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,-77.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -77.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 35 22.5 22.3 98 0.3 22.4 168 3 295.0 298.0 295.2 343.8 17.03 1 1000 106 22.7 22.4 98 0.3 22.5 186 7 295.8 298.9 295.6 345.6 17.29 2 950 555 22.2 19.2 83 3.0 20.1 229 13 299.7 302.4 295.1 343.2 14.87 3 900 1025 19.6 16.9 84 2.7 17.7 156 6 301.7 304.2 294.7 341.7 13.57 4 850 1515 16.2 13.6 85 2.6 14.5 141 6 303.1 305.2 293.7 337.5 11.59 5 800 2029 13.2 9.8 80 3.4 11.1 165 10 305.2 307.0 292.8 334.0 9.58 6 750 2570 10.1 8.3 88 1.8 9.0 166 13 307.6 309.3 293.2 335.5 9.21 7 700 3141 7.2 5.0 86 2.1 5.9 171 15 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.6 7.86 8 650 3748 4.1 -2.2 63 6.3 0.9 178 17 313.6 314.6 291.6 329.5 5.01 9 600 4394 -0.8 -1.3 96 0.5 -1.1 182 20 315.2 316.3 292.7 333.5 5.80 10 550 5085 -4.0 -5.7 88 1.7 -4.8 180 22 319.3 320.2 292.8 334.0 4.53 11 500 5832 -7.5 -14.6 57 7.0 -10.2 192 23 323.9 324.3 292.3 332.2 2.47 12 450 6645 -12.6 -15.4 79 2.8 -13.6 203 29 327.4 327.9 293.3 336.2 2.56 13 400 7536 -17.4 -29.1 36 11.6 -20.2 206 33 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.5 0.86 14 350 8521 -24.8 -34.2 41 9.5 -26.4 204 39 335.4 335.5 293.7 337.7 0.60 15 300 9624 -33.3 -44.1 33 10.7 -34.5 203 43 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.4 0.25 16 250 10874 -44.1 -50.8 47 6.7 -44.5 200 49 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.0 0.14 17 200 12332 -55.1 -61.6 44 6.6 -55.2 197 51 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.05 18 150 14133 -63.1 -79.5 9 16.4 -63.2 220 31 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16573 -70.1 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.2 225 22 392.3 392.3 304.1 392.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.06 m Freezing level: 608.12 mb = 4289.00 m = 14071.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.45 mb = 4033.14 m = 13231.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.86 % Est. max temperature: 30.43 C = 86.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1004.96 mb = 63.37 m = 207.91 ft T: 22.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 11.60 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.55 mb = 1163.54 m = 3817.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.66 C = 85.38 F Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: 0.30 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.83 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 35.18 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.32 mb = 746.45 m = 2448.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 844.32 mb = 1571.74 m = 5156.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.32 mb = 11582.05 m = 37998.41 ft B at Equ Level: 680.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 144.32 mb = 14364.89 m = 47128.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 180.2 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 210.2 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.5 neg: -5.7 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 72.90 Bulk Shear: 9.34 m/s