MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 37.91,-84.72 Latitude: 37.91 Longitude: -84.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 119 SFC 984 259 19.4 19.1 98 0.3 19.2 192 6 293.9 296.5 293.0 334.6 14.28 2 950 561 19.4 17.5 89 1.9 18.1 212 21 296.9 299.3 293.2 335.5 13.36 3 900 1025 16.6 15.5 93 1.1 15.8 248 19 298.6 300.8 293.0 334.6 12.38 4 850 1511 13.8 13.3 97 0.5 13.5 250 20 300.6 302.7 292.8 334.0 11.36 5 800 2020 11.0 10.1 94 1.0 10.4 250 25 302.9 304.7 292.2 331.8 9.73 6 750 2557 8.2 7.0 93 1.1 7.5 251 23 305.4 307.0 291.9 330.9 8.44 7 700 3125 5.2 3.3 88 1.9 4.1 253 22 308.2 309.5 291.6 329.4 6.94 8 650 3726 1.7 -0.8 84 2.5 0.4 257 22 310.9 312.0 291.2 328.3 5.58 9 600 4368 -1.9 -5.3 78 3.3 -3.5 257 22 313.9 314.7 291.0 327.6 4.31 10 550 5055 -6.0 -7.0 92 1.0 -6.5 250 23 317.0 317.8 291.7 330.2 4.10 11 500 5795 -10.7 -12.7 85 2.0 -11.5 254 23 320.0 320.6 291.6 329.6 2.89 12 450 6597 -16.1 -20.7 67 4.6 -17.4 248 21 323.0 323.3 291.3 328.6 1.63 13 400 7473 -22.0 -30.1 48 8.1 -23.7 235 19 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.2 0.78 14 350 8441 -29.0 -32.5 72 3.4 -29.6 217 25 329.6 329.7 292.3 332.2 0.71 15 300 9522 -38.5 -41.7 71 3.2 -38.8 197 32 331.1 331.2 292.3 332.3 0.33 16 250 10745 -48.0 -56.2 38 8.2 -48.3 201 36 334.8 334.8 293.1 335.1 0.08 17 200 12199 -51.6 -71.3 8 19.7 -52.0 265 31 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14040 -57.3 -80.8 4 23.5 -57.5 281 33 371.4 371.4 300.8 371.4 0.00 19 100 16553 -64.8 -87.0 3 22.2 -65.0 271 20 402.5 402.5 305.5 402.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5675.95 m Freezing level: 626.39 mb = 4029.26 m = 13219.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.52 mb = 3794.25 m = 12448.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.09 % Est. max temperature: 26.81 C = 80.26 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.02 mb = 292.71 m = 960.34 ft T: 19.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 7.93 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.16 mb = 1089.75 m = 3575.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.32 C = 75.77 F Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lifted Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.90 C Showalter Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.52 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.53 C Cross Totals Index: 23.99 C K Index: 35.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 223.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 441.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 915.40 mb = 879.26 m = 2884.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.40 mb = 1606.02 m = 5269.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 250.40 mb = 10733.70 m = 35215.13 ft B at Equ Level: 434.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 190.40 mb = 12513.96 m = 41055.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.0 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 280.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.1 neg: -2.6 tot: 112.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 19.82 Bulk Shear: 22.30 m/s