MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 25 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 1005 58 32.5 22.6 56 9.9 25.2 196 13 305.2 308.4 298.2 357.3 17.41 1 1000 100 30.8 22.1 60 8.8 24.4 196 13 304.0 307.1 297.5 354.4 16.95 2 950 557 25.9 20.9 74 5.0 22.3 198 18 303.5 306.5 297.2 352.7 16.58 3 900 1031 21.4 18.7 85 2.7 19.5 203 20 303.6 306.4 296.4 349.0 15.30 4 850 1525 17.8 13.7 77 4.1 15.1 219 25 304.8 307.0 294.3 339.8 11.69 5 800 2041 13.9 11.6 86 2.4 12.4 222 26 306.0 308.0 293.9 338.4 10.76 6 750 2583 11.2 4.3 63 6.8 7.2 224 27 308.7 310.0 291.7 330.0 6.96 7 700 3157 9.1 0.3 54 8.8 4.4 226 28 312.6 313.7 291.7 330.2 5.60 8 650 3767 5.4 0.3 70 5.1 2.6 229 28 315.0 316.2 292.8 334.0 6.01 9 600 4416 1.0 -2.1 80 3.1 -0.6 237 29 317.3 318.3 293.0 334.7 5.46 10 550 5112 -2.1 -8.9 60 6.8 -5.1 236 31 321.6 322.3 292.6 333.2 3.54 11 500 5864 -6.0 -22.0 27 16.1 -11.1 226 35 325.7 326.0 291.8 330.3 1.31 12 450 6678 -12.4 -25.5 33 13.1 -15.9 220 36 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.5 1.07 13 400 7567 -17.7 -36.3 18 18.6 -21.2 223 32 332.0 332.0 292.7 333.6 0.43 14 350 8554 -23.5 -51.9 6 28.4 -26.6 217 30 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.4 0.09 15 300 9662 -31.9 -61.0 4 29.1 -33.8 207 29 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.5 0.03 16 250 10923 -41.5 -56.2 19 14.6 -42.3 209 33 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.08 17 200 12398 -52.9 -67.1 16 14.2 -53.2 206 36 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14197 -66.0 -74.4 30 8.5 -66.0 212 29 356.5 356.5 298.0 356.5 0.01 19 100 16617 -69.9 -85.1 9 15.2 -69.9 224 22 392.7 392.7 304.2 392.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5763.22 m Freezing level: 584.05 mb = 4638.08 m = 15216.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.69 mb = 4286.19 m = 14062.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.43 % Est. max temperature: 31.97 C = 89.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 871.47 mb = 1309.39 m = 4295.84 ft T: 19.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 27.26 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.90 mb = 1315.05 m = 4314.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.56 C = 88.81 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.13 C Showalter Index: 0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.81 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: 28.72 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 290.11 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1687.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 879.09 mb = 1234.25 m = 4049.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.09 mb = 1382.86 m = 4536.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.09 mb = 13266.03 m = 43523.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1682.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 26.7 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 67.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 55.68 Bulk Shear: 30.31 m/s