MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 33.29,-81.86 Latitude: 33.29 Longitude: -81.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 26.8 22.4 77 4.4 23.6 232 3 299.5 302.7 296.6 349.9 17.23 1 1000 107 25.3 22.0 82 3.3 23.0 232 2 298.5 301.6 296.1 347.7 16.91 2 950 556 22.0 18.4 80 3.5 19.5 237 7 299.5 302.1 294.6 340.9 14.20 3 900 1025 20.0 13.8 67 6.2 16.0 232 10 302.2 304.2 293.0 335.0 11.09 4 850 1516 17.2 11.7 70 5.5 13.7 224 13 304.1 306.0 293.0 334.6 10.21 5 800 2032 14.2 9.6 74 4.6 11.3 217 16 306.3 308.1 293.0 334.8 9.44 6 750 2574 11.0 6.9 76 4.1 8.5 211 17 308.5 310.0 292.8 333.9 8.35 7 700 3147 7.7 2.4 69 5.2 4.8 213 19 311.0 312.2 292.0 331.2 6.53 8 650 3754 3.6 -1.7 68 5.3 0.9 207 19 313.1 314.1 291.6 329.5 5.21 9 600 4398 -0.7 -6.9 63 6.2 -3.5 209 20 315.3 316.1 291.0 327.5 3.80 10 550 5088 -4.4 -12.4 54 7.9 -7.6 211 24 318.8 319.4 291.0 327.7 2.69 11 500 5833 -8.5 -18.7 43 10.3 -11.9 212 29 322.7 323.1 291.3 328.7 1.74 12 450 6643 -13.1 -16.4 76 3.3 -14.2 213 35 326.8 327.3 293.0 334.9 2.37 13 400 7532 -18.1 -20.1 84 2.0 -18.7 217 31 331.4 331.8 293.9 338.2 1.94 14 350 8516 -24.6 -26.7 82 2.2 -25.1 222 36 335.6 335.9 294.3 340.1 1.23 15 300 9623 -32.5 -36.1 70 3.6 -33.0 225 45 339.6 339.8 294.8 341.9 0.58 16 250 10880 -42.9 -46.6 67 3.6 -43.2 206 48 342.2 342.3 295.1 343.2 0.23 17 200 12339 -54.9 -63.0 36 8.2 -55.1 222 50 345.8 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.04 18 150 14136 -64.8 -77.4 16 12.6 -64.9 232 49 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16579 -70.0 -86.4 7 16.4 -70.1 219 25 392.6 392.6 304.2 392.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.79 m Freezing level: 607.92 mb = 4296.29 m = 14095.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.78 mb = 3881.62 m = 12734.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.93 % Est. max temperature: 31.21 C = 88.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 943.19 mb = 618.77 m = 2030.06 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 15.25 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.02 mb = 1606.62 m = 5270.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.78 C = 89.20 F Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lifted Index: -2.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.51 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.81 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 32.10 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 375.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 76.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.29 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 900.43 mb = 1021.14 m = 3350.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.43 mb = 2736.94 m = 8979.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 325.43 mb = 9038.52 m = 29653.57 ft B at Equ Level: 374.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 175.43 mb = 13157.18 m = 43166.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.7 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 243.7 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -0.7 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.04 Bulk Shear: 24.94 m/s