MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 35.8,-78.54 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -78.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 93 25.9 15.7 53 10.2 19.1 222 4 298.4 300.5 292.0 331.0 11.18 1 1000 159 24.2 14.9 56 9.3 18.1 223 4 297.3 299.2 291.2 328.3 10.68 2 950 605 21.6 12.4 56 9.2 15.8 213 9 299.1 300.9 290.9 327.1 9.55 3 900 1072 18.6 10.0 57 8.6 13.3 240 5 300.6 302.2 290.6 326.0 8.59 4 850 1559 15.5 2.1 40 13.4 8.3 236 5 302.4 303.4 288.2 318.3 5.25 5 800 2071 13.5 -5.9 26 19.3 4.5 231 9 305.5 306.1 287.1 315.1 3.08 6 750 2611 10.5 1.4 53 9.1 5.5 236 14 307.9 309.0 290.3 325.3 5.64 7 700 3181 6.4 2.2 74 4.2 4.1 231 18 309.6 310.8 291.5 329.4 6.41 8 650 3785 1.8 -2.7 72 4.5 -0.4 221 21 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.2 4.84 9 600 4425 -1.8 -14.3 38 12.4 -6.5 231 20 314.0 314.4 289.0 320.9 2.11 10 550 5112 -5.5 -18.5 35 13.1 -9.8 236 21 317.6 317.9 289.7 323.0 1.61 11 500 5854 -9.5 -17.5 52 8.0 -12.2 232 25 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.1 1.94 12 450 6659 -14.9 -19.9 66 5.0 -16.4 225 25 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.5 1.75 13 400 7540 -20.6 -28.8 48 8.2 -22.4 219 20 328.2 328.3 292.1 331.3 0.88 14 350 8513 -27.4 -34.1 53 6.8 -28.5 227 19 331.8 332.0 292.8 334.1 0.61 15 300 9604 -35.7 -39.3 69 3.6 -36.1 228 24 335.1 335.2 293.5 336.7 0.42 16 250 10845 -45.8 -49.4 67 3.6 -46.0 230 34 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.17 17 200 12287 -56.4 -63.4 41 7.0 -56.5 236 38 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14112 -57.5 -79.5 4 22.0 -57.7 238 29 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16605 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 259 21 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.65 m Freezing level: 625.09 mb = 4103.92 m = 13464.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.33 mb = 3730.87 m = 12240.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.27 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.37 mb = 1386.76 m = 4549.69 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.95 C/km ThetaE index: 15.84 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.64 mb = 2860.92 m = 9386.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.19 C = 97.15 F Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.08 C Showalter Index: 7.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.01 C Cross Totals Index: 11.61 C K Index: 22.90 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 61.66 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.03 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6569.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.72 mb = 1702.05 m = 5584.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.5 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 260.5 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.7 neg: -7.5 tot: 18.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.02 Bulk Shear: 11.57 m/s