MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.20,-79.13 Latitude: 35.20 Longitude: -79.13 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 89 25.0 19.8 73 5.2 21.4 204 5 298.1 300.8 294.5 340.8 14.72 1 1000 93 25.3 20.0 73 5.3 21.6 204 5 298.5 301.2 294.7 341.8 14.90 2 950 543 22.8 17.9 74 4.9 19.4 241 17 300.3 302.8 294.4 340.5 13.71 3 900 1013 20.4 15.0 71 5.4 16.8 243 19 302.5 304.8 293.8 338.0 11.98 4 850 1504 17.1 12.1 72 5.0 13.8 231 20 304.1 306.0 293.2 335.3 10.47 5 800 2019 13.8 9.5 75 4.3 11.2 230 18 305.9 307.6 292.8 334.1 9.37 6 750 2562 11.9 2.5 52 9.5 6.6 233 20 309.5 310.7 291.3 328.4 6.11 7 700 3136 8.4 3.2 70 5.2 5.5 238 21 311.8 313.1 292.6 333.3 6.92 8 650 3745 4.7 -0.3 70 5.0 2.1 231 28 314.3 315.4 292.4 332.6 5.79 9 600 4393 0.7 -3.2 75 3.9 -1.3 223 31 316.9 317.8 292.5 333.0 5.04 10 550 5086 -3.7 -6.1 84 2.4 -4.8 216 34 319.7 320.6 292.8 334.1 4.43 11 500 5834 -7.4 -16.2 49 8.9 -10.6 216 38 324.1 324.5 292.1 331.4 2.16 12 450 6646 -12.7 -28.7 25 16.0 -16.6 217 39 327.3 327.4 291.7 330.1 0.80 13 400 7534 -18.2 -27.9 42 9.7 -20.5 227 40 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.8 0.96 14 350 8519 -24.4 -31.8 50 7.4 -25.8 227 41 335.9 336.0 294.0 338.7 0.76 15 300 9624 -33.0 -35.9 75 2.9 -33.4 225 45 338.8 339.0 294.6 341.1 0.59 16 250 10880 -42.5 -49.9 44 7.4 -42.9 226 54 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.6 0.16 17 200 12343 -54.5 -63.3 33 8.8 -54.6 230 49 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.7 0.04 18 150 14134 -64.7 -79.3 12 14.6 -64.8 235 48 358.6 358.6 298.4 358.6 0.00 19 100 16571 -69.1 -85.6 7 16.5 -69.2 228 23 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.83 m Freezing level: 592.52 mb = 4496.54 m = 14752.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.00 mb = 4140.46 m = 13584.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.41 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 928.04 mb = 746.29 m = 2448.42 ft T: 21.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.85 C/km ThetaE index: 13.41 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 825.98 mb = 1747.92 m = 5734.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.82 C = 89.27 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.68 C Showalter Index: 1.44 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.46 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 31.33 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.23 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.75 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 136.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 16.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 126.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.18 mb = 1194.68 m = 3919.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.18 mb = 3792.71 m = 12443.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 366.18 mb = 8185.40 m = 26854.67 ft B at Equ Level: 135.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 246.18 mb = 10980.92 m = 36026.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.3 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 256.3 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 35.1 neg: -5.1 tot: 30.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.39 Bulk Shear: 25.36 m/s