MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 23.4 22.9 97 0.5 23.0 209 4 296.1 299.3 296.0 347.2 17.73 1 1000 106 22.9 22.6 98 0.3 22.8 210 6 296.1 299.2 295.9 346.6 17.55 2 950 554 22.0 20.3 90 1.7 20.8 238 13 299.5 302.4 295.7 346.1 15.95 3 900 1023 19.5 16.7 84 2.8 17.6 182 7 301.6 304.1 294.6 341.1 13.40 4 850 1512 15.5 14.3 92 1.2 14.7 149 7 302.4 304.6 293.9 338.2 12.12 5 800 2025 12.8 11.2 90 1.5 11.8 162 12 304.8 306.7 293.4 336.3 10.53 6 750 2566 9.8 8.2 89 1.7 8.8 157 15 307.2 308.9 293.0 334.8 9.12 7 700 3136 6.7 4.4 85 2.4 5.4 166 17 309.9 311.4 292.5 333.0 7.49 8 650 3742 2.9 0.7 85 2.2 1.7 174 20 312.3 313.4 292.2 331.6 6.21 9 600 4386 -0.9 -2.2 91 1.2 -1.6 177 22 315.0 316.1 292.3 332.3 5.44 10 550 5076 -4.4 -6.1 88 1.7 -5.2 180 23 318.9 319.7 292.6 333.1 4.40 11 500 5822 -8.3 -9.0 94 0.7 -8.7 185 26 322.9 323.7 293.2 335.7 3.86 12 450 6634 -12.9 -14.7 86 1.8 -13.6 188 33 327.0 327.5 293.4 336.2 2.71 13 400 7522 -18.3 -20.7 81 2.4 -19.0 198 34 331.2 331.6 293.7 337.7 1.84 14 350 8506 -24.4 -30.8 56 6.3 -25.7 203 36 335.8 336.0 294.1 339.0 0.84 15 300 9609 -33.3 -39.8 52 6.5 -34.1 204 38 338.4 338.5 294.3 339.9 0.40 16 250 10861 -44.2 -47.4 70 3.2 -44.4 200 40 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 17 200 12317 -55.0 -61.5 44 6.6 -55.1 193 48 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14122 -63.2 -79.1 10 15.9 -63.3 214 37 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.01 19 100 16567 -69.1 -86.2 7 17.0 -69.2 219 22 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.24 m Freezing level: 612.19 mb = 4228.68 m = 13873.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.81 mb = 4072.70 m = 13361.70 ft Precipitable water: 2.08 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.15 % Est. max temperature: 29.62 C = 85.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 998.08 mb = 122.38 m = 401.52 ft T: 22.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 15.58 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 897.46 mb = 1047.07 m = 3435.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: -3.65 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.54 C Showalter Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.40 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 22.58 C K Index: 35.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.08 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.62 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1082.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.42 mb = 697.11 m = 2287.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.42 mb = 1318.97 m = 4327.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.42 mb = 12335.02 m = 40468.75 ft B at Equ Level: 1069.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.42 mb = 15012.19 m = 49251.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 177.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 207.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.9 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.4 neg: -9.7 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 47.84 Bulk Shear: 22.62 m/s