MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 1006 59 23.7 22.9 95 0.8 23.2 40 1 296.4 299.6 296.1 347.5 17.74 1 1000 110 23.0 22.5 97 0.5 22.7 353 1 296.2 299.3 295.8 346.4 17.44 2 950 557 21.1 19.7 92 1.4 20.2 287 2 298.6 301.4 295.1 343.5 15.43 3 900 1025 18.9 16.8 88 2.0 17.5 124 7 300.9 303.4 294.5 340.7 13.53 4 850 1514 15.7 13.2 85 2.5 14.1 135 9 302.6 304.7 293.3 336.1 11.29 5 800 2027 13.0 10.6 86 2.3 11.5 157 13 305.0 306.9 293.1 335.3 10.11 6 750 2568 10.2 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 169 15 307.6 309.3 293.0 335.0 9.01 7 700 3139 6.8 4.9 88 1.9 5.7 177 19 310.0 311.5 292.8 334.0 7.79 8 650 3745 2.6 1.4 91 1.3 2.0 183 23 311.9 313.2 292.3 332.2 6.51 9 600 4388 -0.9 -1.2 98 0.3 -1.0 189 27 315.1 316.2 292.7 333.6 5.85 10 550 5079 -4.1 -4.4 98 0.3 -4.3 201 30 319.2 320.2 293.2 335.4 5.01 11 500 5827 -7.4 -11.2 75 3.7 -9.0 225 26 324.0 324.6 293.0 334.9 3.26 12 450 6639 -12.9 -22.5 44 9.6 -15.7 229 33 327.0 327.3 292.2 331.9 1.39 13 400 7527 -18.4 -20.5 84 2.1 -19.1 216 29 331.0 331.4 293.7 337.6 1.87 14 350 8510 -24.8 -27.6 77 2.8 -25.4 202 32 335.3 335.6 294.2 339.5 1.13 15 300 9612 -34.1 -40.2 54 6.1 -34.8 203 42 337.4 337.4 294.0 338.8 0.38 16 250 10860 -44.7 -49.1 62 4.4 -45.0 197 47 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.18 17 200 12313 -55.0 -62.4 40 7.4 -55.2 193 57 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 14115 -62.8 -80.1 8 17.3 -62.9 209 42 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16570 -69.2 -86.4 7 17.2 -69.4 222 22 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.07 m Freezing level: 612.64 mb = 4225.43 m = 13862.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.32 mb = 4159.43 m = 13646.25 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 994.23 mb = 160.16 m = 525.46 ft T: 22.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.30 C/km ThetaE index: 15.37 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 935.20 m = 3068.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.07 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.17 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 34.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 202.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.31 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 879.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.46 mb = 662.80 m = 2174.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.46 mb = 1379.62 m = 4526.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.46 mb = 11888.45 m = 39003.64 ft B at Equ Level: 874.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.46 mb = 14822.53 m = 48629.75 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 18.0 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 13.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 73.9 neg: -9.3 tot: 64.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 18.84 Bulk Shear: 46.68 m/s