MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 23.3 16.1 64 7.2 18.5 131 2 295.6 297.7 291.3 328.6 11.47 1 1000 146 24.6 15.3 56 9.4 18.4 173 6 297.8 299.8 291.6 329.6 10.96 2 950 594 21.8 13.5 59 8.2 16.4 133 5 299.3 301.1 291.5 329.4 10.29 3 900 1060 18.1 8.3 53 9.8 12.3 134 3 300.2 301.6 289.6 322.8 7.65 4 850 1548 16.5 0.5 34 16.0 8.0 180 4 303.4 304.3 287.9 317.6 4.65 5 800 2060 13.2 0.6 42 12.6 6.6 244 6 305.2 306.2 288.9 320.6 5.01 6 750 2600 10.7 -0.4 46 11.1 4.9 224 8 308.2 309.1 289.8 323.5 4.95 7 700 3172 7.8 -1.5 52 9.3 2.9 203 9 311.1 312.0 290.7 326.4 4.88 8 650 3778 3.0 0.1 81 3.0 1.5 200 12 312.4 313.5 292.0 330.9 5.92 9 600 4422 -1.1 -5.6 72 4.5 -3.3 187 14 314.8 315.6 291.2 328.2 4.19 10 550 5110 -4.8 -17.9 35 13.1 -9.3 185 14 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.1 1.69 11 500 5854 -8.2 -33.6 11 25.4 -13.9 205 11 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.7 0.45 12 450 6665 -12.6 -27.3 28 14.7 -16.4 235 9 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.6 0.90 13 400 7551 -19.8 -29.5 42 9.7 -21.9 223 11 329.3 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.83 14 350 8527 -27.2 -47.5 13 20.3 -29.3 228 17 332.1 332.1 292.4 332.7 0.15 15 300 9616 -36.5 -42.0 57 5.5 -37.1 210 30 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.32 16 250 10855 -45.6 -53.1 42 7.5 -45.9 205 46 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.8 0.11 17 200 12310 -54.3 -70.5 12 16.2 -54.6 212 41 346.8 346.8 295.9 346.8 0.01 18 150 14122 -60.7 -79.2 7 18.6 -60.8 249 31 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16603 -67.4 -86.0 5 18.6 -67.5 234 18 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.04 m Freezing level: 613.70 mb = 4245.32 m = 13928.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.57 mb = 3971.35 m = 13029.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.34 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.96 mb = 974.80 m = 3198.13 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 12.04 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 722.07 mb = 2914.50 m = 9561.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.53 C = 99.56 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: 3.89 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.07 C Showalter Index: 9.58 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 33.25 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.64 C Cross Totals Index: 8.61 C K Index: 15.77 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 24.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.61 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6564.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.31 mb = 1614.43 m = 5296.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.4 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 224.4 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.5 neg: -11.7 tot: -2.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: -0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.36 Bulk Shear: 4.35 m/s