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,-78.43 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 45 25.6 21.7 79 3.9 22.8 137 7 298.2 301.2 295.7 346.0 16.48 1 1000 103 25.6 20.9 76 4.6 22.2 140 9 298.7 301.6 295.4 344.6 15.75 2 950 552 21.4 19.4 88 2.0 20.0 147 11 298.9 301.7 295.0 342.9 15.10 3 900 1019 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 168 13 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.6 14.00 4 850 1507 15.3 14.5 95 0.8 14.8 190 14 302.2 304.4 294.0 338.6 12.34 5 800 2020 12.6 12.0 96 0.6 12.2 196 15 304.6 306.6 293.7 337.6 11.05 6 750 2560 9.9 9.1 95 0.7 9.4 205 15 307.3 309.1 293.5 336.8 9.74 7 700 3132 6.8 5.8 94 1.0 6.2 209 15 310.0 311.5 293.2 335.5 8.30 8 650 3738 3.5 2.3 92 1.2 2.8 204 17 312.9 314.2 292.9 334.6 6.96 9 600 4384 -0.1 -1.6 89 1.5 -0.9 204 16 316.0 317.1 292.8 334.1 5.68 10 550 5076 -3.2 -4.2 93 1.0 -3.7 188 16 320.3 321.3 293.5 336.8 5.09 11 500 5825 -7.7 -8.4 95 0.6 -8.0 190 25 323.6 324.4 293.6 337.0 4.07 12 450 6638 -12.0 -13.6 88 1.6 -12.6 194 36 328.2 328.8 293.9 338.3 2.98 13 400 7531 -18.1 -19.5 89 1.4 -18.5 194 37 331.5 331.9 294.0 338.7 2.05 14 350 8514 -23.6 -38.9 23 15.2 -26.1 185 45 336.9 337.0 293.9 338.4 0.38 15 300 9620 -33.1 -40.9 46 7.8 -34.0 191 43 338.7 338.8 294.3 340.1 0.36 16 250 10872 -43.7 -50.4 48 6.7 -44.1 188 49 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.7 0.15 17 200 12332 -55.6 -59.2 64 3.6 -55.7 178 55 344.7 344.7 295.5 345.0 0.07 18 150 14125 -63.4 -80.0 9 16.5 -63.6 211 34 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16578 -69.1 -86.1 7 17.0 -69.2 219 22 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.83 m Freezing level: 601.07 mb = 4369.99 m = 14337.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.82 mb = 4226.35 m = 13865.80 ft Precipitable water: 2.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 92.58 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.83 mb = 535.42 m = 1756.62 ft T: 21.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 11.99 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.21 mb = 864.99 m = 2837.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.28 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.86 C Showalter Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.32 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.04 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 36.63 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 227.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 505.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 922.23 mb = 808.45 m = 2652.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.23 mb = 950.04 m = 3116.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.23 mb = 11497.12 m = 37719.75 ft B at Equ Level: 501.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.23 mb = 14237.56 m = 46710.58 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.1 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 222.1 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 44.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 27.37 Bulk Shear: 18.48 m/s