MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-76.43 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -76.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 -0 23.5 23.2 98 0.3 23.3 174 4 295.6 298.8 296.0 347.2 17.96 1 1000 111 22.8 22.7 99 0.1 22.8 193 7 296.0 299.2 295.9 346.8 17.65 2 950 561 21.7 20.5 93 1.2 20.9 222 13 299.2 302.2 295.8 346.4 16.18 3 900 1029 19.4 15.3 78 4.0 16.7 204 7 301.5 303.7 293.7 337.6 12.28 4 850 1519 16.2 13.2 82 3.1 14.2 192 6 303.1 305.2 293.4 336.6 11.26 5 800 2034 13.5 9.9 79 3.6 11.2 160 9 305.5 307.3 292.9 334.4 9.60 6 750 2575 10.5 7.4 82 3.0 8.6 166 10 307.9 309.6 292.9 334.3 8.67 7 700 3147 7.6 3.8 77 3.7 5.4 177 12 310.9 312.2 292.6 333.2 7.22 8 650 3755 4.8 -7.8 40 12.6 -0.9 191 15 314.4 315.0 290.2 324.9 3.26 9 600 4402 0.6 -5.9 62 6.5 -2.4 191 15 316.9 317.7 291.7 330.1 4.11 10 550 5095 -3.4 -7.7 72 4.3 -5.3 191 18 320.1 320.8 292.5 332.8 3.90 11 500 5845 -6.9 -12.8 63 5.9 -9.3 202 20 324.6 325.2 292.9 334.2 2.85 12 450 6659 -11.8 -21.8 43 10.0 -14.8 210 28 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.7 1.49 13 400 7552 -16.7 -30.6 29 13.9 -19.9 218 32 333.3 333.4 293.3 336.0 0.75 14 350 8539 -24.5 -31.2 54 6.7 -25.8 213 32 335.8 336.0 294.0 338.8 0.81 15 300 9643 -33.0 -36.0 75 3.0 -33.4 207 43 338.9 339.0 294.6 341.1 0.59 16 250 10898 -43.3 -48.3 58 4.9 -43.7 203 52 341.6 341.7 294.9 342.4 0.19 17 200 12357 -55.8 -59.0 68 3.1 -55.9 205 62 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.07 18 150 14145 -64.3 -78.7 12 14.4 -64.4 220 28 359.3 359.3 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16581 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 235 21 392.0 392.0 304.0 392.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.73 m Freezing level: 591.97 mb = 4513.42 m = 14807.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.25 mb = 3663.60 m = 12019.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.95 % Est. max temperature: 30.66 C = 87.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1009.12 mb = 32.29 m = 105.92 ft T: 23.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.38 C/km ThetaE index: 22.34 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 939.68 m = 3082.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.99 C = 84.18 F Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.70 C Showalter Index: 1.31 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.16 C Cross Totals Index: 20.08 C K Index: 32.58 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.51 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 763.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 946.19 mb = 595.78 m = 1954.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.19 mb = 1407.30 m = 4617.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.19 mb = 12636.99 m = 41459.44 ft B at Equ Level: 749.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 131.19 mb = 14950.16 m = 49048.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 190.6 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 220.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 1.8 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 57.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -2.7 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 230.43 Bulk Shear: 3.32 m/s