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,-82.94 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -82.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 92 1 950 540 SFC 914 879 21.2 17.0 77 4.2 18.4 222 3 302.1 304.6 294.8 341.9 13.49 3 900 1010 19.9 16.0 78 3.9 17.2 227 5 302.0 304.4 294.3 339.7 12.77 4 850 1500 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 243 5 302.2 304.4 293.9 338.2 12.19 5 800 2011 11.5 11.0 97 0.5 11.2 276 5 303.4 305.3 292.9 334.3 10.37 6 750 2549 8.4 7.1 92 1.2 7.6 300 5 305.7 307.2 292.0 331.3 8.50 7 700 3117 5.2 3.4 88 1.8 4.2 274 6 308.3 309.6 291.6 329.8 7.01 8 650 3719 2.0 -0.7 82 2.7 0.6 252 7 311.3 312.3 291.3 328.8 5.60 9 600 4362 -1.5 -6.1 71 4.6 -3.6 238 7 314.4 315.2 290.9 327.3 4.05 10 550 5048 -6.7 -20.3 33 13.6 -10.9 224 6 316.1 316.4 289.0 320.8 1.38 11 500 5785 -11.1 -45.2 4 34.2 -16.4 207 9 319.5 319.6 288.8 320.0 0.13 12 450 6585 -16.0 -46.9 5 30.9 -20.2 197 16 323.1 323.2 289.9 323.6 0.12 13 400 7461 -21.4 -48.9 6 27.5 -24.6 194 28 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.6 0.11 14 350 8431 -28.9 -49.7 12 20.9 -30.7 189 37 329.8 329.9 291.8 330.3 0.12 15 300 9518 -35.8 -60.7 6 24.9 -37.1 188 46 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.04 16 250 10765 -43.5 -66.2 6 22.7 -44.2 187 56 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.5 0.02 17 200 12234 -52.1 -72.8 7 20.7 -52.4 194 47 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14066 -58.9 -83.4 3 24.5 -59.1 207 29 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.6 0.00 19 100 16556 -66.8 -84.3 7 17.5 -66.9 221 17 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.95 m Freezing level: 621.14 mb = 4090.04 m = 13418.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3808.40 m = 12494.61 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.11 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 859.07 mb = 1409.02 m = 4622.72 ft T: 16.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 21.85 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 833.69 mb = 1663.42 m = 5457.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.72 C = 71.09 F Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.92 C Showalter Index: -3.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.80 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.37 C Cross Totals Index: 25.43 C K Index: 38.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 740.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.33 mb = 1626.68 m = 5336.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 822.33 mb = 1779.19 m = 5837.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.33 mb = 9933.24 m = 32588.96 ft B at Equ Level: 736.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 172.33 mb = 13182.07 m = 43247.72 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.0 at 7.6 knts Storm direction: 259.0 at 5.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 96.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 0.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 635.06 Bulk Shear: 1.17 m/s