MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 28 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 1007 59 23.0 21.9 94 1.1 22.3 198 2 295.5 298.5 295.1 343.5 16.68 1 1000 120 22.5 21.7 95 0.8 21.9 204 5 295.6 298.6 295.1 343.2 16.55 2 950 565 19.6 18.2 92 1.4 18.7 217 10 297.1 299.7 293.7 337.6 14.01 3 900 1030 17.4 15.6 89 1.8 16.2 212 8 299.4 301.7 293.3 335.9 12.48 4 850 1518 15.1 12.8 86 2.3 13.6 207 9 301.9 304.0 292.9 334.4 11.00 5 800 2030 12.5 9.7 83 2.9 10.7 199 10 304.5 306.3 292.5 332.8 9.46 6 750 2569 9.7 6.6 81 3.1 7.8 184 10 307.1 308.6 292.2 331.9 8.16 7 700 3140 6.5 2.9 77 3.7 4.5 190 10 309.7 311.0 291.9 330.5 6.74 8 650 3745 3.1 -1.1 74 4.1 1.0 213 6 312.5 313.5 291.6 329.6 5.45 9 600 4389 -0.6 -6.4 65 5.8 -3.3 230 10 315.4 316.1 291.2 328.0 3.94 10 550 5080 -3.7 -4.8 92 1.1 -4.3 189 19 319.7 320.6 293.2 335.4 4.86 11 500 5827 -8.2 -10.1 86 2.0 -9.0 193 29 323.1 323.8 293.0 334.9 3.54 12 450 6640 -12.4 -14.3 86 1.9 -13.1 196 30 327.7 328.2 293.6 337.3 2.82 13 400 7529 -18.6 -20.7 84 2.0 -19.3 182 34 330.8 331.1 293.6 337.3 1.84 14 350 8512 -25.3 -27.9 79 2.6 -25.9 180 40 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.6 1.10 15 300 9613 -34.0 -38.2 66 4.2 -34.6 179 48 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.3 0.47 16 250 10862 -44.1 -52.3 40 8.2 -44.5 179 60 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.1 0.12 17 200 12322 -53.2 -66.3 19 13.1 -53.5 196 47 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.6 0.03 18 150 14131 -62.9 -77.8 12 14.9 -63.1 204 40 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16600 -67.4 -86.7 5 19.3 -67.5 230 21 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.44 m Freezing level: 608.53 mb = 4279.25 m = 14039.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 638.81 mb = 3884.69 m = 12744.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.37 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 992.01 mb = 189.54 m = 621.86 ft T: 22.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 15.45 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.34 mb = 847.67 m = 2781.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.98 C = 78.77 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -0.99 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.96 C K Index: 32.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.15 mb = 664.31 m = 2179.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.15 mb = 1881.87 m = 6174.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.15 mb = 8220.10 m = 26968.51 ft B at Equ Level: 178.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.15 mb = 11576.57 m = 37980.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.7 at 12.2 knts Storm direction: 229.7 at 9.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.5 neg: -1.7 tot: 4.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 41.16 Bulk Shear: 4.36 m/s