MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 58 31.8 20.2 50 11.6 23.5 258 5 304.6 307.4 296.5 349.3 15.00 1 1000 98 30.8 19.0 49 11.8 22.5 257 5 304.0 306.6 295.7 345.6 14.00 2 950 555 26.2 17.7 59 8.6 20.3 263 6 303.8 306.3 295.3 343.9 13.49 3 900 1029 21.6 16.7 74 4.9 18.2 268 7 303.8 306.2 295.2 343.6 13.40 4 850 1522 17.6 12.3 71 5.3 14.2 323 13 304.6 306.6 293.4 336.5 10.66 5 800 2037 14.2 7.9 66 6.3 10.4 334 15 306.3 307.9 292.2 331.7 8.39 6 750 2579 11.4 -1.8 40 13.2 4.6 305 14 308.9 309.8 289.6 322.9 4.48 7 700 3151 7.4 -0.5 57 7.9 3.2 301 18 310.6 311.6 290.9 327.0 5.25 8 650 3757 3.8 -4.9 53 8.7 -0.3 310 26 313.3 314.1 290.6 326.3 4.10 9 600 4403 1.4 -14.7 29 16.1 -4.8 305 29 317.8 318.2 290.2 324.6 2.04 10 550 5100 -1.8 -16.6 31 14.9 -7.2 296 30 322.0 322.4 291.3 328.4 1.89 11 500 5851 -6.1 -28.1 16 22.0 -12.1 290 29 325.6 325.7 291.2 328.3 0.76 12 450 6666 -11.9 -38.7 9 26.7 -17.0 297 30 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.4 0.30 13 400 7555 -18.2 -40.4 12 22.3 -21.8 298 29 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.5 0.28 14 350 8539 -23.9 -53.5 5 29.7 -26.9 302 22 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 15 300 9648 -32.5 -52.9 11 20.4 -34.1 311 17 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 16 250 10903 -43.6 -56.5 23 12.9 -44.2 340 28 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.6 0.07 17 200 12360 -54.6 -64.5 29 9.8 -54.8 333 59 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14141 -65.5 -76.3 21 10.7 -65.6 296 32 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.3 0.01 19 100 16603 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 285 22 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5752.73 m Freezing level: 577.70 mb = 4714.00 m = 15465.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.64 mb = 3698.79 m = 12135.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.46 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.53 % Est. max temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 849.57 mb = 1525.79 m = 5005.80 ft T: 17.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.99 C/km ThetaE index: 26.42 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.97 mb = 1848.19 m = 6063.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.95 C = 91.30 F Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.18 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.73 C Cross Totals Index: 18.44 C K Index: 28.15 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 487.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 839.91 mb = 1623.08 m = 5325.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.91 mb = 2304.64 m = 7561.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.91 mb = 11593.73 m = 38036.72 ft B at Equ Level: 487.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.91 mb = 14350.70 m = 47081.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.6 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 331.6 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.0 neg: -3.4 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 14.95 Bulk Shear: 32.63 m/s