MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 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 1003 58 29.6 22.3 65 7.3 24.3 176 8 302.5 305.6 297.3 353.1 17.12 1 1000 89 29.4 22.2 65 7.2 24.2 174 10 302.6 305.7 297.3 353.1 17.07 2 950 545 26.3 20.3 69 6.0 22.0 207 20 303.9 306.9 297.0 351.5 15.99 3 900 1020 22.5 18.5 78 3.9 19.7 225 22 304.7 307.4 296.5 349.6 15.07 4 850 1515 17.8 17.3 97 0.6 17.5 227 23 304.8 307.6 296.4 348.9 14.77 5 800 2032 14.6 13.7 94 0.9 14.0 235 27 306.7 309.0 295.3 344.1 12.41 6 750 2576 11.4 9.3 87 2.1 10.0 246 27 308.9 310.8 294.0 338.9 9.83 7 700 3150 8.5 4.6 77 3.9 6.2 244 27 311.9 313.3 293.2 335.4 7.62 8 650 3760 5.4 -0.9 64 6.3 2.0 231 28 315.0 316.1 292.4 332.5 5.50 9 600 4409 1.5 -2.8 73 4.3 -0.7 226 27 317.9 318.9 292.9 334.6 5.20 10 550 5106 -2.7 -5.5 81 2.8 -4.1 230 24 320.9 321.8 293.3 335.9 4.61 11 500 5855 -7.1 -13.5 60 6.4 -9.6 225 28 324.3 324.9 292.6 333.4 2.69 12 450 6668 -12.7 -23.1 41 10.4 -15.7 218 34 327.2 327.5 292.2 331.9 1.32 13 400 7557 -17.7 -24.3 56 6.6 -19.5 221 35 332.0 332.2 293.5 336.8 1.33 14 350 8544 -24.0 -29.8 58 5.9 -25.2 228 40 336.5 336.7 294.3 339.9 0.92 15 300 9650 -32.4 -36.3 68 3.9 -32.9 234 38 339.7 339.9 294.8 341.9 0.57 16 250 10908 -42.7 -46.6 66 3.8 -43.0 242 36 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.23 17 200 12377 -53.7 -62.0 36 8.3 -53.9 227 33 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14171 -65.7 -74.5 28 8.8 -65.7 219 37 357.0 357.0 298.1 357.0 0.01 19 100 16597 -69.3 -84.5 9 15.2 -69.4 238 23 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.49 m Freezing level: 581.87 mb = 4661.99 m = 15295.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.68 mb = 4239.77 m = 13909.85 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.98 C = 89.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.87 mb = 992.11 m = 3254.93 ft T: 22.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 20.65 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 860.35 mb = 1410.05 m = 4626.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.96 C = 89.53 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -4.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.86 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.58 C Showalter Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.99 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 38.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.12 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1691.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 20.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.32 mb = 1270.70 m = 4168.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.32 mb = 1521.69 m = 4992.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.32 mb = 13057.78 m = 42839.95 ft B at Equ Level: 1690.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 260.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 122.3 neg: -1.9 tot: 120.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.16 Bulk Rich Number: 55.99 Bulk Shear: 30.21 m/s