MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 35.7,-82.28 Latitude: 35.70 Longitude: -82.28 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 585 SFC 919 875 20.4 17.4 83 3.0 18.4 145 2 300.8 303.3 294.6 341.2 13.76 3 900 1055 20.2 16.5 79 3.7 17.7 179 8 302.4 304.8 294.7 341.5 13.26 4 850 1546 16.1 14.5 90 1.6 15.1 213 8 303.0 305.3 294.2 339.5 12.32 5 800 2059 12.9 11.0 88 1.9 11.7 253 15 304.9 306.8 293.3 336.0 10.37 6 750 2600 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.2 263 21 307.5 309.0 292.5 332.8 8.36 7 700 3171 7.1 3.4 77 3.7 5.1 270 20 310.4 311.7 292.3 332.0 7.02 8 650 3777 3.8 0.1 77 3.7 1.8 274 22 313.3 314.4 292.2 332.0 5.95 9 600 4423 -0.3 -3.3 80 3.0 -1.8 277 22 315.7 316.7 292.2 331.6 4.99 10 550 5115 -3.8 -5.3 89 1.5 -4.5 277 23 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.8 4.69 11 500 5862 -8.7 -10.5 87 1.8 -9.5 279 28 322.4 323.1 292.7 333.8 3.43 12 450 6671 -13.6 -17.3 74 3.7 -14.9 282 32 326.1 326.6 292.7 333.6 2.18 13 400 7554 -20.6 -26.1 61 5.5 -22.0 282 36 328.2 328.4 292.3 332.2 1.13 14 350 8529 -25.4 -48.9 9 23.5 -27.9 322 19 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.1 0.13 15 300 9628 -34.3 -51.2 16 16.9 -35.6 339 30 337.1 337.1 293.7 337.5 0.11 16 250 10876 -44.5 -52.1 42 7.6 -44.9 328 53 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.5 0.12 17 200 12326 -57.3 -62.4 52 5.1 -57.4 320 65 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.04 18 150 14121 -59.5 -80.8 5 21.3 -59.7 279 33 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16606 -67.0 -85.4 6 18.4 -67.1 283 19 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.02 m Freezing level: 604.16 mb = 4369.50 m = 14335.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.93 mb = 4094.78 m = 13434.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.20 % Est. max temperature: 26.00 C = 78.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 879.23 mb = 1255.51 m = 4119.07 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 9.92 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 821.48 mb = 1834.85 m = 6019.78 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.65 C = 74.57 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.57 C Showalter Index: -1.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.80 C Cross Totals Index: 23.21 C K Index: 35.62 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.21 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 357.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.99 mb = 1676.56 m = 5500.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.99 mb = 2143.45 m = 7032.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.99 mb = 10052.20 m = 32979.26 ft B at Equ Level: 356.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.99 mb = 13267.25 m = 43527.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.5 at 21.0 knts Storm direction: 301.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 115.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 115.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 5.76 Bulk Shear: 62.09 m/s