MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 35.66,-79.73 Latitude: 35.66 Longitude: -79.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 995 190 22.2 17.6 75 4.6 19.1 64 2 295.8 298.1 292.4 332.8 12.85 2 950 593 23.6 13.3 52 10.3 16.9 158 6 301.1 303.0 292.0 331.0 10.13 3 900 1062 19.1 12.0 64 7.1 14.6 167 6 301.2 303.0 291.7 330.2 9.83 4 850 1550 14.4 11.5 82 3.0 12.6 186 7 301.3 303.1 292.0 331.0 10.06 5 800 2059 11.8 2.1 51 9.7 6.6 211 7 303.8 304.8 288.9 320.6 5.57 6 750 2598 10.5 -5.4 32 16.0 3.0 198 6 308.0 308.6 288.3 318.6 3.40 7 700 3169 7.5 -6.3 37 13.8 1.1 233 8 310.8 311.4 289.2 321.6 3.42 8 650 3774 2.9 -5.7 53 8.6 -1.1 229 14 312.3 313.0 290.1 324.5 3.84 9 600 4417 -0.8 -12.2 42 11.4 -5.4 220 15 315.1 315.6 289.8 323.3 2.50 10 550 5105 -5.3 -20.5 29 15.2 -10.1 216 11 317.8 318.1 289.5 322.4 1.36 11 500 5849 -7.4 -35.2 9 27.8 -13.5 233 13 324.0 324.1 290.4 325.4 0.38 12 450 6662 -12.6 -30.7 21 18.1 -16.8 238 14 327.4 327.6 291.7 329.8 0.66 13 400 7548 -19.6 -33.9 27 14.3 -22.4 215 15 329.5 329.6 292.1 331.5 0.54 14 350 8524 -26.8 -56.4 4 29.6 -29.2 206 15 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.05 15 300 9614 -36.1 -41.4 59 5.2 -36.7 214 18 334.4 334.5 293.3 335.7 0.34 16 250 10852 -46.7 -51.3 59 4.7 -46.9 215 16 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.3 0.14 17 200 12300 -53.8 -69.3 13 15.5 -54.1 227 24 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14113 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.2 237 29 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16592 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.4 -67.1 251 17 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.00 m Freezing level: 611.23 mb = 4272.71 m = 14017.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.56 mb = 3471.38 m = 11388.90 ft Precipitable water: 1.14 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.62 % Est. max temperature: 27.92 C = 82.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.07 mb = 777.04 m = 2549.31 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 12.32 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.27 mb = 2628.14 m = 8622.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: 3.28 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.77 C Showalter Index: 3.37 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.83 C Cross Totals Index: 18.87 C K Index: 19.55 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.01 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5081.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.69 mb = 1662.23 m = 5453.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 9.6 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 7.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.7 neg: 0.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.3 neg: -1.1 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.89 Bulk Shear: 10.76 m/s