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: 38.21,-82.31 Latitude: 38.21 Longitude: -82.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 127 SFC 985 257 20.7 20.4 98 0.3 20.5 173 2 295.1 297.9 294.3 339.7 15.54 2 950 572 21.7 20.5 93 1.2 20.8 231 12 299.2 302.1 295.8 346.3 16.15 3 900 1041 19.0 17.6 92 1.4 18.1 239 22 301.1 303.7 295.0 343.0 14.25 4 850 1530 15.1 14.3 95 0.8 14.6 232 25 302.0 304.2 293.8 337.8 12.14 5 800 2042 11.4 10.6 95 0.7 10.9 223 25 303.3 305.1 292.6 333.3 10.10 6 750 2579 8.5 6.0 85 2.4 7.1 237 30 305.8 307.3 291.6 329.5 7.86 7 700 3147 5.6 3.4 85 2.3 4.4 247 33 308.7 310.0 291.7 330.1 6.97 8 650 3750 1.9 -0.1 87 1.9 0.8 234 28 311.1 312.2 291.5 329.3 5.86 9 600 4391 -1.8 -9.7 55 7.9 -5.1 225 22 314.1 314.6 289.9 323.9 3.05 10 550 5079 -5.4 -14.2 50 8.8 -8.7 222 19 317.7 318.2 290.4 325.4 2.32 11 500 5821 -9.1 -20.3 40 11.2 -12.6 221 21 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.2 1.53 12 450 6628 -14.5 -24.5 42 10.0 -17.2 222 26 325.0 325.2 291.5 329.1 1.16 13 400 7509 -20.8 -23.9 76 3.1 -21.6 225 28 328.0 328.3 292.5 332.9 1.38 14 350 8482 -27.3 -30.2 77 2.8 -27.9 217 29 331.9 332.1 293.1 335.1 0.89 15 300 9574 -35.5 -38.6 73 3.1 -35.8 225 27 335.3 335.4 293.6 337.1 0.45 16 250 10816 -46.3 -49.6 69 3.4 -46.4 241 29 337.3 337.3 293.8 338.0 0.17 17 200 12252 -59.6 -63.9 57 4.3 -59.7 253 35 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.5 0.04 18 150 14052 -60.0 -74.6 13 14.6 -60.2 244 34 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16545 -64.8 -80.0 11 15.2 -65.0 269 23 402.5 402.5 305.6 402.6 0.01 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.33 m Freezing level: 624.37 mb = 4078.61 m = 13381.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.90 mb = 3837.71 m = 12590.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.73 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.81 % Est. max temperature: 27.93 C = 82.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 981.37 mb = 289.87 m = 951.02 ft T: 20.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.50 C/km ThetaE index: 16.78 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 894.53 mb = 1093.27 m = 3586.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.75 C = 80.15 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: -3.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.19 C Showalter Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.59 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.22 C Cross Totals Index: 23.37 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 243.41 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1616.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.50 mb = 855.20 m = 2805.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.50 mb = 1287.03 m = 4222.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.50 mb = 12756.42 m = 41851.25 ft B at Equ Level: 1592.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.50 mb = 15197.39 m = 49859.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 117.0 neg: -18.2 tot: 98.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 63.10 Bulk Shear: 25.62 m/s