MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 36.14,-84.69 Latitude: 36.14 Longitude: -84.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 105 SFC 958 476 20.0 19.7 98 0.3 19.8 180 2 296.7 299.5 294.5 340.7 15.23 2 950 548 19.8 19.7 99 0.1 19.7 192 4 297.2 300.0 294.7 341.7 15.36 3 900 1014 17.6 17.4 99 0.2 17.5 224 19 299.6 302.2 294.4 340.6 14.03 4 850 1502 15.4 14.5 94 1.0 14.8 224 26 302.3 304.6 294.0 338.7 12.30 5 800 2015 13.1 11.8 91 1.4 12.3 227 23 305.2 307.2 293.8 337.9 10.92 6 750 2556 10.0 8.0 87 2.0 8.8 239 24 307.5 309.2 293.0 334.9 9.04 7 700 3127 6.6 4.8 88 1.9 5.5 245 28 309.8 311.3 292.7 333.5 7.70 8 650 3732 3.1 0.4 82 2.7 1.6 246 30 312.5 313.6 292.1 331.4 6.05 9 600 4377 -0.4 -7.1 61 6.7 -3.4 237 34 315.6 316.3 291.0 327.6 3.74 10 550 5068 -3.5 -21.3 24 17.8 -9.2 237 37 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.3 1.27 11 500 5814 -7.9 -33.7 11 25.8 -13.7 239 39 323.5 323.5 290.3 325.1 0.44 12 450 6625 -12.7 -27.2 29 14.5 -16.4 232 48 327.2 327.4 291.9 330.5 0.91 13 400 7515 -17.6 -31.4 29 13.8 -20.6 225 52 332.1 332.2 293.0 334.7 0.69 14 350 8499 -24.3 -43.1 16 18.8 -26.9 226 56 335.9 336.0 293.6 336.9 0.24 15 300 9604 -32.8 -38.5 56 5.8 -33.5 220 61 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.0 0.46 16 250 10863 -41.9 -47.1 57 5.3 -42.3 220 69 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.7 0.22 17 200 12333 -53.1 -60.6 40 7.5 -53.3 226 72 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.9 0.05 18 150 14141 -63.6 -80.1 9 16.5 -63.7 238 54 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16585 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 230 20 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.21 m Freezing level: 606.17 mb = 4297.50 m = 14099.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.11 mb = 3931.67 m = 12899.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.44 % Est. max temperature: 27.82 C = 82.08 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.28 mb = 509.15 m = 1670.43 ft T: 19.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.39 C/km ThetaE index: 17.37 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.05 mb = 1032.23 m = 3386.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.91 C = 73.24 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.24 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.31 C Cross Totals Index: 22.35 C K Index: 35.92 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 320.87 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.41 mb = 981.12 m = 3218.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.41 mb = 2137.40 m = 7012.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 378.41 mb = 7923.79 m = 25996.35 ft B at Equ Level: 255.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 218.41 mb = 11753.06 m = 38559.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.3 at 29.7 knts Storm direction: 266.3 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 133.3 neg: -6.5 tot: 126.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.18 Bulk Rich Number: 4.45 Bulk Shear: 57.44 m/s