MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 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 94 SFC 997 123 29.5 20.8 59 8.7 23.2 237 4 302.9 305.8 296.5 349.4 15.69 2 950 550 26.1 18.8 64 7.3 20.9 245 10 303.6 306.3 295.9 346.8 14.52 3 900 1023 21.5 17.7 79 3.8 18.8 247 11 303.6 306.3 295.7 346.0 14.28 4 850 1516 17.8 14.6 82 3.2 15.7 263 15 304.8 307.1 294.7 341.8 12.40 5 800 2033 14.4 11.1 81 3.3 12.3 295 14 306.5 308.4 293.8 338.0 10.45 6 750 2576 11.0 7.4 78 3.6 8.8 307 14 308.5 310.2 293.0 334.9 8.66 7 700 3149 8.1 2.3 66 5.9 4.9 309 15 311.5 312.7 292.2 331.5 6.45 8 650 3758 5.6 -6.6 41 12.2 -0.1 313 19 315.4 316.0 290.8 326.9 3.60 9 600 4407 1.1 -13.2 33 14.3 -4.6 314 24 317.4 317.9 290.3 325.0 2.30 10 550 5102 -1.8 -25.1 15 23.3 -8.8 297 24 321.9 322.1 290.3 325.1 0.90 11 500 5854 -5.7 -30.3 12 24.6 -12.1 294 23 326.0 326.2 291.2 328.3 0.62 12 450 6669 -11.9 -36.2 11 24.3 -16.9 296 28 328.3 328.4 291.6 329.8 0.39 13 400 7558 -18.4 -40.5 12 22.1 -22.0 296 27 331.0 331.1 292.3 332.1 0.28 14 350 8542 -23.5 -46.6 10 23.1 -26.3 298 16 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.8 0.17 15 300 9650 -32.0 -56.9 7 24.9 -33.8 339 13 340.3 340.3 294.4 340.5 0.06 16 250 10908 -43.4 -56.1 23 12.7 -44.0 332 19 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.8 0.08 17 200 12366 -54.8 -64.3 30 9.5 -55.0 321 55 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14141 -67.0 -70.9 58 3.9 -67.0 287 30 354.7 354.7 297.7 354.8 0.02 19 100 16601 -67.9 -87.1 5 19.2 -68.0 323 21 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5760.50 m Freezing level: 581.20 mb = 4668.70 m = 15317.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.98 mb = 3746.13 m = 12290.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.45 % Est. max temperature: 31.45 C = 88.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.44 mb = 1232.37 m = 4043.17 ft T: 19.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 24.38 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.87 mb = 1628.74 m = 5343.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.71 C = 89.08 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.66 C Showalter Index: 0.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.52 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: 32.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 877.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.37 mb = 1421.78 m = 4664.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.37 mb = 1881.25 m = 6172.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.37 mb = 12542.20 m = 41148.45 ft B at Equ Level: 875.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.37 mb = 15786.58 m = 51792.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.0 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 326.0 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 61.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 20.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 33.09 Bulk Shear: 26.50 m/s