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: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 59 26.2 22.2 79 4.0 23.3 107 5 298.8 301.9 296.3 348.3 16.99 1 1000 115 24.6 21.5 83 3.1 22.4 106 5 297.7 300.7 295.6 345.3 16.38 2 950 562 20.3 19.1 92 1.3 19.5 112 6 297.8 300.5 294.5 340.7 14.79 3 900 1028 18.0 15.8 87 2.2 16.5 136 10 300.0 302.3 293.6 336.9 12.61 4 850 1517 15.5 13.3 87 2.2 14.1 149 10 302.3 304.4 293.3 336.0 11.36 5 800 2029 12.7 10.6 87 2.1 11.4 170 11 304.7 306.6 293.0 335.0 10.10 6 750 2570 9.9 7.7 86 2.2 8.6 181 13 307.3 309.0 292.9 334.2 8.85 7 700 3141 6.9 4.5 85 2.4 5.5 190 17 310.1 311.6 292.6 333.4 7.56 8 650 3747 3.5 1.1 84 2.5 2.2 198 22 312.9 314.2 292.5 332.8 6.37 9 600 4393 -0.1 -2.2 85 2.1 -1.2 206 24 316.0 317.0 292.6 333.2 5.41 10 550 5085 -2.8 -4.4 89 1.6 -3.6 197 25 320.8 321.8 293.6 337.1 5.03 11 500 5836 -7.1 -11.4 71 4.4 -8.9 198 25 324.4 325.0 293.1 335.1 3.19 12 450 6647 -13.4 -21.7 50 8.2 -15.9 206 29 326.3 326.6 292.2 331.6 1.50 13 400 7534 -18.6 -21.9 75 3.3 -19.6 191 33 330.8 331.2 293.5 336.7 1.66 14 350 8517 -25.5 -32.3 53 6.8 -26.8 191 34 334.4 334.5 293.6 337.1 0.73 15 300 9618 -33.5 -39.9 52 6.4 -34.3 190 48 338.2 338.2 294.3 339.7 0.39 16 250 10867 -44.3 -50.3 51 6.0 -44.6 188 54 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.8 0.15 17 200 12324 -55.2 -63.5 35 8.3 -55.4 193 61 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14125 -62.9 -80.2 8 17.3 -63.0 215 46 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16583 -69.5 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 217 23 393.5 393.5 304.3 393.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.90 m Freezing level: 601.46 mb = 4373.87 m = 14349.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.81 mb = 4156.66 m = 13637.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.47 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 85.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.88 mb = 563.37 m = 1848.30 ft T: 20.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 15.44 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 911.52 mb = 918.69 m = 3014.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.90 C = 80.42 F Cap Strength: 0.49 C Lifted Index: -0.90 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: 1.39 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.94 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.56 C Cross Totals Index: 20.39 C K Index: 33.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 204.29 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 393.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.35 mb = 761.01 m = 2496.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 863.35 mb = 1383.52 m = 4539.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.35 mb = 11043.42 m = 36231.24 ft B at Equ Level: 390.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 163.35 mb = 13591.41 m = 44590.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.0 neg: -0.5 tot: 52.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 10.45 Bulk Shear: 37.70 m/s