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,-77.43 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -77.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 15 23.1 22.8 98 0.3 22.9 159 2 295.3 298.5 295.7 345.7 17.56 1 1000 108 22.5 22.3 99 0.1 22.4 176 5 295.6 298.7 295.6 345.2 17.24 2 950 557 22.3 18.7 80 3.6 19.8 223 11 299.8 302.4 294.8 341.9 14.40 3 900 1027 19.4 16.9 86 2.5 17.7 162 5 301.5 304.0 294.7 341.6 13.61 4 850 1517 16.3 13.1 81 3.2 14.3 159 5 303.2 305.3 293.4 336.6 11.23 5 800 2030 13.3 9.6 78 3.7 11.0 165 10 305.4 307.1 292.7 333.8 9.45 6 750 2571 10.3 7.0 80 3.3 8.3 167 12 307.7 309.3 292.6 333.3 8.41 7 700 3143 7.6 0.9 63 6.7 4.0 175 15 310.9 312.0 291.5 329.1 5.86 8 650 3750 4.1 -1.4 67 5.6 1.3 184 16 313.6 314.6 291.8 330.4 5.31 9 600 4397 -0.2 -1.8 89 1.6 -1.0 184 19 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.7 5.60 10 550 5089 -3.9 -5.7 87 1.9 -4.7 183 21 319.5 320.4 292.9 334.3 4.55 11 500 5837 -7.1 -16.7 46 9.6 -10.6 194 23 324.3 324.7 292.1 331.4 2.06 12 450 6650 -12.2 -22.6 42 10.4 -15.3 205 30 327.9 328.2 292.5 332.8 1.39 13 400 7542 -17.2 -31.1 29 13.9 -20.3 209 34 332.6 332.8 293.2 335.3 0.71 14 350 8527 -24.8 -31.2 55 6.4 -26.1 205 35 335.3 335.5 293.9 338.3 0.81 15 300 9631 -33.2 -42.1 40 8.9 -34.2 206 40 338.6 338.6 294.3 339.8 0.31 16 250 10881 -44.0 -50.9 46 6.9 -44.4 199 52 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.3 0.14 17 200 12340 -55.4 -60.5 53 5.1 -55.5 199 55 345.0 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14137 -63.3 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.4 220 30 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16576 -70.2 -85.9 8 15.7 -70.2 228 22 392.1 392.1 304.1 392.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.34 m Freezing level: 601.80 mb = 4373.49 m = 14348.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.92 mb = 4106.96 m = 13474.11 ft Precipitable water: 1.90 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.64 C = 87.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1007.35 mb = 44.38 m = 145.60 ft T: 22.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 16.62 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.38 mb = 1176.69 m = 3860.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.82 C = 85.68 F Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lifted Index: -1.60 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.04 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.46 C Cross Totals Index: 20.26 C K Index: 29.92 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.86 mb = 743.30 m = 2438.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 824.86 mb = 1771.11 m = 5810.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.86 mb = 11573.93 m = 37971.74 ft B at Equ Level: 499.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.86 mb = 13938.12 m = 45728.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 182.5 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 212.5 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -3.4 tot: 23.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 63.57 Bulk Shear: 7.91 m/s