MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-77.43 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -77.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 15 24.2 23.1 94 1.1 23.4 108 3 296.4 299.7 296.2 348.1 17.89 1 1000 108 23.2 22.6 96 0.6 22.8 112 5 296.3 299.5 295.9 346.7 17.47 2 950 556 20.3 19.2 93 1.1 19.5 147 11 297.8 300.5 294.6 340.9 14.88 3 900 1022 18.2 16.4 89 1.8 17.0 157 12 300.3 302.7 294.0 338.8 13.14 4 850 1511 16.0 13.4 85 2.5 14.3 172 12 302.9 305.0 293.6 336.9 11.47 5 800 2025 13.3 10.6 84 2.7 11.6 184 12 305.4 307.2 293.2 335.7 10.12 6 750 2566 10.4 7.5 82 2.9 8.6 195 12 307.8 309.5 292.9 334.3 8.71 7 700 3138 6.9 4.4 84 2.6 5.5 201 14 310.2 311.6 292.6 333.2 7.49 8 650 3744 3.8 1.3 84 2.5 2.4 217 14 313.2 314.4 292.6 333.4 6.47 9 600 4390 -0.0 -1.7 89 1.6 -0.9 232 15 316.1 317.1 292.8 334.0 5.65 10 550 5085 -2.5 -3.6 92 1.1 -3.1 233 16 321.1 322.1 293.9 338.4 5.33 11 500 5835 -7.3 -10.1 80 2.8 -8.5 217 23 324.1 324.8 293.3 335.9 3.54 12 450 6650 -11.8 -14.8 78 3.0 -12.9 208 25 328.4 328.9 293.7 337.6 2.69 13 400 7542 -17.7 -20.3 81 2.5 -18.5 195 26 331.9 332.3 294.0 338.7 1.91 14 350 8527 -24.5 -27.1 79 2.6 -25.1 188 27 335.8 336.0 294.3 340.1 1.18 15 300 9633 -32.2 -35.2 75 3.0 -32.7 179 32 340.0 340.1 294.9 342.4 0.64 16 250 10891 -43.0 -46.4 69 3.4 -43.3 180 44 342.1 342.2 295.0 343.1 0.24 17 200 12349 -56.5 -60.4 62 3.9 -56.6 189 56 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 18 150 14136 -63.8 -77.7 13 13.9 -63.9 214 35 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16585 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 214 19 395.2 395.3 304.5 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.44 m Freezing level: 600.65 mb = 4381.47 m = 14374.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.86 mb = 4205.61 m = 13797.77 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.88 % Est. max temperature: 30.09 C = 86.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 995.34 mb = 148.59 m = 487.49 ft T: 22.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.28 C/km ThetaE index: 14.83 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 932.03 mb = 720.43 m = 2363.60 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.56 F Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lifted Index: -1.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: 0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.02 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.28 C Cross Totals Index: 20.74 C K Index: 34.13 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.73 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.26 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 945.75 mb = 594.41 m = 1950.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.75 mb = 1603.89 m = 5262.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.75 mb = 9614.75 m = 31544.08 ft B at Equ Level: 355.13 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 160.75 mb = 13705.89 m = 44966.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.6 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 233.6 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 58.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 14.68 Bulk Shear: 24.30 m/s