MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 35.17,-79.31 Latitude: 35.17 Longitude: -79.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 109 21.7 21.4 98 0.3 21.5 189 3 294.7 297.7 294.6 341.3 16.27 1 1000 124 21.5 21.4 100 0.1 21.5 190 3 294.7 297.6 294.6 341.3 16.30 2 950 568 19.6 18.8 95 0.8 19.1 233 7 297.1 299.7 294.1 339.2 14.56 3 900 1033 17.2 15.6 90 1.6 16.1 237 6 299.2 301.5 293.2 335.6 12.45 4 850 1520 14.7 12.9 89 1.8 13.6 217 6 301.6 303.6 292.9 334.2 11.05 5 800 2031 12.0 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 202 9 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.3 9.49 6 750 2570 9.1 6.1 81 3.1 7.3 193 12 306.5 308.0 291.8 330.4 7.88 7 700 3139 6.0 2.7 79 3.3 4.1 195 14 309.1 310.3 291.6 329.5 6.64 8 650 3743 2.6 -2.1 71 4.7 0.2 188 11 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.7 5.04 9 600 4385 -1.7 -7.8 63 6.1 -4.4 189 10 314.1 314.8 290.5 325.5 3.55 10 550 5075 -4.0 -35.9 6 31.9 -11.1 201 16 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.5 0.32 11 500 5818 -9.0 -31.2 15 22.3 -14.2 203 27 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.1 0.56 12 450 6626 -14.3 -22.3 51 8.0 -16.6 194 37 325.2 325.5 291.7 330.2 1.42 13 400 7510 -19.3 -47.4 6 28.2 -22.9 191 42 329.9 329.9 291.8 330.4 0.13 14 350 8488 -25.5 -59.6 3 34.1 -28.3 181 49 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.5 0.04 15 300 9587 -34.3 -48.9 22 14.5 -35.5 178 54 337.0 337.0 293.7 337.6 0.15 16 250 10833 -44.4 -51.8 44 7.4 -44.7 176 59 340.1 340.2 294.5 340.7 0.13 17 200 12299 -52.1 -71.0 9 18.9 -52.5 193 49 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14119 -61.6 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 206 37 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.0 0.00 19 100 16589 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 238 17 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.54 m Freezing level: 619.91 mb = 4129.48 m = 13547.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.86 mb = 3769.59 m = 12367.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.47 C = 83.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 997.92 mb = 141.94 m = 465.68 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.83 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 923.05 mb = 815.87 m = 2676.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.39 C Showalter Index: 0.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.51 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.67 C Cross Totals Index: 21.84 C K Index: 33.27 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 194.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.94 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 357.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.43 mb = 655.43 m = 2150.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.43 mb = 1366.81 m = 4484.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 355.43 mb = 8375.38 m = 27477.96 ft B at Equ Level: 357.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.43 mb = 12444.87 m = 40829.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 200.6 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 230.6 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 9.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 42.64 Bulk Shear: 8.39 m/s