MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.92,-78.54 Latitude: 34.92 Longitude: -78.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 31 32.0 20.4 50 11.6 23.7 235 6 304.6 307.4 296.6 349.8 15.17 1 1000 93 29.9 19.6 54 10.4 22.6 236 6 303.1 305.8 295.7 346.0 14.48 2 950 550 25.2 18.4 66 6.8 20.5 234 7 302.8 305.4 295.4 344.7 14.18 3 900 1022 20.6 17.3 82 3.3 18.3 234 7 302.7 305.3 295.3 344.0 13.95 4 850 1514 17.7 10.9 64 6.8 13.4 249 16 304.7 306.5 292.7 333.8 9.71 5 800 2030 14.2 10.6 79 3.6 11.9 243 17 306.3 308.2 293.5 336.6 10.08 6 750 2572 11.1 7.6 80 3.4 9.0 234 18 308.6 310.2 293.2 335.4 8.80 7 700 3145 8.0 3.9 75 4.2 5.6 233 20 311.4 312.8 292.7 333.8 7.23 8 650 3754 4.4 -0.7 70 5.0 1.7 235 20 313.9 315.0 292.2 331.6 5.61 9 600 4400 -0.2 -3.7 78 3.4 -1.9 230 23 315.9 316.8 292.1 331.4 4.87 10 550 5092 -4.0 -9.4 66 5.5 -6.3 232 25 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.6 3.41 11 500 5838 -7.8 -18.0 44 10.2 -11.3 226 28 323.6 323.9 291.7 329.9 1.86 12 450 6651 -11.9 -23.7 37 11.8 -15.3 223 33 328.3 328.6 292.4 332.8 1.26 13 400 7542 -17.8 -28.4 39 10.5 -20.3 220 38 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.2 0.92 14 350 8527 -24.4 -37.9 28 13.5 -26.5 219 39 335.9 335.9 293.7 337.5 0.42 15 300 9633 -32.5 -38.0 58 5.5 -33.2 227 40 339.6 339.7 294.7 341.5 0.48 16 250 10891 -42.5 -53.1 30 10.6 -43.1 209 46 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.3 0.11 17 200 12352 -55.1 -60.5 51 5.4 -55.3 208 52 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.05 18 150 14143 -64.0 -79.6 10 15.6 -64.1 235 43 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16581 -69.6 -86.1 7 16.5 -69.6 228 28 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.69 m Freezing level: 602.43 mb = 4368.61 m = 14332.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.34 mb = 4053.16 m = 13297.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.12 % Est. max temperature: 31.90 C = 89.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.91 mb = 1494.39 m = 4902.79 ft T: 17.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 15.96 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 830.66 mb = 1709.46 m = 5608.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.78 C = 91.01 F Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lifted Index: -3.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.17 C Showalter Index: 1.71 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.51 C Cross Totals Index: 18.71 C K Index: 32.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.58 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 687.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.04 mb = 1412.58 m = 4634.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.04 mb = 2081.75 m = 6829.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.04 mb = 11877.50 m = 38967.71 ft B at Equ Level: 685.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.04 mb = 14774.70 m = 48472.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.5 at 18.5 knts Storm direction: 263.5 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.3 neg: -2.2 tot: 15.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 33.27 Bulk Shear: 20.66 m/s