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: 35.42,-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 106 SFC 992 175 30.2 21.6 60 8.6 23.9 254 4 304.0 307.1 297.3 353.2 16.54 2 950 560 25.0 19.1 70 5.9 20.8 257 4 302.5 305.2 295.8 346.2 14.76 3 900 1032 20.4 18.1 87 2.3 18.8 262 4 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.9 14.66 4 850 1523 16.6 13.1 80 3.4 14.3 290 6 303.5 305.6 293.6 336.9 11.24 5 800 2038 13.6 11.1 85 2.5 12.0 279 8 305.6 307.6 293.6 337.0 10.44 6 750 2579 10.6 7.9 84 2.6 9.0 285 10 308.1 309.7 293.2 335.3 8.97 7 700 3152 7.6 4.4 80 3.2 5.8 288 15 310.9 312.3 292.8 334.1 7.53 8 650 3760 4.5 0.6 75 4.0 2.4 288 18 314.1 315.3 292.6 333.4 6.15 9 600 4408 1.5 -7.7 50 9.2 -2.7 286 22 317.8 318.5 291.5 329.4 3.56 10 550 5105 -1.2 -34.1 6 32.8 -9.3 293 25 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.0 0.39 11 500 5857 -6.6 -18.8 37 12.2 -10.8 290 26 325.1 325.4 292.0 331.0 1.74 12 450 6671 -12.0 -48.4 3 36.5 -17.4 295 25 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.6 0.10 13 400 7559 -19.1 -36.2 20 17.2 -22.1 291 27 330.2 330.3 292.2 331.8 0.43 14 350 8537 -25.8 -46.8 12 21.0 -28.2 296 35 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.6 0.16 15 300 9640 -32.6 -60.3 5 27.6 -34.4 292 40 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.04 16 250 10896 -43.6 -60.5 14 16.9 -44.3 309 34 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.04 17 200 12351 -55.9 -66.7 25 10.8 -56.1 308 31 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 14135 -63.8 -78.3 12 14.4 -63.9 292 25 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16607 -69.8 -86.2 7 16.4 -69.8 295 19 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.85 m Freezing level: 572.94 mb = 4785.10 m = 15698.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.82 mb = 4053.94 m = 13300.15 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.00 C = 86.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.96 mb = 1264.78 m = 4149.48 ft T: 18.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 16.31 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 867.87 mb = 1344.49 m = 4410.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.32 C = 84.77 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.28 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.12 C Cross Totals Index: 19.68 C K Index: 33.09 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1205.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.22 mb = 1301.57 m = 4270.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.22 mb = 1450.62 m = 4759.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.22 mb = 12760.52 m = 41864.71 ft B at Equ Level: 1198.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.22 mb = 15638.43 m = 51306.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 317.3 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.7 neg: -0.1 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.75 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 67.71 Bulk Shear: 17.81 m/s