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: 36.01,-78.53 Latitude: 36.01 Longitude: -78.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 102 25.6 16.6 58 9.0 19.6 218 4 298.2 300.4 292.5 332.9 11.92 1 1000 158 24.1 15.7 60 8.4 18.5 219 4 297.2 299.3 291.7 330.0 11.30 2 950 605 21.9 12.1 54 9.8 15.7 216 11 299.4 301.1 290.8 326.9 9.37 3 900 1071 18.6 10.4 59 8.2 13.5 243 8 300.7 302.3 290.8 326.7 8.84 4 850 1559 15.3 3.6 45 11.7 8.8 246 8 302.2 303.3 288.6 319.7 5.83 5 800 2070 13.3 -5.1 27 18.4 4.6 232 11 305.3 305.9 287.2 315.5 3.26 6 750 2609 10.3 1.5 54 8.9 5.5 235 17 307.8 308.9 290.3 325.3 5.68 7 700 3180 6.3 2.0 74 4.3 3.9 232 20 309.4 310.6 291.4 328.9 6.32 8 650 3783 2.0 -4.5 62 6.5 -1.1 224 21 311.3 312.1 290.2 324.6 4.22 9 600 4423 -2.0 -15.1 36 13.0 -6.8 233 20 313.8 314.1 288.8 320.2 1.97 10 550 5110 -5.5 -19.6 32 14.1 -10.1 235 22 317.5 317.8 289.5 322.5 1.47 11 500 5852 -9.4 -19.2 45 9.8 -12.6 231 26 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.3 1.67 12 450 6657 -14.9 -20.1 65 5.1 -16.5 223 25 324.5 324.8 291.8 330.4 1.73 13 400 7538 -20.6 -29.2 46 8.5 -22.5 216 20 328.2 328.3 292.0 331.2 0.86 14 350 8510 -27.6 -33.1 59 5.5 -28.5 226 18 331.6 331.7 292.8 334.1 0.67 15 300 9601 -35.7 -39.0 72 3.3 -36.1 228 24 335.0 335.1 293.5 336.7 0.43 16 250 10842 -45.9 -49.4 68 3.5 -46.1 230 34 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.5 0.17 17 200 12283 -56.7 -63.2 43 6.6 -56.8 236 39 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14108 -57.5 -79.5 4 22.0 -57.7 237 28 371.1 371.1 300.8 371.1 0.00 19 100 16602 -67.2 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.3 259 21 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.67 m Freezing level: 624.98 mb = 4103.55 m = 13462.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.62 mb = 3651.15 m = 11978.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 882.31 mb = 1240.58 m = 4070.09 ft T: 17.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 17.44 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 733.11 mb = 2797.70 m = 9178.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.75 C = 96.35 F Cap Strength: 4.13 C Lifted Index: 2.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.74 C Showalter Index: 7.17 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.70 C Cross Totals Index: 12.99 C K Index: 24.03 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 84.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6290.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.40 mb = 1694.51 m = 5559.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 12.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 33.2 neg: -7.0 tot: 26.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.94 Bulk Shear: 13.53 m/s