MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 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 958 477 22.2 20.6 91 1.6 21.1 218 5 299.0 301.9 295.7 346.1 16.16 2 950 549 21.0 19.8 93 1.3 20.1 219 7 298.5 301.3 295.1 343.4 15.44 3 900 1015 17.3 16.3 94 1.0 16.7 239 19 299.3 301.7 293.7 337.6 13.10 4 850 1502 14.9 13.3 90 1.6 13.8 240 25 301.7 303.8 293.1 335.2 11.33 5 800 2015 12.9 9.8 81 3.1 10.9 241 25 304.9 306.6 292.6 333.4 9.52 6 750 2555 10.0 6.9 81 3.1 8.1 244 25 307.4 309.0 292.4 332.8 8.34 7 700 3126 6.7 3.5 80 3.2 4.9 248 24 309.9 311.2 292.2 331.6 7.03 8 650 3731 2.9 -1.2 74 4.1 0.8 240 26 312.3 313.3 291.5 329.3 5.41 9 600 4375 -0.4 -16.0 30 15.6 -6.1 232 30 315.7 316.0 289.3 321.7 1.82 10 550 5065 -3.7 -25.6 17 21.8 -9.9 239 31 319.7 319.8 289.6 322.7 0.87 11 500 5810 -9.2 -26.5 23 17.3 -13.7 242 33 321.8 322.0 290.2 324.9 0.87 12 450 6617 -13.0 -44.1 5 31.1 -18.0 234 46 326.8 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.17 13 400 7506 -18.4 -48.1 6 29.7 -22.3 230 52 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.12 14 350 8487 -25.5 -53.3 6 27.8 -28.1 228 57 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.08 15 300 9588 -33.2 -39.4 54 6.1 -34.0 218 66 338.5 338.6 294.4 340.1 0.42 16 250 10844 -42.2 -48.6 49 6.4 -42.6 217 71 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.1 0.18 17 200 12317 -52.4 -66.6 16 14.2 -52.7 229 69 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14129 -63.0 -80.6 8 17.6 -63.1 232 49 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16588 -68.1 -87.3 5 19.2 -68.2 236 23 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.17 m Freezing level: 606.01 mb = 4297.34 m = 14098.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.92 mb = 3806.39 m = 12488.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.49 C = 81.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.71 mb = 670.88 m = 2201.01 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 24.36 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.94 mb = 1149.59 m = 3771.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.20 C = 73.75 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.69 C Showalter Index: -0.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.10 C Cross Totals Index: 22.46 C K Index: 34.11 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.01 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.01 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 212.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.31 mb = 1088.50 m = 3571.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 857.31 mb = 1429.34 m = 4689.37 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.31 mb = 1629.41 m = 5345.77 ft B at Equ Level: 11.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 237.31 mb = 11187.85 m = 36705.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 27.1 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.1 neg: -1.1 tot: 65.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 6.29 Bulk Shear: 33.71 m/s