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,-77.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -77.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1008 35 25.4 21.7 80 3.7 22.8 129 7 297.9 300.9 295.7 345.7 16.47 1 1000 106 24.5 21.1 81 3.5 22.1 131 7 297.7 300.6 295.2 343.8 15.90 2 950 555 20.2 19.4 95 0.8 19.6 139 10 297.7 300.4 294.7 341.4 15.10 3 900 1021 18.0 16.2 90 1.7 16.8 163 13 300.0 302.4 293.9 338.1 13.01 4 850 1509 15.6 13.8 89 1.8 14.4 178 14 302.5 304.6 293.6 337.2 11.73 5 800 2022 12.9 11.2 89 1.7 11.9 189 15 304.9 306.9 293.4 336.4 10.50 6 750 2563 10.0 8.5 90 1.6 9.0 195 18 307.5 309.2 293.2 335.6 9.30 7 700 3135 7.0 5.4 90 1.6 6.1 203 17 310.3 311.8 293.1 335.1 8.09 8 650 3741 3.6 2.1 90 1.4 2.8 215 14 313.0 314.3 292.9 334.5 6.89 9 600 4388 0.1 -1.8 87 1.9 -0.9 212 18 316.2 317.3 292.8 334.1 5.61 10 550 5081 -2.9 -4.4 89 1.5 -3.6 203 17 320.7 321.7 293.6 337.0 5.04 11 500 5831 -7.3 -9.6 84 2.2 -8.3 200 26 324.1 324.8 293.4 336.4 3.71 12 450 6645 -12.0 -18.7 58 6.6 -14.2 197 33 328.1 328.5 293.0 334.9 1.95 13 400 7535 -17.9 -24.7 55 6.8 -19.7 195 37 331.7 332.0 293.4 336.3 1.29 14 350 8520 -24.6 -29.1 66 4.5 -25.6 188 46 335.6 335.8 294.1 339.2 0.98 15 300 9626 -32.5 -36.1 70 3.6 -33.1 182 45 339.5 339.6 294.7 341.7 0.58 16 250 10882 -42.9 -46.3 69 3.4 -43.1 178 48 342.4 342.4 295.1 343.3 0.24 17 200 12341 -56.4 -60.2 62 3.8 -56.5 180 55 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.7 0.06 18 150 14130 -63.6 -78.8 11 15.1 -63.7 213 34 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.01 19 100 16581 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 218 21 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.66 m Freezing level: 598.44 mb = 4409.14 m = 14465.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.82 mb = 4230.02 m = 13877.86 ft Precipitable water: 2.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.96 % Est. max temperature: 29.60 C = 85.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.69 mb = 502.49 m = 1648.55 ft T: 20.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 11.60 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.58 mb = 853.97 m = 2801.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.20 C Showalter Index: 0.62 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 35.09 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 220.28 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 282.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 932.45 mb = 715.40 m = 2347.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.45 mb = 1434.60 m = 4706.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 317.45 mb = 9220.16 m = 30249.51 ft B at Equ Level: 280.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 177.45 mb = 13085.12 m = 42929.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 194.9 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 224.9 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 10.97 Bulk Shear: 25.72 m/s