MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 27 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 27.2 21.3 70 5.9 22.9 165 4 299.9 302.9 295.9 346.8 16.03 1 1000 100 27.3 20.8 68 6.4 22.7 178 6 300.4 303.3 295.8 346.5 15.70 2 950 553 25.1 17.1 61 8.0 19.6 207 6 302.7 305.1 294.6 341.2 13.00 3 900 1025 20.6 16.0 75 4.7 17.5 203 5 302.8 305.1 294.5 340.6 12.78 4 850 1516 16.1 14.6 91 1.5 15.1 189 5 303.0 305.3 294.3 339.7 12.40 5 800 2030 13.9 9.8 76 4.1 11.4 187 6 306.0 307.8 293.0 334.8 9.56 6 750 2573 10.9 6.5 74 4.4 8.3 209 7 308.5 310.0 292.6 333.3 8.14 7 700 3145 7.4 3.7 77 3.7 5.3 187 10 310.7 312.0 292.4 332.7 7.15 8 650 3752 3.7 0.7 81 3.0 2.1 188 16 313.2 314.4 292.4 332.7 6.22 9 600 4397 -0.8 -2.3 89 1.6 -1.6 190 19 315.2 316.3 292.3 332.3 5.38 10 550 5089 -3.7 -5.7 86 2.0 -4.6 190 20 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.5 4.57 11 500 5837 -7.9 -10.3 83 2.4 -8.9 189 19 323.4 324.0 293.0 335.0 3.49 12 450 6648 -12.8 -21.1 50 8.3 -15.3 204 27 327.2 327.5 292.4 332.7 1.58 13 400 7538 -17.5 -36.3 18 18.9 -21.0 214 36 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.9 0.43 14 350 8525 -23.7 -33.8 39 10.1 -25.6 215 38 336.8 336.9 294.1 339.2 0.63 15 300 9631 -32.6 -42.6 36 10.0 -33.8 213 43 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.5 0.30 16 250 10886 -43.2 -49.2 52 6.0 -43.6 204 46 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.5 0.17 17 200 12347 -55.4 -59.1 63 3.7 -55.5 205 51 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14146 -63.8 -78.5 12 14.7 -63.8 220 38 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.01 19 100 16589 -68.3 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.4 221 24 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.07 m Freezing level: 608.54 mb = 4286.93 m = 14064.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.16 mb = 4117.82 m = 13509.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.58 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 921.94 mb = 814.88 m = 2673.47 ft T: 22.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.69 C/km ThetaE index: 14.54 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 851.76 mb = 1498.56 m = 4916.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.22 C = 86.40 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.07 C Showalter Index: -1.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.01 C Cross Totals Index: 22.56 C K Index: 34.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.92 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 382.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 863.45 mb = 1381.44 m = 4532.24 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.45 mb = 2368.48 m = 7770.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 278.45 mb = 10144.42 m = 33281.80 ft B at Equ Level: 382.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.45 mb = 13803.29 m = 45285.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 191.2 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 221.2 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.4 neg: -1.5 tot: 6.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 80.69 Bulk Shear: 4.74 m/s