MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 22.2 16.7 71 5.5 18.5 180 2 294.5 296.6 291.3 328.6 11.90 1 1000 145 22.4 17.4 73 5.0 19.1 210 7 295.6 297.9 292.2 331.9 12.63 2 950 591 21.5 13.7 61 7.8 16.4 143 5 299.0 300.9 291.6 329.5 10.44 3 900 1057 18.9 2.9 34 16.0 10.1 158 4 301.0 301.9 287.6 316.6 5.22 4 850 1545 16.9 -2.0 27 19.0 7.3 214 3 303.9 304.6 287.3 315.8 3.87 5 800 2058 13.3 1.9 46 11.3 7.1 260 5 305.3 306.3 289.4 322.1 5.51 6 750 2598 10.6 1.0 51 9.6 5.5 230 8 308.1 309.2 290.3 325.1 5.50 7 700 3170 7.6 0.6 61 7.0 3.8 209 10 310.9 312.0 291.3 328.7 5.71 8 650 3776 2.6 0.8 88 1.8 1.7 194 14 311.9 313.1 292.1 331.5 6.26 9 600 4419 -1.5 -2.3 94 0.8 -1.9 180 18 314.4 315.4 292.1 331.4 5.38 10 550 5106 -5.3 -14.9 47 9.6 -8.8 185 18 317.8 318.2 290.3 325.0 2.18 11 500 5850 -8.2 -30.5 15 22.4 -13.6 219 13 323.1 323.2 290.3 325.3 0.60 12 450 6660 -13.6 -20.8 54 7.2 -15.8 227 11 326.2 326.5 292.2 331.8 1.62 13 400 7544 -20.2 -38.0 19 17.8 -23.1 217 16 328.7 328.8 291.7 330.1 0.36 14 350 8516 -28.4 -34.1 58 5.7 -29.3 211 16 330.5 330.6 292.4 332.7 0.61 15 300 9602 -36.9 -41.0 66 4.1 -37.3 208 26 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.7 0.35 16 250 10838 -46.0 -56.0 31 10.0 -46.4 209 34 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.08 17 200 12293 -54.0 -70.3 12 16.2 -54.3 217 33 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 14115 -59.7 -80.1 5 20.5 -59.9 240 27 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16598 -67.7 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.8 250 25 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.35 m Freezing level: 618.04 mb = 4186.90 m = 13736.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.77 mb = 4068.31 m = 13347.31 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.33 % Est. max temperature: 30.99 C = 87.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.26 mb = 762.96 m = 2503.13 ft T: 20.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.89 C/km ThetaE index: 16.14 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.08 mb = 2821.33 m = 9256.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.95 C = 98.50 F Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lifted Index: 4.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Showalter Index: 10.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 31.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.09 C Cross Totals Index: 6.11 C K Index: 16.02 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 18.28 Risk: None Energy Index: 2.06 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6542.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 854.54 mb = 1499.86 m = 4920.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.1 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 227.1 at 7.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: -16.0 tot: -12.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.76 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s