MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 1003 58 31.6 20.5 52 11.1 23.6 218 3 304.5 307.3 296.7 350.1 15.30 1 1000 85 30.8 20.2 53 10.6 23.2 216 3 304.0 306.8 296.4 348.8 15.08 2 950 542 26.2 18.9 64 7.3 21.1 215 4 303.8 306.5 296.0 347.2 14.61 3 900 1016 21.5 18.0 80 3.6 19.1 214 5 303.7 306.4 296.0 347.0 14.57 4 850 1509 16.9 16.5 98 0.4 16.6 216 6 303.8 306.4 295.6 345.5 14.02 5 800 2024 13.4 10.3 81 3.1 11.4 241 12 305.4 307.2 293.0 335.0 9.85 6 750 2565 10.5 7.9 84 2.6 8.9 239 16 308.0 309.6 293.1 335.2 8.97 7 700 3137 7.1 3.8 80 3.2 5.2 237 16 310.3 311.7 292.4 332.5 7.21 8 650 3743 3.6 0.1 78 3.5 1.7 226 16 313.0 314.2 292.2 331.7 5.94 9 600 4389 -0.2 -2.7 84 2.4 -1.4 221 19 315.8 316.8 292.4 332.5 5.25 10 550 5081 -4.1 -7.0 80 2.9 -5.4 222 21 319.2 320.0 292.4 332.5 4.10 11 500 5828 -7.5 -15.7 52 8.2 -10.5 224 26 323.9 324.4 292.2 331.6 2.26 12 450 6641 -11.9 -24.4 35 12.5 -15.4 222 35 328.3 328.5 292.4 332.5 1.18 13 400 7532 -17.9 -29.1 37 11.3 -20.5 220 40 331.8 331.9 293.0 334.9 0.86 14 350 8517 -23.8 -28.3 66 4.5 -24.8 215 42 336.7 336.9 294.4 340.6 1.06 15 300 9624 -32.8 -35.8 74 3.1 -33.2 220 41 339.2 339.3 294.7 341.5 0.60 16 250 10880 -42.8 -50.5 43 7.6 -43.3 217 50 342.4 342.4 295.0 343.0 0.15 17 200 12341 -55.1 -62.5 39 7.4 -55.3 216 51 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14135 -64.2 -78.8 12 14.6 -64.3 232 45 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16573 -69.1 -86.3 7 17.3 -69.1 239 27 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5742.23 m Freezing level: 603.24 mb = 4347.14 m = 14262.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.84 mb = 4087.70 m = 13410.91 ft Precipitable water: 1.96 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.00 % Est. max temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.69 mb = 1461.60 m = 4795.21 ft T: 17.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.08 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 854.98 mb = 1458.71 m = 4785.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.69 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.86 C Showalter Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.95 C K Index: 37.59 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 235.87 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1209.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 855.41 mb = 1454.42 m = 4771.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 850.41 mb = 1504.98 m = 4937.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.41 mb = 12647.73 m = 41494.66 ft B at Equ Level: 1203.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.41 mb = 15977.76 m = 52419.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.9 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 256.9 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.9 neg: -1.2 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 74.84 Bulk Shear: 16.16 m/s