MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 23 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 1010 59 26.0 15.8 53 10.2 19.2 95 3 298.3 300.3 292.0 331.0 11.24 1 1000 143 26.4 14.8 49 11.6 18.8 114 6 299.6 301.5 291.9 330.8 10.65 2 950 592 22.3 13.5 57 8.8 16.6 118 7 299.8 301.7 291.7 330.1 10.30 3 900 1059 18.3 9.6 57 8.8 13.0 120 6 300.4 301.9 290.3 325.0 8.34 4 850 1547 16.5 2.0 37 14.6 8.6 146 5 303.5 304.4 288.5 319.2 5.19 5 800 2060 13.5 -1.4 36 14.8 5.9 209 5 305.5 306.3 288.3 318.8 4.32 6 750 2600 11.1 -3.2 37 14.3 4.0 218 7 308.6 309.4 289.1 321.2 4.03 7 700 3172 8.0 -1.6 51 9.6 3.0 224 9 311.3 312.3 290.7 326.5 4.84 8 650 3779 3.7 -2.1 66 5.8 0.8 223 13 313.2 314.2 291.5 329.1 5.05 9 600 4424 -0.5 -7.8 58 7.2 -3.7 214 14 315.5 316.2 290.9 327.0 3.56 10 550 5114 -4.4 -19.2 30 14.8 -9.4 212 13 318.8 319.1 290.0 324.0 1.52 11 500 5858 -8.3 -26.7 21 18.4 -13.2 219 14 323.0 323.1 290.6 326.0 0.86 12 450 6669 -12.3 -34.5 14 22.2 -17.0 227 12 327.8 327.8 291.6 329.4 0.45 13 400 7558 -19.1 -35.3 23 16.1 -22.1 215 13 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.48 14 350 8534 -27.2 -44.3 18 17.1 -29.2 212 18 332.1 332.2 292.5 333.0 0.21 15 300 9623 -35.8 -39.3 70 3.6 -36.1 211 26 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.6 0.42 16 250 10864 -46.2 -49.9 66 3.7 -46.4 196 41 337.4 337.4 293.8 338.0 0.16 17 200 12312 -55.3 -69.6 15 14.3 -55.5 212 45 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.2 0.02 18 150 14119 -61.3 -80.5 6 19.2 -61.4 233 34 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16595 -67.8 -84.3 8 16.5 -67.9 243 14 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.29 m Freezing level: 606.06 mb = 4345.88 m = 14257.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.34 mb = 3887.24 m = 12753.25 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.68 % Est. max temperature: 30.55 C = 87.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.94 mb = 1349.00 m = 4425.81 ft T: 17.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 12.22 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.23 mb = 2993.55 m = 9821.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.20 C = 100.77 F Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lifted Index: 3.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.87 C Showalter Index: 8.57 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.03 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 10.22 C K Index: 17.13 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 48.52 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6252.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.74 mb = 1730.51 m = 5677.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 205.3 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 235.3 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.1 neg: -0.6 tot: 17.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 17.04 m/s