MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1010 59 26.8 20.8 69 6.1 22.5 127 5 299.1 301.9 295.3 344.2 15.46 1 1000 149 24.6 19.9 75 4.7 21.3 128 5 297.7 300.4 294.5 340.6 14.80 2 950 596 20.0 18.5 91 1.6 19.0 136 5 297.5 300.1 294.0 338.8 14.24 3 900 1061 16.8 14.7 88 2.1 15.4 163 5 298.8 301.0 292.6 333.2 11.79 4 850 1547 14.3 11.9 85 2.4 12.8 185 4 301.2 303.1 292.2 331.7 10.37 5 800 2058 11.8 8.9 83 2.9 10.0 195 8 303.7 305.3 291.9 330.5 8.97 6 750 2596 9.0 5.4 78 3.7 6.9 200 12 306.4 307.8 291.5 329.1 7.50 7 700 3164 5.4 -4.5 49 9.9 0.7 208 17 308.5 309.2 288.9 320.7 3.91 8 650 3767 3.1 -16.5 22 19.6 -4.0 212 17 312.5 312.8 288.1 317.9 1.62 9 600 4410 -1.2 -17.2 28 16.0 -6.8 206 18 314.7 315.0 288.8 320.2 1.65 10 550 5097 -4.7 -30.0 12 25.3 -11.1 207 20 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.6 0.58 11 500 5842 -8.2 -31.6 13 23.4 -13.7 208 22 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.0 0.54 12 450 6650 -14.4 -33.5 18 19.1 -18.3 207 30 325.1 325.2 290.8 326.9 0.50 13 400 7531 -19.9 -48.3 6 28.4 -23.4 198 41 329.1 329.2 291.6 329.6 0.12 14 350 8510 -25.9 -38.4 30 12.4 -27.8 186 56 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.40 15 300 9608 -33.9 -40.8 49 7.0 -34.7 171 61 337.7 337.7 294.1 339.0 0.36 16 250 10858 -44.6 -49.0 62 4.3 -44.9 162 58 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.4 0.18 17 200 12315 -53.5 -68.5 14 15.0 -53.8 185 48 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14135 -61.0 -82.5 4 21.5 -61.2 209 34 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.00 19 100 16608 -67.4 -84.9 7 17.5 -67.5 204 20 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.02 m Freezing level: 613.87 mb = 4231.34 m = 13882.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 692.29 mb = 3253.91 m = 10675.44 ft Precipitable water: 1.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 925.25 mb = 823.15 m = 2700.57 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.09 C/km ThetaE index: 26.28 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.48 mb = 933.17 m = 3061.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.06 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.15 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: 2.19 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.55 C Cross Totals Index: 20.15 C K Index: 24.56 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.90 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.29 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 350.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.65 mb = 856.64 m = 2810.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 896.65 mb = 1092.62 m = 3584.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 336.65 mb = 8786.82 m = 28827.79 ft B at Equ Level: 348.90 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 196.65 mb = 12421.82 m = 40753.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 202.3 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 232.3 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 21.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 16.41 Bulk Shear: 21.34 m/s