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: 35.94,-78.56 Latitude: 35.94 Longitude: -78.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 99 25.8 16.3 56 9.4 19.4 219 4 298.3 300.4 292.3 332.2 11.66 1 1000 158 24.2 15.3 58 8.8 18.4 220 4 297.3 299.3 291.5 329.2 11.01 2 950 605 21.8 12.1 54 9.7 15.7 215 10 299.3 301.1 290.8 326.9 9.39 3 900 1072 18.6 10.4 59 8.2 13.5 242 7 300.7 302.3 290.7 326.6 8.80 4 850 1559 15.4 3.1 44 12.3 8.6 244 7 302.2 303.3 288.5 319.1 5.62 5 800 2070 13.4 -5.5 27 18.8 4.5 231 10 305.4 306.0 287.2 315.3 3.18 6 750 2610 10.3 1.8 56 8.5 5.7 235 16 307.8 308.9 290.5 325.6 5.82 7 700 3180 6.3 2.1 74 4.2 4.0 232 19 309.5 310.7 291.5 329.1 6.37 8 650 3784 2.0 -4.3 63 6.3 -1.0 224 21 311.2 312.0 290.2 324.7 4.28 9 600 4424 -2.0 -15.1 36 13.1 -6.8 233 20 313.8 314.2 288.8 320.3 1.97 10 550 5110 -5.5 -19.3 33 13.8 -9.9 236 22 317.6 317.9 289.6 322.7 1.51 11 500 5852 -9.4 -18.8 46 9.4 -12.5 231 26 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.4 1.73 12 450 6657 -14.9 -20.0 65 5.0 -16.4 224 25 324.5 324.8 291.9 330.5 1.74 13 400 7538 -20.6 -28.9 48 8.3 -22.4 217 20 328.2 328.3 292.1 331.3 0.88 14 350 8511 -27.5 -33.7 55 6.2 -28.5 226 19 331.7 331.8 292.8 334.0 0.63 15 300 9602 -35.7 -39.1 71 3.4 -36.1 227 25 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.43 16 250 10843 -45.9 -49.4 67 3.5 -46.1 229 34 337.9 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.17 17 200 12284 -56.6 -63.3 43 6.7 -56.7 236 39 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.4 0.04 18 150 14109 -57.5 -79.5 4 22.0 -57.7 238 28 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16603 -67.2 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 259 21 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.90 m Freezing level: 624.81 mb = 4106.20 m = 13471.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.80 mb = 3661.76 m = 12013.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.01 % Est. max temperature: 29.45 C = 85.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.80 mb = 1294.17 m = 4245.92 ft T: 17.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 16.97 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.35 mb = 2817.95 m = 9245.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.83 C = 96.50 F Cap Strength: 4.25 C Lifted Index: 2.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.82 C Showalter Index: 7.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.30 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 12.51 C K Index: 23.67 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 76.22 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.73 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6505.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 835.12 mb = 1707.70 m = 5602.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.3 neg: -7.1 tot: 24.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 13.01 m/s