MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F027.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KRDU ... Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: KRDU 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 74 SFC 997 103 25.3 21.4 79 3.9 22.5 240 3 298.7 301.7 295.7 346.1 16.27 2 950 525 25.0 18.4 67 6.6 20.4 271 17 302.6 305.2 295.4 344.6 14.20 3 900 999 21.6 18.2 81 3.4 19.2 256 20 303.8 306.5 296.1 347.7 14.78 4 850 1493 18.0 14.2 78 3.8 15.4 254 16 305.0 307.2 294.6 340.9 12.03 5 800 2009 14.8 7.6 62 7.2 10.4 243 13 306.9 308.5 292.2 331.8 8.20 6 750 2552 11.6 4.6 62 7.1 7.5 249 15 309.2 310.5 292.0 331.0 7.09 7 700 3126 7.6 5.4 86 2.2 6.3 249 19 310.9 312.5 293.3 335.9 8.09 8 650 3734 3.9 2.8 92 1.2 3.2 249 21 313.4 314.8 293.3 335.9 7.20 9 600 4380 0.3 -2.0 85 2.3 -0.9 250 23 316.5 317.6 292.8 334.1 5.52 10 550 5073 -3.9 -4.8 93 0.9 -4.3 244 22 319.5 320.4 293.1 335.2 4.87 11 500 5820 -7.6 -13.0 65 5.4 -9.8 244 28 323.7 324.3 292.6 333.2 2.80 12 450 6632 -12.8 -16.4 75 3.6 -14.1 251 34 327.1 327.6 293.1 335.2 2.36 13 400 7522 -17.4 -20.5 77 3.1 -18.4 261 35 332.3 332.7 294.0 338.9 1.87 14 350 8511 -23.1 -31.0 48 7.9 -24.8 254 39 337.6 337.8 294.5 340.7 0.82 15 300 9620 -32.2 -43.0 33 10.8 -33.4 223 43 340.1 340.1 294.6 341.2 0.29 16 250 10878 -43.1 -46.6 69 3.4 -43.3 258 37 342.0 342.0 295.0 342.9 0.23 17 200 12333 -57.1 -61.3 58 4.3 -57.2 278 47 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.05 18 150 14118 -63.9 -79.4 10 15.5 -64.0 300 28 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16589 -67.9 -81.2 13 13.4 -67.9 294 14 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.58 m Freezing level: 596.18 mb = 4433.06 m = 14543.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.47 mb = 4240.34 m = 13911.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.68 C = 89.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.83 mb = 601.05 m = 1971.94 ft T: 24.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 16.69 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.74 mb = 1636.69 m = 5369.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.10 C = 89.78 F Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lifted Index: -3.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.81 C Showalter Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.39 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.78 C K Index: 37.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.58 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 867.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.55 mb = 1207.20 m = 3960.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.55 mb = 2292.05 m = 7519.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.55 mb = 12865.56 m = 42209.33 ft B at Equ Level: 848.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 123.55 mb = 15300.55 m = 50198.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 279.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.5 neg: -15.9 tot: 15.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 73.55 Bulk Shear: 11.79 m/s