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,-76.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -76.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 5 23.5 23.2 98 0.3 23.3 173 2 295.6 298.8 296.0 347.2 17.94 1 1000 110 22.7 22.6 99 0.1 22.6 189 5 295.9 299.0 295.8 346.3 17.53 2 950 559 22.0 19.2 85 2.7 20.1 220 12 299.5 302.2 295.1 343.1 14.94 3 900 1028 19.4 16.2 81 3.3 17.2 185 6 301.5 303.9 294.2 339.6 12.94 4 850 1518 16.3 12.8 80 3.5 14.1 177 6 303.2 305.3 293.3 336.0 11.01 5 800 2032 13.3 10.1 81 3.2 11.3 160 10 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.6 9.73 6 750 2573 10.4 6.8 79 3.6 8.3 168 11 307.9 309.4 292.6 333.2 8.32 7 700 3145 7.6 2.3 69 5.3 4.6 177 14 310.9 312.1 292.0 330.9 6.45 8 650 3753 4.4 -3.1 58 7.5 0.6 189 15 314.0 314.8 291.3 328.8 4.67 9 600 4400 0.2 -2.4 82 2.6 -1.2 187 17 316.4 317.4 292.6 333.4 5.34 10 550 5092 -3.7 -5.9 84 2.3 -4.7 186 20 319.7 320.6 292.9 334.2 4.47 11 500 5841 -7.0 -13.0 62 6.0 -9.4 198 21 324.5 325.1 292.8 334.0 2.81 12 450 6655 -12.0 -23.3 38 11.4 -15.3 207 30 328.2 328.4 292.4 332.8 1.30 13 400 7547 -17.0 -28.1 38 11.1 -19.7 213 33 332.9 333.1 293.4 336.3 0.95 14 350 8533 -24.6 -31.4 53 6.8 -26.0 208 35 335.5 335.7 293.9 338.5 0.79 15 300 9636 -33.1 -37.1 67 4.1 -33.6 206 43 338.8 338.9 294.5 340.8 0.52 16 250 10889 -43.8 -49.6 52 5.9 -44.1 200 54 341.0 341.1 294.7 341.7 0.17 17 200 12349 -55.6 -59.7 60 4.0 -55.8 202 60 344.6 344.7 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14142 -63.7 -80.9 8 17.2 -63.8 220 29 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16578 -70.3 -86.0 8 15.7 -70.4 232 22 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.34 m Freezing level: 597.27 mb = 4437.30 m = 14557.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 632.77 mb = 3969.71 m = 13023.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1008.32 mb = 37.92 m = 124.42 ft T: 23.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 18.44 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 891.99 mb = 1104.66 m = 3624.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.68 C = 85.42 F Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: 1.48 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.32 C Cross Totals Index: 19.82 C K Index: 30.82 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 187.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 569.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.78 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 936.28 mb = 685.39 m = 2248.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 841.28 mb = 1605.56 m = 5267.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 211.28 mb = 11989.90 m = 39336.47 ft B at Equ Level: 565.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.28 mb = 14501.68 m = 47577.11 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 186.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 216.4 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 20.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 89.06 Bulk Shear: 6.40 m/s