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: 35.6,-86.42 Latitude: 35.60 Longitude: -86.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 125 SFC 985 255 20.6 20.2 98 0.4 20.4 154 4 295.0 297.8 294.1 339.0 15.34 2 950 572 23.1 18.9 77 4.2 20.2 198 17 300.6 303.3 295.1 343.4 14.61 3 900 1042 20.6 15.4 72 5.1 17.1 222 18 302.7 305.0 294.1 339.2 12.34 4 850 1533 16.4 12.2 76 4.2 13.7 219 20 303.3 305.3 293.0 334.7 10.55 5 800 2047 12.6 10.8 89 1.8 11.4 233 19 304.5 306.4 293.1 335.1 10.23 6 750 2585 8.6 8.0 96 0.5 8.2 250 18 305.9 307.5 292.6 333.1 9.03 7 700 3153 5.2 5.0 99 0.2 5.1 257 19 308.2 309.7 292.3 332.2 7.86 8 650 3755 1.6 1.0 96 0.6 1.3 260 20 310.8 312.0 291.9 330.5 6.36 9 600 4397 -1.8 -3.6 88 1.8 -2.7 251 22 314.0 315.0 291.6 329.5 4.90 10 550 5085 -5.4 -9.8 71 4.5 -7.2 248 21 317.7 318.4 291.3 328.5 3.29 11 500 5827 -9.1 -19.5 43 10.4 -12.5 253 20 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.5 1.63 12 450 6634 -14.1 -30.2 24 16.1 -17.7 268 26 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.0 0.69 13 400 7516 -20.9 -37.4 21 16.5 -23.6 281 37 327.8 327.9 291.5 329.2 0.38 14 350 8485 -28.9 -48.5 13 19.7 -30.7 279 46 329.8 329.8 291.8 330.3 0.13 15 300 9569 -37.1 -49.6 26 12.5 -38.0 290 51 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.14 16 250 10807 -45.1 -56.0 28 10.9 -45.5 299 50 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.4 0.08 17 200 12273 -51.3 -74.3 5 22.9 -51.7 290 48 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14111 -58.7 -80.5 4 21.8 -58.9 285 46 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.0 0.00 19 100 16600 -67.1 -86.4 5 19.3 -67.2 273 19 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.06 m Freezing level: 626.49 mb = 4056.81 m = 13309.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.58 mb = 3960.31 m = 12993.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 980.00 mb = 300.68 m = 986.48 ft T: 20.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.36 C/km ThetaE index: 8.73 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 846.48 mb = 1568.47 m = 5145.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.98 C = 84.17 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: -2.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.31 C K Index: 37.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 301.34 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1034.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.69 mb = 1209.12 m = 3966.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 817.69 mb = 1861.42 m = 6106.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.69 mb = 11138.62 m = 36543.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1020.71 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.69 mb = 13791.02 m = 45245.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.6 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 273.6 at 14.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 124.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 124.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 38.77 Bulk Shear: 26.70 m/s