MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-79.02 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.02 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 70 23.3 22.3 94 1.0 22.6 212 2 296.0 299.1 295.6 345.2 17.08 1 1000 111 22.9 22.1 95 0.8 22.3 219 3 296.0 299.1 295.5 344.9 16.95 2 950 557 20.0 18.2 89 1.8 18.8 207 7 297.5 300.0 293.8 337.8 13.94 3 900 1023 18.1 15.0 82 3.1 16.1 202 7 300.1 302.3 293.2 335.3 12.00 4 850 1511 16.0 11.6 75 4.4 13.2 212 9 302.9 304.8 292.6 333.1 10.15 5 800 2025 13.5 8.3 71 5.2 10.3 214 10 305.5 307.1 292.1 331.4 8.61 6 750 2566 10.2 4.9 69 5.4 7.1 223 10 307.7 309.0 291.6 329.8 7.24 7 700 3136 6.4 2.2 74 4.2 4.1 208 11 309.5 310.7 291.5 329.3 6.41 8 650 3740 2.0 0.1 87 1.9 1.0 198 14 311.3 312.4 291.6 329.7 5.94 9 600 4382 -1.4 -2.1 95 0.7 -1.7 180 17 314.5 315.5 292.2 331.8 5.48 10 550 5075 -3.3 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.4 190 23 320.2 321.3 293.7 337.6 5.37 11 500 5824 -7.4 -8.6 92 1.1 -7.9 194 30 324.0 324.8 293.6 337.2 4.00 12 450 6637 -12.3 -14.9 81 2.6 -13.3 192 32 327.8 328.3 293.6 336.9 2.67 13 400 7528 -18.0 -21.0 77 3.0 -18.9 193 33 331.6 332.0 293.8 337.9 1.79 14 350 8511 -25.1 -29.1 69 4.0 -25.9 194 33 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.6 0.99 15 300 9612 -33.7 -40.0 53 6.4 -34.4 199 41 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.4 0.39 16 250 10863 -44.2 -49.8 54 5.6 -44.5 189 55 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.16 17 200 12319 -54.7 -67.9 18 13.2 -54.9 188 50 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14121 -62.6 -77.7 12 15.0 -62.7 201 38 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16591 -68.1 -86.3 6 18.2 -68.2 223 23 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.72 m Freezing level: 620.50 mb = 4118.58 m = 13512.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.56 mb = 3970.82 m = 13027.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.88 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 990.74 mb = 191.91 m = 629.63 ft T: 22.36 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.14 C/km ThetaE index: 15.89 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.67 mb = 1131.03 m = 3710.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.01 C = 82.42 F Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lifted Index: -0.43 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: 2.36 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.50 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.45 C Cross Totals Index: 19.05 C K Index: 30.86 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.12 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.74 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 186.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 48.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.34 mb = 737.14 m = 2418.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 745.34 mb = 2617.18 m = 8586.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 415.34 mb = 7243.04 m = 23762.96 ft B at Equ Level: 186.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 215.34 mb = 11836.43 m = 38832.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.5 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 227.5 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: -0.3 tot: 7.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.35 Bulk Shear: 12.98 m/s