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: 35.87,-78.78 Latitude: 35.87 Longitude: -78.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 102 30.5 19.5 52 11.0 22.7 277 2 303.7 306.3 295.8 346.5 14.42 1 1000 103 29.0 18.8 54 10.3 21.8 280 2 302.2 304.7 295.0 342.8 13.74 2 950 556 24.3 17.6 66 6.7 19.7 280 3 301.9 304.3 294.7 341.5 13.45 3 900 1027 19.7 15.7 78 4.0 17.0 290 4 301.8 304.1 294.0 338.9 12.58 4 850 1517 17.3 6.9 50 10.4 11.2 307 11 304.3 305.7 290.7 326.5 7.38 5 800 2032 13.9 5.6 57 8.4 9.0 309 11 306.0 307.3 291.0 327.6 7.13 6 750 2573 10.7 1.1 51 9.6 5.5 311 14 308.2 309.3 290.3 325.3 5.53 7 700 3145 7.8 0.2 59 7.6 3.7 303 15 311.1 312.1 291.2 328.4 5.54 8 650 3752 4.3 -1.4 66 5.7 1.4 295 14 313.8 314.9 291.9 330.6 5.32 9 600 4400 0.8 -5.0 65 5.8 -2.0 293 18 317.1 317.9 292.0 331.2 4.40 10 550 5096 -2.2 -14.0 40 11.8 -6.8 292 23 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.4 2.36 11 500 5846 -6.7 -25.2 21 18.5 -12.0 285 25 324.9 325.1 291.3 328.4 0.99 12 450 6659 -12.4 -26.4 30 14.0 -16.1 289 26 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.2 0.98 13 400 7547 -18.8 -52.3 4 33.5 -22.7 296 29 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.8 0.08 14 350 8525 -26.0 -47.4 12 21.4 -28.3 295 34 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.3 0.15 15 300 9625 -33.3 -56.4 8 23.1 -34.9 289 38 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.06 16 250 10878 -43.9 -63.6 10 19.7 -44.6 302 31 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.03 17 200 12336 -55.5 -69.0 17 13.6 -55.6 306 31 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 14123 -63.6 -77.2 14 13.6 -63.7 285 28 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16598 -67.8 -87.8 4 20.0 -67.9 296 20 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.65 m Freezing level: 586.15 mb = 4592.39 m = 15066.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.53 mb = 4011.09 m = 13159.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.74 mb = 1489.74 m = 4887.55 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 19.99 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1861.56 m = 6107.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.30 C = 90.14 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Showalter Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.98 C Cross Totals Index: 13.59 C K Index: 23.30 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 220.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 858.25 mb = 1434.53 m = 4706.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 743.25 mb = 2647.77 m = 8686.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.25 mb = 9781.90 m = 32092.44 ft B at Equ Level: 219.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.25 mb = 12879.65 m = 42255.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.8 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 325.8 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -1.8 tot: 11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 11.33 Bulk Shear: 19.45 m/s