MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 34.93,-78.68 Latitude: 34.93 Longitude: -78.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 32 22.2 21.7 97 0.5 21.9 43 0 294.2 297.2 294.6 340.9 16.33 1 1000 150 20.8 20.6 98 0.3 20.6 9 0 294.0 296.7 293.8 338.0 15.42 2 950 595 19.1 17.4 90 1.7 18.0 172 1 296.6 299.0 293.1 335.1 13.31 3 900 1059 16.9 14.8 88 2.1 15.5 188 4 298.9 301.0 292.6 333.4 11.84 4 850 1546 14.8 11.4 80 3.4 12.7 210 7 301.7 303.5 292.1 331.4 10.04 5 800 2057 12.1 8.7 80 3.3 10.0 204 10 304.0 305.7 291.9 330.6 8.88 6 750 2596 9.2 5.8 79 3.4 7.2 201 13 306.6 308.0 291.7 330.0 7.74 7 700 3165 6.0 1.4 72 4.6 3.5 192 15 309.2 310.3 291.1 327.9 6.06 8 650 3768 2.9 -11.7 33 14.6 -3.0 194 20 312.3 312.8 288.8 320.1 2.41 9 600 4411 -0.6 -30.9 8 30.3 -8.3 200 21 315.4 315.5 287.8 317.2 0.48 10 550 5100 -5.1 -30.8 11 25.7 -11.3 203 24 318.1 318.2 288.7 320.0 0.53 11 500 5842 -8.8 -39.0 7 30.2 -14.6 201 29 322.3 322.4 289.8 323.3 0.26 12 450 6650 -13.7 -42.9 7 29.2 -18.4 200 34 326.1 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 13 400 7533 -20.0 -43.9 10 24.0 -23.3 194 42 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.8 0.19 14 350 8512 -25.2 -28.9 71 3.7 -26.0 181 51 334.7 334.9 293.9 338.4 1.00 15 300 9612 -33.9 -37.1 73 3.2 -34.3 171 53 337.6 337.7 294.2 339.6 0.53 16 250 10860 -45.0 -50.7 53 5.7 -45.3 175 63 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.8 0.15 17 200 12320 -52.5 -72.7 7 20.1 -52.9 188 46 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14141 -61.6 -82.2 5 20.6 -61.8 204 37 363.9 363.9 299.4 363.9 0.00 19 100 16611 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 196 17 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.95 m Freezing level: 608.31 mb = 4304.19 m = 14121.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.82 mb = 3487.05 m = 11440.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.93 C = 84.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1006.04 mb = 98.27 m = 322.42 ft T: 21.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 23.76 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.99 mb = 898.80 m = 2948.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.11 C = 79.00 F Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lifted Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.42 C Showalter Index: 1.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.86 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 20.23 C K Index: 30.44 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 180.64 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.54 mb = 626.66 m = 2055.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.54 mb = 2578.58 m = 8459.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 391.54 mb = 7689.73 m = 25228.47 ft B at Equ Level: 93.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.54 mb = 9117.46 m = 29912.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.3 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 229.3 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 20.2 neg: -0.7 tot: 19.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.26 Bulk Shear: 28.95 m/s