MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.66,-83.99 Latitude: 34.66 Longitude: -83.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 563 SFC 943 628 19.9 19.6 98 0.3 19.7 186 3 298.0 300.8 295.0 342.8 15.44 3 900 1030 17.9 17.6 98 0.3 17.7 209 18 299.9 302.5 294.7 341.4 14.17 4 850 1518 15.0 14.2 94 0.9 14.5 228 21 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.4 12.04 5 800 2030 12.7 10.8 88 1.9 11.4 234 20 304.7 306.6 293.1 335.2 10.20 6 750 2571 10.1 7.9 86 2.2 8.8 225 23 307.5 309.2 293.0 334.6 8.93 7 700 3142 7.1 4.3 82 2.8 5.5 224 25 310.4 311.8 292.6 333.4 7.46 8 650 3749 3.8 0.6 80 3.2 2.1 228 29 313.2 314.4 292.4 332.5 6.16 9 600 4395 -0.0 -3.2 79 3.2 -1.6 231 30 316.1 317.1 292.3 332.2 5.05 10 550 5087 -3.4 -12.3 50 8.9 -7.0 236 34 320.1 320.6 291.5 329.0 2.70 11 500 5835 -7.2 -35.6 8 28.4 -13.4 231 42 324.3 324.4 290.5 325.7 0.37 12 450 6649 -12.1 -34.1 14 22.0 -16.9 233 44 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.7 0.47 13 400 7535 -19.5 -28.4 45 8.9 -21.5 236 45 329.6 329.8 292.5 333.0 0.92 14 350 8516 -25.3 -27.8 80 2.4 -25.9 221 41 334.6 334.8 294.0 338.7 1.11 15 300 9615 -34.4 -37.7 71 3.4 -34.8 212 47 336.9 337.0 294.0 338.8 0.49 16 250 10862 -44.8 -49.5 59 4.7 -45.1 219 58 339.4 339.5 294.3 340.1 0.17 17 200 12314 -55.7 -63.4 38 7.7 -55.9 226 61 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14115 -64.0 -79.9 10 15.8 -64.1 221 45 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.00 19 100 16571 -68.0 -86.6 5 18.6 -68.1 231 16 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.38 m Freezing level: 600.20 mb = 4392.34 m = 14410.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.95 mb = 4104.94 m = 13467.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.50 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.34 % Est. max temperature: 26.84 C = 80.31 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.65 mb = 657.75 m = 2157.94 ft T: 19.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.31 C/km ThetaE index: 17.12 C Layer 900.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.10 mb = 1230.33 m = 4036.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.57 C = 72.63 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.68 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.19 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 33.53 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 285.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.29 mb = 1160.84 m = 3808.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 861.29 mb = 1405.09 m = 4609.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 251.29 mb = 10827.26 m = 35522.08 ft B at Equ Level: 278.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.29 mb = 13283.81 m = 43581.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.5 at 28.5 knts Storm direction: 259.5 at 21.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 118.3 neg: -1.2 tot: 117.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 6.62 Bulk Shear: 42.32 m/s