MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 35.18,-79.08 Latitude: 35.18 Longitude: -79.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1008 82 18.6 15.8 84 2.7 16.8 171 1 291.0 293.0 289.6 322.9 11.29 1 1000 152 20.3 15.3 73 5.0 17.1 200 5 293.4 295.4 290.2 324.8 11.00 2 950 599 22.8 12.2 51 10.6 16.0 154 5 300.3 302.0 291.2 328.1 9.43 3 900 1067 18.9 10.3 57 8.6 13.6 91 2 301.0 302.6 290.8 326.8 8.74 4 850 1554 15.3 4.2 47 11.1 9.1 133 3 302.2 303.3 288.9 320.4 6.09 5 800 2066 14.1 -5.3 26 19.4 4.9 208 5 306.2 306.8 287.5 316.3 3.23 6 750 2607 11.1 -0.4 45 11.5 5.1 235 8 308.6 309.6 290.0 324.0 4.96 7 700 3179 7.1 2.5 73 4.6 4.5 231 11 310.3 311.6 291.9 330.6 6.56 8 650 3783 1.9 0.6 91 1.3 1.3 209 15 311.1 312.3 291.8 330.3 6.17 9 600 4424 -2.5 -5.1 82 2.6 -3.7 202 17 313.2 314.1 290.9 327.1 4.37 10 550 5110 -6.0 -15.2 48 9.3 -9.3 208 17 317.0 317.4 290.0 324.0 2.13 11 500 5852 -8.4 -24.0 27 15.6 -12.9 215 15 322.8 323.0 290.7 326.6 1.10 12 450 6660 -14.4 -24.4 42 10.1 -17.1 220 15 325.2 325.4 291.5 329.3 1.17 13 400 7541 -21.0 -26.9 59 5.9 -22.4 224 17 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.4 1.06 14 350 8512 -28.5 -34.1 58 5.6 -29.4 220 18 330.3 330.4 292.4 332.6 0.61 15 300 9597 -37.2 -43.8 50 6.6 -37.8 231 15 332.9 333.0 292.8 334.0 0.26 16 250 10832 -44.7 -60.5 16 15.8 -45.3 229 20 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.04 17 200 12298 -54.0 -70.3 12 16.3 -54.3 215 34 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 14120 -59.7 -80.3 5 20.6 -59.9 235 27 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16604 -66.5 -84.9 6 18.4 -66.7 259 22 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5700.12 m Freezing level: 628.15 mb = 4063.34 m = 13331.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.30 mb = 3941.37 m = 12930.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.81 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.48 mb = 431.23 m = 1414.76 ft T: 21.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 11.75 C Layer 900.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.75 mb = 2959.79 m = 9710.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.26 C = 99.07 F Cap Strength: 5.40 C Lifted Index: 4.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.95 C Showalter Index: 7.73 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.34 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.72 C Cross Totals Index: 12.62 C K Index: 23.34 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 72.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.34 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6729.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 846.47 mb = 1589.05 m = 5213.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 208.1 at 10.3 knts Storm direction: 238.1 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.1 neg: -13.6 tot: 2.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.80 Bulk Shear: 5.59 m/s