MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 6Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 36.51,-80.68 Latitude: 36.51 Longitude: -80.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 958 475 19.4 18.0 91 1.4 18.4 269 1 296.1 298.6 293.2 335.4 13.64 2 950 551 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 230 5 297.9 300.5 294.1 339.3 14.27 3 900 1019 19.4 15.1 76 4.4 16.5 219 20 301.5 303.8 293.6 337.0 12.04 4 850 1509 16.3 13.6 84 2.8 14.5 222 24 303.3 305.4 293.7 337.6 11.57 5 800 2023 12.8 11.5 92 1.3 12.0 224 26 304.8 306.8 293.5 336.8 10.69 6 750 2563 9.9 7.3 84 2.6 8.3 221 27 307.3 309.0 292.6 333.5 8.61 7 700 3134 7.1 3.7 79 3.4 5.1 217 26 310.3 311.6 292.3 332.3 7.13 8 650 3741 3.7 0.4 79 3.3 2.0 215 24 313.2 314.3 292.3 332.2 6.08 9 600 4387 -0.1 -3.4 78 3.4 -1.7 217 27 316.0 317.0 292.2 331.8 4.95 10 550 5078 -4.1 -9.0 69 4.9 -6.2 214 37 319.2 319.9 291.9 330.8 3.53 11 500 5825 -7.5 -15.5 53 8.0 -10.5 213 42 323.9 324.3 292.2 331.6 2.28 12 450 6639 -12.3 -23.3 39 11.0 -15.5 215 47 327.7 328.0 292.3 332.3 1.30 13 400 7525 -19.3 -21.4 83 2.1 -19.9 220 44 329.9 330.2 293.3 336.0 1.73 14 350 8505 -25.8 -28.3 80 2.4 -26.3 220 44 333.9 334.1 293.8 337.8 1.06 15 300 9603 -34.3 -39.1 61 4.9 -34.8 221 53 337.1 337.2 294.0 338.7 0.43 16 250 10853 -44.3 -48.4 63 4.1 -44.5 212 55 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.0 0.19 17 200 12303 -56.7 -60.9 59 4.2 -56.8 230 56 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.05 18 150 14094 -63.7 -79.6 10 15.9 -63.8 223 48 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16547 -68.0 -86.2 6 18.2 -68.1 246 17 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.51 m Freezing level: 601.24 mb = 4370.60 m = 14339.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.54 mb = 4075.97 m = 13372.43 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.70 C = 81.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 938.71 mb = 654.21 m = 2146.32 ft T: 20.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 6.83 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.66 mb = 1785.91 m = 5859.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lifted Index: 0.21 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Showalter Index: 0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.84 C Cross Totals Index: 21.07 C K Index: 34.01 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 252.72 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 66.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 11.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 56.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 864.96 mb = 1359.17 m = 4459.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.96 mb = 3371.71 m = 11061.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 499.96 mb = 5825.37 m = 19111.87 ft B at Equ Level: 59.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 289.96 mb = 9836.42 m = 32271.31 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.0 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 247.0 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.5 neg: -9.0 tot: 54.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 45.09 m/s