MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z SUN 28 SEP 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 21.7 21.4 98 0.3 21.5 221 3 294.2 297.1 294.3 340.1 16.08 1 1000 126 21.1 21.0 99 0.1 21.1 225 4 294.3 297.1 294.2 339.5 15.82 2 950 570 19.4 17.8 91 1.6 18.3 241 6 296.8 299.3 293.4 336.2 13.63 3 900 1034 17.0 15.1 88 1.9 15.8 229 7 299.0 301.2 292.9 334.3 12.06 4 850 1521 14.6 12.2 86 2.4 13.1 208 9 301.5 303.4 292.4 332.7 10.60 5 800 2032 12.1 9.4 84 2.7 10.4 206 10 304.0 305.8 292.2 331.9 9.32 6 750 2571 9.5 5.4 75 4.1 7.1 216 11 306.9 308.3 291.6 329.8 7.52 7 700 3141 6.4 0.7 67 5.7 3.4 216 12 309.6 310.7 291.0 327.4 5.76 8 650 3745 2.7 -4.3 60 6.9 -0.7 204 11 312.0 312.8 290.4 325.5 4.29 9 600 4387 -0.9 -14.9 34 14.0 -6.1 198 16 315.1 315.5 289.3 321.8 2.01 10 550 5077 -4.7 -17.1 37 12.3 -9.1 190 22 318.4 318.8 290.2 324.6 1.82 11 500 5820 -9.1 -37.0 8 27.9 -14.7 196 28 321.9 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.32 12 450 6626 -13.6 -49.4 3 35.7 -18.6 199 35 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.09 13 400 7511 -19.7 -41.4 13 21.7 -22.9 191 48 329.4 329.5 291.8 330.4 0.25 14 350 8488 -25.6 -47.2 11 21.6 -28.0 185 58 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.9 0.15 15 300 9584 -35.2 -46.3 31 11.2 -36.1 179 60 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.6 0.20 16 250 10828 -44.2 -62.1 12 17.9 -44.8 181 52 340.4 340.4 294.4 340.6 0.04 17 200 12297 -51.7 -70.6 9 18.9 -52.1 192 45 350.8 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 14115 -62.4 -79.1 9 16.7 -62.6 208 37 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16581 -67.6 -85.9 6 18.3 -67.7 212 14 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.88 m Freezing level: 612.14 mb = 4231.44 m = 13882.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.45 mb = 3639.57 m = 11940.71 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.32 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.03 mb = 99.66 m = 326.98 ft T: 21.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 18.36 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.87 mb = 902.98 m = 2962.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.68 F Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lifted Index: -1.03 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.71 C Cross Totals Index: 21.35 C K Index: 30.24 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 192.32 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.83 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 151.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 941.23 mb = 649.48 m = 2130.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.23 mb = 2723.78 m = 8936.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.23 mb = 7767.14 m = 25482.43 ft B at Equ Level: 150.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 256.23 mb = 10660.31 m = 34974.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 203.2 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 233.2 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.8 neg: -1.7 tot: 6.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 11.98 Bulk Shear: 12.64 m/s