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,-78.43 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 45 23.4 23.1 98 0.3 23.2 197 4 296.0 299.2 296.1 347.6 17.93 1 1000 106 23.0 22.9 99 0.1 22.9 202 6 296.1 299.3 296.1 347.5 17.82 2 950 554 22.1 19.4 84 2.8 20.2 234 15 299.7 302.4 295.2 343.6 15.05 3 900 1024 19.6 16.9 84 2.8 17.7 179 5 301.7 304.2 294.7 341.6 13.54 4 850 1514 16.0 14.5 91 1.4 15.0 137 7 302.9 305.1 294.2 339.4 12.34 5 800 2027 13.0 10.9 87 2.1 11.7 166 11 305.0 306.9 293.3 335.8 10.28 6 750 2568 9.9 8.2 89 1.8 8.9 163 14 307.4 309.1 293.0 335.0 9.12 7 700 3139 7.1 3.6 79 3.5 5.1 167 15 310.3 311.7 292.3 332.3 7.11 8 650 3745 3.5 -2.6 64 6.1 0.4 174 18 312.9 313.8 291.2 328.2 4.85 9 600 4390 -0.6 -1.6 93 0.9 -1.1 179 21 315.4 316.5 292.6 333.4 5.69 10 550 5082 -4.3 -6.6 84 2.3 -5.4 181 22 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.8 4.24 11 500 5827 -8.3 -10.0 87 1.7 -9.0 188 24 323.0 323.7 293.0 334.8 3.58 12 450 6639 -12.3 -12.8 96 0.5 -12.5 194 28 327.8 328.4 294.0 338.5 3.17 13 400 7530 -17.9 -20.6 79 2.7 -18.7 201 31 331.7 332.1 293.9 338.2 1.85 14 350 8514 -24.7 -34.5 40 9.8 -26.4 203 39 335.4 335.6 293.7 337.7 0.59 15 300 9617 -33.3 -46.1 27 12.7 -34.6 202 44 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.21 16 250 10869 -44.2 -49.4 56 5.2 -44.5 201 43 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.1 0.17 17 200 12325 -55.0 -62.6 39 7.5 -55.2 195 49 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.8 0.04 18 150 14128 -63.1 -78.9 10 15.8 -63.3 218 34 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16571 -69.8 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 221 22 392.9 392.9 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.26 m Freezing level: 607.61 mb = 4291.87 m = 14080.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.16 mb = 3918.78 m = 12856.74 ft Precipitable water: 2.04 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.16 C = 86.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1002.97 mb = 80.38 m = 263.70 ft T: 23.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 19.39 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 890.43 mb = 1115.22 m = 3658.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.91 F Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lifted Index: -3.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.94 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 22.80 C K Index: 35.29 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.20 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.00 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 882.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 25.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.49 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.07 mb = 738.22 m = 2421.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 855.07 mb = 1462.81 m = 4799.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.07 mb = 11850.91 m = 38880.45 ft B at Equ Level: 881.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 135.07 mb = 14759.51 m = 48423.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 179.4 at 15.7 knts Storm direction: 209.4 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 3.1 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.8 neg: -5.7 tot: 23.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 55.75 Bulk Shear: 15.82 m/s