MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1005 59 27.9 22.2 71 5.6 23.8 228 4 300.6 303.7 296.8 350.6 17.04 1 1000 105 26.4 21.8 76 4.5 23.1 227 3 299.5 302.6 296.3 348.3 16.70 2 950 556 22.0 19.9 88 2.0 20.6 237 6 299.5 302.3 295.6 345.1 15.63 3 900 1025 19.9 16.2 79 3.7 17.4 236 13 302.0 304.4 294.4 340.2 12.96 4 850 1516 17.6 9.9 61 7.6 12.8 240 20 304.6 306.2 292.2 331.7 9.07 5 800 2032 14.4 9.6 73 4.7 11.4 249 23 306.5 308.3 293.0 335.0 9.45 6 750 2574 10.9 6.6 75 4.3 8.3 242 24 308.4 309.9 292.6 333.3 8.16 7 700 3147 7.6 2.8 72 4.8 4.9 237 23 310.9 312.1 292.2 331.6 6.68 8 650 3754 4.0 -1.0 70 4.9 1.4 232 24 313.4 314.5 291.9 330.7 5.50 9 600 4400 -0.3 -4.7 72 4.4 -2.4 235 28 315.7 316.6 291.7 330.1 4.50 10 550 5091 -4.5 -9.9 66 5.3 -6.8 229 30 318.7 319.3 291.6 329.4 3.28 11 500 5836 -8.1 -16.8 50 8.6 -11.2 227 34 323.1 323.5 291.7 330.1 2.06 12 450 6646 -12.7 -23.4 41 10.7 -15.7 223 36 327.3 327.5 292.2 331.8 1.29 13 400 7535 -18.3 -22.3 71 4.0 -19.5 220 38 331.1 331.5 293.5 336.8 1.60 14 350 8519 -25.3 -26.4 90 1.1 -25.6 222 39 334.6 334.9 294.1 339.2 1.26 15 300 9623 -32.1 -42.3 36 10.2 -33.3 213 42 340.2 340.2 294.7 341.4 0.31 16 250 10883 -43.0 -47.5 61 4.6 -43.3 210 46 342.2 342.2 295.0 343.1 0.21 17 200 12341 -55.0 -64.6 30 9.6 -55.2 220 47 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 18 150 14133 -63.7 -81.7 7 18.0 -63.8 239 49 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16570 -69.8 -85.6 8 15.8 -69.9 233 28 392.9 392.9 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.42 m Freezing level: 603.85 mb = 4350.00 m = 14271.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.05 mb = 3980.08 m = 13057.85 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.92 % Est. max temperature: 31.58 C = 88.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.46 mb = 773.48 m = 2537.64 ft T: 21.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 18.89 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.67 mb = 1379.15 m = 4524.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -3.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: 2.27 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 25.71 C Cross Totals Index: 18.07 C K Index: 30.83 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 829.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.30 mb = 907.21 m = 2976.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.30 mb = 2166.49 m = 7107.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.30 mb = 11798.58 m = 38708.78 ft B at Equ Level: 829.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.30 mb = 15119.34 m = 49603.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.7 neg: -8.8 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 19.35 Bulk Shear: 42.86 m/s