MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 1011 59 23.7 21.6 88 2.0 22.2 97 1 295.9 298.9 295.0 342.9 16.31 1 1000 151 21.9 21.0 95 0.9 21.3 80 1 295.1 297.9 294.5 340.6 15.89 2 950 595 18.9 17.4 91 1.5 17.9 329 1 296.4 298.8 293.0 334.7 13.30 3 900 1059 17.0 14.7 87 2.3 15.5 205 2 299.0 301.1 292.6 333.3 11.78 4 850 1545 14.5 11.9 84 2.6 12.9 218 5 301.4 303.3 292.2 331.9 10.35 5 800 2056 12.0 8.7 80 3.3 10.0 202 8 303.9 305.6 291.8 330.4 8.87 6 750 2594 9.1 5.6 79 3.4 7.1 192 10 306.4 307.8 291.6 329.6 7.65 7 700 3163 5.8 1.6 74 4.2 3.5 181 12 308.9 310.1 291.1 327.9 6.16 8 650 3766 2.3 -10.2 39 12.5 -2.9 187 18 311.6 312.1 288.8 320.3 2.72 9 600 4408 -0.3 -39.4 3 39.1 -8.6 195 19 315.8 315.8 287.6 316.6 0.21 10 550 5096 -5.5 -29.4 13 23.9 -11.5 200 24 317.6 317.7 288.6 319.7 0.61 11 500 5838 -8.8 -39.5 6 30.7 -14.6 203 27 322.4 322.4 289.8 323.3 0.25 12 450 6645 -14.3 -34.3 17 20.0 -18.3 201 34 325.3 325.4 290.9 327.0 0.46 13 400 7527 -20.1 -49.2 6 29.2 -23.5 193 43 328.9 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.11 14 350 8506 -25.6 -31.9 56 6.3 -26.8 182 60 334.2 334.4 293.6 337.0 0.76 15 300 9605 -34.1 -39.1 61 4.9 -34.7 173 60 337.3 337.4 294.0 338.9 0.43 16 250 10852 -44.9 -51.9 46 6.9 -45.3 178 64 339.3 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.13 17 200 12314 -52.1 -72.8 7 20.7 -52.5 187 43 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.3 0.01 18 150 14136 -61.6 -81.0 6 19.4 -61.8 204 38 363.9 363.9 299.5 363.9 0.00 19 100 16609 -67.6 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.7 199 16 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.39 m Freezing level: 605.56 mb = 4336.69 m = 14227.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.57 mb = 3487.97 m = 11443.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.48 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.60 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.21 mb = 314.81 m = 1032.84 ft T: 20.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 26.32 C Layer 1000.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 917.97 mb = 889.05 m = 2916.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.78 C = 78.41 F Cap Strength: 0.55 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: 1.60 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 20.65 C K Index: 30.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.63 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 940.66 mb = 679.54 m = 2229.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.66 mb = 2206.82 m = 7240.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 375.66 mb = 7987.29 m = 26204.69 ft B at Equ Level: 177.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 255.66 mb = 10699.00 m = 35101.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 196.6 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 226.6 at 9.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.7 neg: -6.4 tot: 6.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 6.71 Bulk Shear: 26.80 m/s