MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-79.18 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -79.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 30.6 21.8 59 8.8 24.2 233 4 303.7 306.8 297.3 353.2 16.63 1 1000 93 29.2 21.4 63 7.8 23.6 231 3 302.3 305.3 296.7 350.4 16.24 2 950 548 24.6 20.0 76 4.6 21.3 235 5 302.2 305.1 296.3 348.5 15.70 3 900 1020 20.0 18.8 93 1.2 19.2 238 6 302.1 305.0 296.1 347.5 15.38 4 850 1510 16.7 12.3 75 4.4 13.8 252 16 303.6 305.6 293.1 335.2 10.61 5 800 2026 14.3 8.5 68 5.8 10.7 244 18 306.3 308.0 292.4 332.7 8.72 6 750 2568 11.0 6.8 75 4.2 8.5 233 21 308.5 310.0 292.7 333.7 8.27 7 700 3141 7.9 3.1 72 4.8 5.2 234 23 311.2 312.5 292.4 332.5 6.85 8 650 3749 4.3 -1.9 64 6.3 1.1 235 23 313.9 314.9 291.7 330.1 5.12 9 600 4395 -0.2 -4.8 71 4.6 -2.4 230 25 315.9 316.8 291.7 330.2 4.46 10 550 5087 -4.0 -13.2 49 9.2 -7.6 234 27 319.4 319.9 291.0 327.7 2.52 11 500 5833 -7.8 -17.1 47 9.3 -11.1 225 31 323.6 324.0 291.8 330.4 2.00 12 450 6644 -12.5 -17.2 68 4.7 -14.2 221 36 327.5 328.0 293.1 335.1 2.20 13 400 7535 -18.1 -20.4 82 2.3 -18.8 222 34 331.5 331.9 293.9 338.1 1.88 14 350 8519 -24.6 -27.1 80 2.4 -25.2 219 38 335.5 335.8 294.3 339.9 1.19 15 300 9624 -32.7 -35.6 75 2.9 -33.1 227 45 339.3 339.4 294.7 341.7 0.61 16 250 10881 -42.8 -49.1 50 6.2 -43.3 211 52 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.1 0.18 17 200 12341 -54.9 -64.6 29 9.8 -55.1 215 49 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.03 18 150 14133 -64.2 -77.9 14 13.8 -64.3 235 48 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.01 19 100 16575 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.4 228 28 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5739.79 m Freezing level: 602.06 mb = 4368.57 m = 14332.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.02 mb = 3950.16 m = 12959.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.98 % Est. max temperature: 30.48 C = 86.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.72 mb = 1205.54 m = 3955.15 ft T: 18.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 20.47 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.40 mb = 1179.45 m = 3869.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.50 C = 85.10 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -4.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.38 C Showalter Index: 1.06 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.44 C Cross Totals Index: 20.03 C K Index: 31.90 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1423.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.93 mb = 1125.87 m = 3693.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 873.93 mb = 1272.03 m = 4173.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.93 mb = 12862.81 m = 42200.29 ft B at Equ Level: 1409.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 113.93 mb = 15789.77 m = 51803.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.5 neg: -2.1 tot: 17.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 42.59 Bulk Shear: 33.42 m/s