MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 34.25,-80.04 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -80.04 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 58 32.5 22.9 57 9.6 25.4 205 10 305.2 308.5 298.4 358.3 17.74 1 1000 103 30.5 22.2 61 8.4 24.4 204 10 303.7 306.9 297.5 354.4 17.06 2 950 560 25.7 20.8 74 4.9 22.2 207 13 303.3 306.3 297.1 352.1 16.47 3 900 1034 21.2 18.8 86 2.4 19.5 213 17 303.4 306.2 296.4 348.9 15.33 4 850 1527 17.8 14.2 80 3.6 15.4 218 23 304.8 307.0 294.6 340.9 12.09 5 800 2043 14.2 11.0 81 3.2 12.1 216 25 306.2 308.2 293.7 337.4 10.34 6 750 2586 11.3 4.4 63 6.8 7.3 217 25 308.8 310.1 291.8 330.4 7.03 7 700 3160 9.5 -0.9 48 10.4 4.0 223 25 313.0 314.0 291.5 329.2 5.12 8 650 3771 5.7 -1.8 58 7.5 1.8 229 27 315.4 316.4 292.2 331.8 5.15 9 600 4420 1.3 -4.0 68 5.3 -1.3 236 26 317.6 318.5 292.5 332.9 4.75 10 550 5116 -2.1 -8.9 60 6.8 -5.1 236 27 321.6 322.2 292.6 333.2 3.54 11 500 5868 -6.1 -22.0 27 16.0 -11.1 229 32 325.6 325.9 291.7 330.2 1.31 12 450 6682 -12.4 -25.9 31 13.5 -16.0 220 31 327.7 327.9 292.1 331.3 1.03 13 400 7571 -17.9 -33.6 24 15.7 -21.1 225 30 331.7 331.8 292.7 333.8 0.56 14 350 8557 -23.7 -40.3 20 16.6 -26.2 222 31 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.1 0.32 15 300 9665 -32.0 -49.9 15 17.9 -33.6 217 31 340.2 340.2 294.5 340.8 0.13 16 250 10925 -41.6 -54.6 23 13.0 -42.3 217 34 344.1 344.2 295.4 344.5 0.09 17 200 12401 -52.7 -68.6 13 15.8 -53.0 213 33 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 14198 -65.9 -75.4 25 9.5 -66.0 211 24 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.6 0.01 19 100 16621 -69.8 -84.9 9 15.1 -69.9 222 22 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.41 m Freezing level: 581.07 mb = 4683.75 m = 15366.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.38 mb = 4136.10 m = 13569.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.24 % Est. max temperature: 31.95 C = 89.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 875.52 mb = 1271.68 m = 4172.13 ft T: 19.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 29.09 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.85 mb = 1298.05 m = 4258.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.43 C = 88.58 F Cap Strength: 0.43 C Lifted Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.68 C Showalter Index: 0.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.16 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.87 C Cross Totals Index: 20.29 C K Index: 27.68 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 297.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1620.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 881.90 mb = 1209.08 m = 3966.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 856.90 mb = 1457.28 m = 4781.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 176.90 mb = 13168.21 m = 43202.28 ft B at Equ Level: 1614.97 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.8 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 254.8 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 69.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 57.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.2 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.51 Bulk Rich Number: 61.80 Bulk Shear: 26.22 m/s