MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 12Z 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 1009 59 21.6 21.2 98 0.4 21.3 243 1 294.0 296.8 294.1 339.4 15.91 1 1000 140 20.8 20.8 100 0.0 20.8 269 2 294.0 296.8 294.0 338.6 15.64 2 950 583 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 290 4 296.1 298.6 293.4 336.5 14.04 3 900 1047 16.8 15.1 89 1.7 15.7 237 3 298.8 301.0 292.8 334.0 12.07 4 850 1533 14.5 12.3 87 2.2 13.1 218 6 301.3 303.3 292.4 332.7 10.64 5 800 2044 12.1 8.6 79 3.5 10.0 211 9 304.1 305.7 291.9 330.5 8.81 6 750 2583 9.5 3.8 68 5.6 6.3 198 10 306.8 308.1 291.0 327.3 6.73 7 700 3152 6.3 -0.1 63 6.4 2.9 191 10 309.5 310.5 290.7 326.4 5.44 8 650 3756 2.2 -1.7 75 3.9 0.2 180 15 311.4 312.4 291.0 327.7 5.18 9 600 4397 -1.9 -14.8 36 12.9 -6.7 190 20 313.9 314.3 288.9 320.5 2.01 10 550 5084 -5.1 -41.3 4 36.2 -12.0 198 23 318.0 318.1 288.3 318.7 0.19 11 500 5825 -9.6 -40.6 6 31.0 -15.2 200 30 321.3 321.3 289.4 322.1 0.22 12 450 6632 -13.9 -44.6 6 30.7 -18.6 197 39 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.16 13 400 7514 -20.1 -41.4 13 21.3 -23.3 190 48 328.8 328.9 291.6 329.8 0.25 14 350 8493 -25.8 -30.2 66 4.4 -26.6 179 64 334.0 334.2 293.6 337.3 0.89 15 300 9590 -34.7 -39.4 62 4.7 -35.3 179 66 336.4 336.5 293.8 338.0 0.42 16 250 10835 -44.4 -59.0 18 14.6 -45.0 190 57 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 17 200 12302 -51.7 -73.5 6 21.9 -52.1 186 40 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14121 -62.5 -79.1 9 16.7 -62.6 204 36 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16586 -67.3 -85.5 6 18.1 -67.5 202 13 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.61 m Freezing level: 623.38 mb = 4096.98 m = 13441.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.57 mb = 3773.36 m = 12379.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.13 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.76 mb = 107.35 m = 352.18 ft T: 21.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 13.01 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 945.31 mb = 625.57 m = 2052.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.97 C = 75.15 F Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 0.35 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.11 C Cross Totals Index: 21.96 C K Index: 29.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.60 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 227.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 952.42 mb = 561.16 m = 1841.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 747.42 mb = 2611.23 m = 8566.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 377.42 mb = 7939.67 m = 26048.47 ft B at Equ Level: 226.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.42 mb = 11174.80 m = 36662.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 197.9 at 13.6 knts Storm direction: 227.9 at 10.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 73.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.0 neg: -6.6 tot: 3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.39 Bulk Shear: 24.18 m/s