MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 26 SEP 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 1005 59 23.2 21.6 91 1.6 22.1 198 4 295.9 298.8 295.0 343.0 16.38 1 1000 103 22.6 21.4 93 1.2 21.8 205 5 295.8 298.7 294.9 342.4 16.22 2 950 552 22.0 19.9 87 2.2 20.5 254 12 299.6 302.4 295.5 345.0 15.55 3 900 1021 19.7 16.3 81 3.4 17.4 238 15 301.8 304.2 294.4 340.3 13.05 4 850 1512 16.9 13.7 82 3.2 14.8 238 19 303.8 306.0 294.0 338.5 11.67 5 800 2027 14.2 5.8 57 8.4 9.3 241 20 306.3 307.6 291.2 328.2 7.23 6 750 2569 10.6 5.2 69 5.4 7.5 237 22 308.1 309.5 291.9 330.8 7.43 7 700 3140 7.3 1.9 69 5.4 4.3 237 23 310.5 311.7 291.7 329.9 6.27 8 650 3747 3.9 -1.9 66 5.8 1.0 233 23 313.4 314.4 291.6 329.6 5.13 9 600 4392 -0.3 -4.2 75 3.9 -2.2 234 28 315.8 316.7 291.9 330.7 4.66 10 550 5084 -4.3 -9.6 67 5.3 -6.5 232 32 319.0 319.6 291.7 330.0 3.36 11 500 5829 -8.3 -16.0 54 7.6 -11.1 223 35 322.9 323.3 291.8 330.3 2.20 12 450 6639 -13.1 -16.7 74 3.6 -14.3 222 37 326.8 327.3 293.0 334.7 2.30 13 400 7527 -18.3 -27.0 47 8.6 -20.4 221 39 331.2 331.4 293.0 335.0 1.05 14 350 8510 -24.8 -30.9 57 6.1 -26.1 225 42 335.3 335.5 293.9 338.4 0.83 15 300 9616 -32.0 -41.6 38 9.5 -33.2 220 43 340.2 340.3 294.7 341.5 0.33 16 250 10874 -43.6 -48.5 59 4.9 -43.9 234 55 341.2 341.2 294.8 342.0 0.19 17 200 12330 -54.9 -62.7 37 7.8 -55.1 219 46 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14126 -63.6 -81.5 7 17.9 -63.7 241 49 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.00 19 100 16565 -70.1 -85.3 9 15.2 -70.2 236 27 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.47 m Freezing level: 603.40 mb = 4348.61 m = 14266.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.87 mb = 3936.95 m = 12916.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.80 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.89 C = 87.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.61 mb = 256.79 m = 842.47 ft T: 22.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 16.78 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 874.02 mb = 1272.71 m = 4175.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.12 C = 86.21 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -2.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.20 C Cross Totals Index: 22.03 C K Index: 33.50 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.66 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 581.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.97 mb = 783.57 m = 2570.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 779.97 mb = 2239.63 m = 7347.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.97 mb = 11418.67 m = 37462.38 ft B at Equ Level: 577.61 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.97 mb = 14126.80 m = 46347.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 22.9 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 17.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.5 neg: -0.9 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 20.81 Bulk Shear: 27.96 m/s