MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 23.6 21.3 87 2.2 22.0 202 5 296.4 299.3 295.0 342.9 16.13 1 1000 91 23.6 21.3 87 2.3 22.0 206 7 296.7 299.6 295.1 343.3 16.14 2 950 540 22.2 20.2 88 2.0 20.8 244 18 299.7 302.6 295.8 346.1 15.86 3 900 1010 19.9 17.0 83 2.9 17.9 245 16 302.0 304.6 294.9 342.5 13.70 4 850 1501 16.5 13.5 82 3.0 14.6 240 17 303.5 305.6 293.7 337.7 11.52 5 800 2015 13.8 6.6 61 7.3 9.5 239 17 305.9 307.3 291.5 329.0 7.64 6 750 2557 11.6 2.7 54 8.9 6.6 241 21 309.2 310.3 291.2 328.3 6.19 7 700 3131 7.8 3.9 76 3.9 5.5 228 23 311.1 312.5 292.7 333.5 7.24 8 650 3738 3.9 0.7 80 3.2 2.1 232 28 313.3 314.5 292.4 332.7 6.19 9 600 4384 -0.0 -1.9 87 1.9 -1.0 228 31 316.1 317.1 292.7 333.7 5.56 10 550 5077 -3.7 -7.1 77 3.4 -5.3 231 35 319.7 320.5 292.5 333.0 4.08 11 500 5825 -7.2 -26.1 21 18.8 -12.5 220 37 324.2 324.4 291.0 327.5 0.91 12 450 6637 -12.5 -30.4 21 17.9 -16.7 218 38 327.5 327.7 291.7 330.0 0.68 13 400 7526 -18.1 -24.1 59 6.0 -19.7 219 39 331.5 331.8 293.4 336.4 1.37 14 350 8511 -24.5 -26.3 85 1.8 -24.9 222 42 335.8 336.0 294.4 340.4 1.28 15 300 9618 -31.8 -38.8 50 7.0 -32.7 220 48 340.6 340.7 294.8 342.3 0.44 16 250 10876 -43.7 -47.8 64 4.1 -44.0 236 51 341.1 341.2 294.8 341.9 0.20 17 200 12332 -54.8 -65.6 25 10.8 -54.9 226 46 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.03 18 150 14126 -64.0 -81.9 7 17.9 -64.1 237 47 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.00 19 100 16573 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.9 227 30 394.8 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.05 m Freezing level: 600.54 mb = 4377.27 m = 14360.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.72 mb = 4175.54 m = 13699.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.54 C = 86.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.75 mb = 342.03 m = 1122.13 ft T: 22.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 17.86 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.49 mb = 1208.10 m = 3963.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.80 C = 85.63 F Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.26 C Showalter Index: 0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.77 C Cross Totals Index: 20.72 C K Index: 33.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 232.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.98 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 648.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 32.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 921.69 mb = 803.30 m = 2635.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 826.69 mb = 1736.88 m = 5698.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.69 mb = 11809.42 m = 38744.35 ft B at Equ Level: 644.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.69 mb = 14687.01 m = 48185.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.5 neg: -5.0 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 31.35 Bulk Shear: 20.69 m/s