MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1004 58 30.9 21.5 57 9.4 24.1 232 4 303.7 306.8 297.1 352.2 16.29 1 1000 94 29.3 21.1 61 8.3 23.4 230 4 302.5 305.4 296.5 349.5 15.90 2 950 548 24.5 20.0 76 4.5 21.3 231 5 302.1 305.0 296.3 348.3 15.66 3 900 1020 19.9 18.7 93 1.2 19.1 235 7 302.0 304.9 296.0 347.1 15.27 4 850 1511 17.3 11.2 68 6.0 13.4 252 17 304.2 306.1 292.7 333.8 9.90 5 800 2026 14.3 9.1 71 5.2 11.1 241 19 306.4 308.1 292.8 334.0 9.12 6 750 2569 11.0 7.1 76 4.0 8.6 234 20 308.6 310.1 292.9 334.3 8.45 7 700 3142 8.0 3.2 72 4.8 5.3 234 23 311.3 312.7 292.4 332.7 6.90 8 650 3750 4.4 -1.5 65 6.0 1.3 235 23 314.0 315.0 291.9 330.6 5.26 9 600 4396 -0.2 -4.1 75 3.9 -2.1 231 25 315.8 316.7 291.9 330.8 4.70 10 550 5088 -4.1 -11.4 57 7.3 -7.1 235 27 319.3 319.8 291.4 328.8 2.91 11 500 5834 -7.9 -15.4 55 7.5 -10.6 225 31 323.4 323.9 292.0 331.3 2.31 12 450 6646 -12.5 -21.9 45 9.5 -15.3 222 36 327.6 327.8 292.4 332.7 1.47 13 400 7537 -18.0 -20.2 83 2.2 -18.6 222 36 331.7 332.0 293.9 338.4 1.92 14 350 8521 -24.7 -27.8 76 3.0 -25.4 220 39 335.4 335.6 294.2 339.5 1.11 15 300 9626 -32.5 -35.6 74 3.0 -33.0 228 44 339.5 339.6 294.8 341.9 0.61 16 250 10884 -42.8 -50.0 45 7.2 -43.2 210 51 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.2 0.16 17 200 12344 -54.8 -64.8 28 10.0 -55.1 213 46 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14135 -64.0 -78.4 12 14.4 -64.1 236 47 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16577 -69.3 -85.8 7 16.5 -69.4 229 28 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.58 m Freezing level: 602.57 mb = 4363.30 m = 14315.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.07 mb = 3988.98 m = 13087.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.80 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.08 mb = 1251.17 m = 4104.85 ft T: 18.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 18.36 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.56 mb = 1246.41 m = 4089.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.45 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.23 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.13 C Cross Totals Index: 19.10 C K Index: 31.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1342.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.57 mb = 1139.22 m = 3737.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 852.57 mb = 1484.81 m = 4871.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 182.57 mb = 12911.94 m = 42361.49 ft B at Equ Level: 1321.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 112.57 mb = 15863.77 m = 52045.86 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.9 neg: -2.6 tot: 18.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 42.19 Bulk Shear: 31.81 m/s