MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 27.5 21.6 70 5.8 23.3 124 7 300.2 303.2 296.3 348.3 16.42 1 1000 105 26.4 20.9 72 5.5 22.5 124 7 299.5 302.4 295.6 345.4 15.71 2 950 555 21.8 19.8 88 2.0 20.4 126 8 299.3 302.2 295.4 344.6 15.50 3 900 1023 17.8 17.3 97 0.5 17.5 154 10 299.8 302.4 294.4 340.6 13.94 4 850 1511 15.3 13.9 92 1.3 14.4 177 12 302.1 304.3 293.6 337.2 11.86 5 800 2023 12.6 11.2 91 1.4 11.7 184 13 304.6 306.5 293.3 336.0 10.51 6 750 2563 9.8 8.3 90 1.5 8.9 195 17 307.2 308.9 293.0 335.0 9.19 7 700 3134 6.8 5.0 88 1.8 5.8 203 19 310.0 311.5 292.8 334.1 7.83 8 650 3741 3.6 1.4 86 2.1 2.4 208 20 313.0 314.2 292.6 333.4 6.55 9 600 4386 -0.0 -2.4 84 2.4 -1.2 210 20 316.1 317.1 292.6 333.1 5.35 10 550 5079 -3.8 -7.2 77 3.4 -5.3 212 20 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.8 4.05 11 500 5828 -7.0 -7.6 96 0.6 -7.2 199 26 324.6 325.4 294.0 338.9 4.34 12 450 6642 -12.5 -13.7 91 1.2 -13.0 194 35 327.5 328.1 293.7 337.5 2.95 13 400 7532 -18.4 -20.0 87 1.6 -18.9 189 42 331.1 331.5 293.8 337.9 1.96 14 350 8513 -24.8 -36.4 33 11.6 -26.7 177 44 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.2 0.49 15 300 9615 -33.5 -39.2 56 5.8 -34.2 186 52 338.2 338.3 294.3 339.9 0.43 16 250 10867 -44.2 -47.6 69 3.3 -44.5 184 55 340.3 340.3 294.6 341.1 0.21 17 200 12323 -54.7 -66.5 22 11.8 -54.9 192 55 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14125 -63.2 -80.5 8 17.3 -63.3 218 37 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16575 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.7 217 23 393.2 393.2 304.3 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.03 m Freezing level: 600.25 mb = 4383.19 m = 14380.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.80 mb = 4163.66 m = 13660.14 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.59 mb = 798.92 m = 2621.11 ft T: 19.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.11 C/km ThetaE index: 15.48 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.75 mb = 882.08 m = 2893.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.98 C = 80.56 F Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: 1.02 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.11 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 20.90 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.08 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.23 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 787.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.25 mb = 858.45 m = 2816.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.25 mb = 905.68 m = 2971.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.25 mb = 11634.59 m = 38170.76 ft B at Equ Level: 787.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.25 mb = 14445.74 m = 47393.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.3 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 226.3 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.5 neg: -0.2 tot: 54.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 23.50 Bulk Shear: 33.52 m/s