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 the city database file for: KVUJ ... Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: KVUJ 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 92 SFC 991 175 29.3 22.2 65 7.2 24.1 204 2 303.3 306.5 297.6 354.4 17.23 2 950 548 26.9 19.5 64 7.3 21.6 232 9 304.4 307.3 296.6 349.8 15.23 3 900 1024 22.4 18.6 79 3.8 19.7 244 12 304.6 307.4 296.6 349.8 15.16 4 850 1518 17.8 17.3 97 0.5 17.5 254 13 304.8 307.6 296.4 349.0 14.80 5 800 2035 14.1 10.7 80 3.4 11.9 299 13 306.1 308.0 293.4 336.6 10.12 6 750 2577 11.1 2.1 54 9.1 6.1 312 15 308.7 309.8 290.8 326.9 5.92 7 700 3151 9.4 -5.7 34 15.1 2.2 317 19 312.9 313.6 290.0 324.3 3.57 8 650 3760 5.1 -5.1 48 10.2 0.2 309 21 314.7 315.5 291.0 327.6 4.03 9 600 4408 0.8 -7.4 54 8.2 -2.9 302 25 317.1 317.8 291.4 328.9 3.66 10 550 5104 -1.6 -25.5 14 23.9 -8.7 293 25 322.2 322.4 290.3 325.3 0.87 11 500 5855 -6.0 -31.0 12 25.1 -12.3 288 20 325.7 325.8 291.1 327.8 0.57 12 450 6669 -12.0 -35.7 12 23.7 -16.9 287 26 328.1 328.2 291.6 329.6 0.40 13 400 7559 -18.3 -41.5 11 23.2 -22.0 280 30 331.2 331.3 292.3 332.2 0.25 14 350 8542 -24.2 -43.6 15 19.4 -26.8 277 18 336.1 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.23 15 300 9648 -32.2 -55.0 9 22.8 -34.0 272 7 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.07 16 250 10904 -43.5 -56.8 22 13.3 -44.1 305 25 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.7 0.07 17 200 12363 -54.9 -62.8 37 7.9 -55.1 312 48 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14142 -67.8 -71.1 62 3.3 -67.8 288 31 353.3 353.3 297.4 353.4 0.02 19 100 16603 -68.6 -86.2 6 17.7 -68.7 313 24 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.20 m Freezing level: 582.82 mb = 4647.02 m = 15245.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.85 mb = 3799.71 m = 12466.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.09 % Est. max temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.34 mb = 1088.11 m = 3569.86 ft T: 21.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 30.12 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.49 mb = 1472.87 m = 4832.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.36 C Showalter Index: -2.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 23.32 C K Index: 25.98 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 254.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -4.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1628.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 861.28 mb = 1404.39 m = 4607.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.28 mb = 1555.86 m = 5104.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.28 mb = 13505.19 m = 44307.84 ft B at Equ Level: 1627.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.9 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 323.9 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 47.05 Bulk Shear: 34.62 m/s