MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 22 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 1012 58 29.9 15.3 41 14.5 20.1 58 5 302.0 304.0 292.8 334.1 10.88 1 1000 165 26.0 15.3 52 10.7 18.9 57 5 299.2 301.2 292.1 331.3 11.00 2 950 614 21.3 14.2 64 7.0 16.7 57 6 298.8 300.7 291.7 330.2 10.78 3 900 1079 17.7 8.1 53 9.6 12.0 63 9 299.8 301.1 289.4 322.1 7.56 4 850 1565 15.5 5.4 51 10.2 9.7 66 6 302.4 303.6 289.4 322.2 6.61 5 800 2077 12.7 -0.6 40 13.3 5.9 87 2 304.7 305.5 288.3 318.7 4.59 6 750 2615 10.2 -9.8 23 20.0 1.6 176 1 307.6 308.1 287.2 315.3 2.42 7 700 3186 7.4 -4.3 43 11.7 1.8 229 5 310.7 311.5 289.8 323.3 3.98 8 650 3791 3.4 -5.0 54 8.4 -0.6 229 13 312.8 313.5 290.5 325.6 4.05 9 600 4435 -0.8 -9.8 50 9.0 -4.6 223 21 315.2 315.8 290.3 325.0 3.03 10 550 5124 -4.7 -16.6 39 12.0 -8.9 219 23 318.6 318.9 290.2 324.9 1.89 11 500 5868 -8.5 -24.5 26 16.1 -13.0 210 24 322.7 322.9 290.7 326.4 1.05 12 450 6678 -12.4 -31.0 19 18.7 -16.7 206 24 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.64 13 400 7567 -19.0 -35.9 21 16.9 -22.1 202 21 330.3 330.4 292.3 332.0 0.45 14 350 8545 -26.6 -43.4 19 16.7 -28.7 212 21 332.9 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.24 15 300 9637 -35.8 -43.0 47 7.3 -36.5 208 26 335.0 335.0 293.3 336.1 0.28 16 250 10878 -45.9 -49.6 66 3.7 -46.2 192 32 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.4 0.17 17 200 12321 -56.8 -63.9 40 7.1 -56.9 192 35 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.04 18 150 14124 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 228 33 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16597 -67.0 -86.5 5 19.6 -67.1 240 13 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.83 m Freezing level: 609.65 mb = 4310.62 m = 14142.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 663.00 mb = 3629.24 m = 11906.80 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.70 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 819.40 mb = 1874.86 m = 6151.03 ft T: 13.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 12.05 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 745.51 mb = 2664.76 m = 8742.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.82 C = 96.47 F Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lifted Index: 3.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.25 C Showalter Index: 6.75 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.82 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 13.82 C K Index: 17.67 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 99.89 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.95 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5959.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.03 mb = 1634.94 m = 5363.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 213.0 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 243.0 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 22.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.3 neg: -1.6 tot: 11.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.10 Bulk Shear: 37.68 m/s