MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 1003 76 27.0 21.8 73 5.2 23.3 133 6 299.9 302.9 296.3 348.6 16.64 1 1000 105 26.3 21.0 73 5.3 22.5 133 6 299.5 302.4 295.7 345.8 15.86 2 950 555 21.8 19.9 89 1.9 20.5 135 8 299.3 302.2 295.5 344.9 15.59 3 900 1022 17.8 17.4 98 0.4 17.5 150 9 299.8 302.4 294.5 340.8 14.02 4 850 1510 15.2 14.1 93 1.0 14.5 178 12 302.1 304.3 293.7 337.6 12.02 5 800 2023 12.5 11.3 92 1.2 11.7 183 13 304.5 306.5 293.3 336.2 10.59 6 750 2563 9.7 8.4 91 1.3 8.9 193 16 307.1 308.8 293.1 335.1 9.25 7 700 3134 6.8 5.2 89 1.6 5.8 204 19 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.4 7.93 8 650 3740 3.5 1.6 87 1.9 2.5 208 20 312.9 314.2 292.7 333.6 6.63 9 600 4386 -0.2 -2.2 86 2.0 -1.2 206 20 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.1 5.43 10 550 5078 -3.8 -6.5 81 2.8 -5.0 212 18 319.6 320.5 292.7 333.5 4.27 11 500 5825 -7.8 -9.6 87 1.8 -8.5 200 24 323.6 324.3 293.3 335.9 3.70 12 450 6639 -12.2 -13.6 89 1.4 -12.8 192 33 327.9 328.5 293.9 338.0 2.98 13 400 7530 -18.1 -19.2 91 1.1 -18.5 190 41 331.4 331.9 294.0 338.7 2.09 14 350 8512 -25.2 -31.9 53 6.7 -26.5 176 44 334.8 335.0 293.7 337.6 0.76 15 300 9613 -33.6 -38.4 62 4.8 -34.2 187 53 338.0 338.1 294.3 339.8 0.46 16 250 10864 -44.3 -47.9 67 3.7 -44.5 183 57 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.20 17 200 12321 -54.5 -67.2 20 12.7 -54.8 193 54 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14125 -63.0 -80.6 8 17.6 -63.1 218 36 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16576 -69.7 -85.5 8 15.8 -69.8 215 23 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5720.64 m Freezing level: 602.67 mb = 4351.09 m = 14275.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.40 mb = 4168.05 m = 13674.53 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.26 % Est. max temperature: 29.04 C = 84.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.54 mb = 733.68 m = 2407.06 ft T: 20.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.42 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.82 mb = 871.51 m = 2859.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.20 C Showalter Index: 0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.90 C K Index: 35.48 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.43 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 856.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 918.45 mb = 846.69 m = 2777.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 913.45 mb = 893.87 m = 2932.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.45 mb = 11896.00 m = 39028.38 ft B at Equ Level: 848.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.45 mb = 14831.05 m = 48657.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.4 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 226.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 51.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 31.07 Bulk Shear: 27.57 m/s