MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1004 59 27.3 22.2 74 5.1 23.6 207 4 300.1 303.2 296.6 349.8 17.00 1 1000 95 27.3 22.0 73 5.3 23.5 210 6 300.5 303.5 296.6 350.0 16.89 2 950 548 24.6 19.1 71 5.6 20.7 246 18 302.2 304.9 295.7 345.8 14.76 3 900 1021 21.2 17.3 79 3.9 18.5 237 23 303.4 306.0 295.5 344.9 13.98 4 850 1513 17.1 15.1 88 2.0 15.8 232 24 304.1 306.4 294.8 342.2 12.79 5 800 2029 14.1 11.7 85 2.4 12.6 237 25 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.8 10.84 6 750 2571 11.2 8.1 82 3.0 9.3 245 22 308.7 310.4 293.4 336.4 9.09 7 700 3146 8.6 3.8 72 4.8 5.8 244 21 312.0 313.4 292.9 334.3 7.18 8 650 3755 5.1 0.7 73 4.4 2.7 222 21 314.7 315.9 292.9 334.2 6.19 9 600 4404 1.2 -4.3 67 5.4 -1.5 210 27 317.5 318.4 292.4 332.4 4.65 10 550 5099 -2.8 -6.7 74 3.9 -4.6 211 28 320.8 321.6 292.9 334.6 4.22 11 500 5850 -7.0 -8.0 92 1.0 -7.4 223 30 324.6 325.4 293.9 338.5 4.20 12 450 6663 -12.8 -16.9 72 4.1 -14.2 219 31 327.1 327.5 293.0 334.9 2.26 13 400 7551 -17.8 -28.1 40 10.2 -20.3 216 34 331.8 332.0 293.1 335.3 0.95 14 350 8538 -24.3 -36.7 31 12.4 -26.3 217 39 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.47 15 300 9644 -32.7 -39.3 52 6.6 -33.6 222 34 339.3 339.3 294.6 340.9 0.42 16 250 10901 -42.3 -50.3 42 8.0 -42.9 230 41 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.7 0.15 17 200 12368 -54.0 -65.5 23 11.5 -54.3 218 38 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.03 18 150 14161 -65.0 -75.2 23 10.2 -65.1 221 45 358.1 358.1 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16600 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 243 21 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.76 m Freezing level: 585.18 mb = 4610.05 m = 15124.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.07 mb = 4163.58 m = 13659.87 ft Precipitable water: 2.01 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.14 % Est. max temperature: 31.23 C = 88.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.94 mb = 706.61 m = 2318.26 ft T: 23.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.77 mb = 1414.77 m = 4641.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.06 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -2.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -1.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.12 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.04 C K Index: 34.34 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 259.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.82 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.01 mb = 1165.29 m = 3823.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 830.01 mb = 1715.60 m = 5628.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.01 mb = 12046.82 m = 39523.20 ft B at Equ Level: 877.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.01 mb = 15021.56 m = 49282.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.3 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 257.3 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.5 neg: -2.8 tot: 34.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 46.99 Bulk Shear: 18.70 m/s