MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 1008 59 22.3 21.8 97 0.5 22.0 196 3 294.8 297.8 294.8 342.2 16.55 1 1000 124 21.7 21.6 99 0.1 21.7 201 5 294.9 297.8 294.8 342.1 16.49 2 950 569 19.6 17.7 89 1.8 18.3 222 8 297.0 299.5 293.4 336.2 13.56 3 900 1034 17.2 15.3 89 1.9 16.0 220 8 299.2 301.5 293.0 335.0 12.25 4 850 1521 14.9 12.4 85 2.5 13.3 212 8 301.7 303.7 292.6 333.4 10.72 5 800 2032 12.3 9.2 81 3.1 10.4 205 11 304.2 305.9 292.2 331.6 9.15 6 750 2571 9.1 6.4 83 2.7 7.5 197 13 306.5 308.0 291.9 330.9 8.05 7 700 3140 6.0 2.3 77 3.8 4.0 192 14 309.2 310.4 291.5 329.1 6.46 8 650 3744 2.7 -1.4 75 4.0 0.6 181 10 312.0 313.0 291.3 328.7 5.33 9 600 4387 -1.6 -5.3 76 3.7 -3.3 192 10 314.3 315.1 291.1 327.9 4.29 10 550 5077 -3.5 -25.7 16 22.2 -9.8 205 17 319.9 320.1 289.6 323.0 0.86 11 500 5823 -8.5 -24.8 25 16.3 -13.1 207 28 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.2 1.02 12 450 6632 -14.0 -21.0 56 6.9 -16.1 197 39 325.6 325.9 292.0 331.1 1.60 13 400 7517 -18.9 -38.0 17 19.1 -22.2 190 45 330.4 330.5 292.2 331.8 0.36 14 350 8497 -25.4 -45.1 14 19.7 -27.8 181 50 334.5 334.5 293.1 335.2 0.20 15 300 9597 -34.1 -40.8 51 6.7 -34.9 178 56 337.3 337.3 294.0 338.7 0.36 16 250 10845 -44.6 -49.5 58 4.9 -44.9 175 59 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.17 17 200 12307 -52.5 -68.5 13 16.0 -52.9 193 50 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14124 -62.1 -78.8 9 16.7 -62.2 206 38 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16591 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.4 -68.4 241 19 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.30 m Freezing level: 618.71 mb = 4146.30 m = 13603.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.29 mb = 3840.08 m = 12598.53 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.67 % Est. max temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1001.23 mb = 113.73 m = 373.13 ft T: 21.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 19.22 C Layer 1000.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.84 mb = 893.27 m = 2930.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.07 C = 78.93 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Showalter Index: 1.13 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.39 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: 32.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 205.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 939.67 mb = 663.15 m = 2175.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 794.67 mb = 2088.19 m = 6850.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 394.67 mb = 7615.12 m = 24983.70 ft B at Equ Level: 205.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.67 mb = 11544.83 m = 37876.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 201.8 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 231.8 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: -0.4 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 34.55 Bulk Shear: 5.95 m/s