MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 93 SFC 997 123 31.3 20.5 53 10.8 23.5 243 5 304.7 307.6 296.8 350.7 15.41 2 950 550 26.4 18.5 62 7.9 20.8 245 7 304.0 306.6 295.8 346.3 14.22 3 900 1024 21.8 17.5 76 4.3 18.8 245 7 304.0 306.6 295.7 345.9 14.09 4 850 1517 17.0 16.3 96 0.6 16.5 245 7 303.9 306.5 295.6 345.1 13.86 5 800 2032 13.6 10.4 81 3.2 11.6 276 10 305.6 307.5 293.2 335.5 9.93 6 750 2574 10.5 9.0 91 1.5 9.6 285 13 308.0 309.8 293.7 337.4 9.69 7 700 3147 7.7 4.7 82 2.9 5.9 298 17 311.0 312.4 293.0 334.7 7.69 8 650 3755 4.4 1.1 79 3.3 2.6 300 19 314.0 315.2 292.8 334.1 6.41 9 600 4403 1.6 -4.3 65 5.9 -1.3 302 23 318.0 318.9 292.5 332.9 4.62 10 550 5100 -1.6 -28.6 11 27.1 -9.1 301 26 322.2 322.3 290.2 324.6 0.65 11 500 5851 -6.3 -35.5 8 29.2 -12.8 294 25 325.4 325.4 290.8 326.7 0.37 12 450 6666 -11.8 -38.2 9 26.4 -16.9 297 25 328.4 328.5 291.6 329.6 0.31 13 400 7555 -18.6 -49.0 5 30.4 -22.5 297 27 330.8 330.9 292.0 331.3 0.11 14 350 8538 -23.8 -52.4 5 28.5 -26.8 313 28 336.6 336.6 293.6 337.0 0.09 15 300 9647 -32.3 -53.6 10 21.3 -34.0 345 33 339.8 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.09 16 250 10903 -43.3 -62.0 11 18.7 -44.0 322 35 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.04 17 200 12361 -55.4 -67.9 20 12.4 -55.6 315 29 345.0 345.0 295.5 345.0 0.02 18 150 14141 -65.5 -77.2 18 11.7 -65.5 293 30 357.3 357.3 298.2 357.3 0.01 19 100 16608 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.6 294 17 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.59 m Freezing level: 574.75 mb = 4755.24 m = 15601.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.79 mb = 4179.84 m = 13713.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.59 C = 87.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.26 mb = 1484.33 m = 4869.79 ft T: 17.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 15.20 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1515.39 m = 4971.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Cap Strength: -0.15 C Lifted Index: -2.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.15 C Showalter Index: -1.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.62 C K Index: 36.67 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 994.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.63 mb = 1541.10 m = 5056.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 842.63 mb = 1591.36 m = 5220.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.63 mb = 12923.39 m = 42399.05 ft B at Equ Level: 975.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.63 mb = 15367.26 m = 50416.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 321.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 35.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 45.04 Bulk Shear: 22.08 m/s