MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 39.32,-80.45 Latitude: 39.32 Longitude: -80.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 136 SFC 975 355 19.9 19.0 94 1.0 19.3 213 6 295.2 297.8 293.4 336.2 14.29 2 950 578 18.2 18.1 99 0.2 18.1 223 15 295.7 298.2 293.2 335.5 13.86 3 900 1040 15.4 15.3 99 0.1 15.3 249 26 297.4 299.6 292.4 332.7 12.20 4 850 1524 13.3 12.4 95 0.8 12.7 248 24 300.0 302.0 292.1 331.5 10.72 5 800 2033 10.7 9.6 93 1.2 10.0 237 24 302.6 304.3 291.9 330.6 9.41 6 750 2569 7.8 6.6 92 1.3 7.1 228 24 305.1 306.6 291.6 329.7 8.17 7 700 3136 4.7 3.0 89 1.7 3.8 222 24 307.7 309.0 291.3 328.5 6.80 8 650 3736 0.7 -0.1 94 0.8 0.3 211 26 309.8 310.9 291.1 327.9 5.85 9 600 4376 -2.4 -2.9 96 0.6 -2.7 206 27 313.4 314.3 291.6 329.6 5.14 10 550 5063 -6.1 -6.8 95 0.7 -6.5 205 29 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.2 4.16 11 500 5802 -10.6 -13.1 82 2.5 -11.5 207 28 320.1 320.7 291.6 329.4 2.80 12 450 6607 -15.2 -16.9 87 1.7 -15.7 213 25 324.1 324.6 292.2 331.8 2.26 13 400 7486 -21.3 -23.6 82 2.3 -21.9 214 24 327.3 327.6 292.3 332.3 1.42 14 350 8457 -28.4 -31.7 74 3.3 -29.0 224 27 330.4 330.6 292.6 333.3 0.77 15 300 9541 -38.0 -42.0 66 4.0 -38.4 229 32 331.8 331.8 292.5 333.0 0.32 16 250 10766 -49.2 -53.2 62 4.1 -49.3 220 46 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.4 0.11 17 200 12202 -53.6 -59.7 47 6.1 -53.8 237 30 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.2 0.06 18 150 14028 -57.8 -79.8 4 22.0 -58.1 250 30 370.4 370.4 300.7 370.4 0.00 19 100 16544 -63.7 -86.8 3 23.1 -63.9 256 23 404.6 404.6 305.8 404.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.17 m Freezing level: 638.04 mb = 3889.18 m = 12759.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.77 mb = 3800.78 m = 12469.59 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.35 % Est. max temperature: 25.98 C = 78.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.36 mb = 475.70 m = 1560.67 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 8.27 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 919.92 mb = 852.94 m = 2798.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.40 C = 70.53 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.05 C Showalter Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.85 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.85 C Cross Totals Index: 23.00 C K Index: 34.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.61 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 280.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 920.54 mb = 847.23 m = 2779.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 915.54 mb = 893.79 m = 2932.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.54 mb = 10881.50 m = 35700.02 ft B at Equ Level: 274.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.54 mb = 12345.31 m = 40502.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 219.7 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 249.7 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.2 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.0 neg: -19.7 tot: 17.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 18.30 Bulk Shear: 15.33 m/s