 -16.4 292 23 327.8 328.0 291.9 330.5 0.74 13 400 7558 -18.7 -43.1 10 24.4 -22.3 298 26 330.7 330.7 292.2 331.5 0.21 14 350 8537 -25.3 -46.9 11 21.6 -27.8 297 33 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.16 15 300 9639 -33.0 -50.2 16 17.2 -34.4 285 43 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.5 0.13 16 250 10893 -44.2 -57.9 21 13.6 -44.8 289 41 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.6 0.06 17 200 12347 -55.4 -76.6 5 21.2 -55.6 305 31 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 14135 -63.5 -78.5 11 15.0 -63.6 286 24 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.8 0.01 19 100 16606 -69.5 -86.7 6 17.2 -69.6 303 18 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.85 m Freezing level: 576.30 mb = 4736.55 m = 15539.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 625.35 mb = 4071.48 m = 13357.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.54 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.16 mb = 1400.67 m = 4595.30 ft T: 17.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 22.26 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.77 mb = 1595.07 m = 5233.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.13 C = 88.03 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -1.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.90 C Showalter Index: 6.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 13.99 C K Index: 27.79 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 134.58 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.45 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 789.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.98 mb = 1382.56 m = 4535.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 808.98 mb = 1942.41 m = 6372.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.98 mb = 12379.02 m = 40613.10 ft B at Equ Level: 782.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.98 mb = 15055.40 m = 49393.76 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.8 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 323.8 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -4.7 tot: 6.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 39.91 Bulk Shear: 19.78 m/s