MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.06,-79.11 Latitude: 35.06 Longitude: -79.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1004 76 25.9 22.5 81 3.4 23.4 106 5 298.7 301.8 296.4 349.0 17.28 1 1000 114 24.6 21.7 84 2.9 22.6 105 5 297.8 300.8 295.7 346.0 16.60 2 950 562 20.2 19.4 95 0.8 19.6 111 6 297.7 300.4 294.7 341.4 15.09 3 900 1028 18.0 16.0 88 2.0 16.7 142 8 300.0 302.4 293.7 337.5 12.79 4 850 1516 15.4 13.4 88 2.0 14.1 154 9 302.2 304.4 293.3 336.1 11.45 5 800 2029 12.7 10.8 88 1.9 11.5 171 11 304.7 306.6 293.1 335.2 10.21 6 750 2569 9.9 7.8 87 2.0 8.6 181 13 307.3 308.9 292.9 334.2 8.89 7 700 3140 6.9 4.6 85 2.3 5.6 189 18 310.1 311.5 292.7 333.6 7.63 8 650 3746 3.5 1.3 86 2.1 2.3 197 23 312.9 314.1 292.6 333.2 6.50 9 600 4392 -0.0 -2.3 85 2.3 -1.2 204 24 316.1 317.1 292.6 333.3 5.39 10 550 5085 -2.8 -5.5 82 2.7 -4.1 199 26 320.7 321.6 293.3 335.8 4.63 11 500 5835 -7.2 -14.7 55 7.5 -10.1 200 27 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.5 2.45 12 450 6646 -13.7 -18.5 67 4.8 -15.2 204 31 326.1 326.5 292.5 332.9 1.98 13 400 7532 -18.8 -21.3 80 2.5 -19.6 192 35 330.6 330.9 293.5 336.7 1.74 14 350 8514 -25.6 -28.8 75 3.1 -26.3 190 38 334.2 334.4 293.8 337.9 1.02 15 300 9615 -33.6 -39.2 57 5.6 -34.3 190 50 338.0 338.1 294.3 339.7 0.43 16 250 10864 -44.2 -50.1 52 5.8 -44.6 189 57 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.0 0.16 17 200 12321 -55.1 -64.5 30 9.4 -55.3 193 62 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14124 -62.8 -80.4 8 17.6 -62.9 216 45 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16583 -69.5 -85.8 8 16.2 -69.6 215 22 393.4 393.4 304.3 393.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.31 m Freezing level: 600.20 mb = 4389.09 m = 14399.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.94 mb = 4167.05 m = 13671.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.34 % Est. max temperature: 29.27 C = 84.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.88 mb = 507.72 m = 1665.73 ft T: 20.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.23 C/km ThetaE index: 15.82 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.14 mb = 846.31 m = 2776.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.41 C Showalter Index: 1.21 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.20 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.58 C Cross Totals Index: 20.63 C K Index: 33.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 205.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.74 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 503.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 931.25 mb = 733.42 m = 2406.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 886.25 mb = 1159.21 m = 3803.12 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.25 mb = 11233.32 m = 36854.26 ft B at Equ Level: 498.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.25 mb = 13867.72 m = 45497.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 189.7 at 17.2 knts Storm direction: 219.7 at 12.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.1 neg: -0.2 tot: 48.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 12.67 Bulk Shear: 39.71 m/s