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: 35.8,-79.17 Latitude: 35.80 Longitude: -79.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 996 132 31.8 21.5 55 10.3 24.3 198 10 305.3 308.4 297.6 354.5 16.43 2 950 549 26.4 19.6 67 6.7 21.6 200 16 303.9 306.8 296.5 349.5 15.33 3 900 1023 21.6 18.3 81 3.4 19.3 202 19 303.8 306.6 296.2 347.9 14.85 4 850 1517 17.3 15.4 88 1.9 16.0 214 26 304.3 306.7 295.1 343.2 13.05 5 800 2032 13.9 9.6 75 4.3 11.3 225 32 306.0 307.8 292.9 334.5 9.44 6 750 2574 11.2 4.1 61 7.1 7.1 227 31 308.7 310.0 291.6 329.7 6.85 7 700 3147 8.4 3.7 72 4.7 5.6 226 32 311.7 313.1 292.7 333.8 7.12 8 650 3757 4.6 2.2 84 2.4 3.2 229 34 314.2 315.5 293.3 335.8 6.90 9 600 4404 0.5 -2.1 83 2.6 -0.8 233 34 316.7 317.8 292.9 334.2 5.49 10 550 5099 -2.5 -6.0 77 3.5 -4.2 235 36 321.1 322.0 293.2 335.6 4.45 11 500 5851 -6.4 -11.4 67 5.1 -8.5 228 41 325.3 325.9 293.3 336.0 3.20 12 450 6666 -12.0 -18.2 60 6.1 -14.1 224 43 328.1 328.5 293.1 335.2 2.03 13 400 7557 -17.5 -23.8 58 6.3 -19.3 226 38 332.3 332.5 293.6 337.3 1.40 14 350 8543 -23.7 -37.5 27 13.7 -26.0 221 35 336.8 336.9 293.9 338.4 0.44 15 300 9651 -31.9 -51.1 13 19.3 -33.6 209 35 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.12 16 250 10913 -41.4 -55.8 20 14.4 -42.1 213 40 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.08 17 200 12388 -53.2 -67.6 16 14.4 -53.4 209 41 348.6 348.6 296.3 348.7 0.02 18 150 14185 -65.5 -74.7 27 9.2 -65.6 215 36 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16610 -69.6 -85.4 8 15.8 -69.6 225 23 393.3 393.3 304.3 393.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.29 m Freezing level: 591.38 mb = 4524.09 m = 14842.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.90 mb = 4271.88 m = 14015.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.45 % Est. max temperature: 30.92 C = 87.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 858.40 mb = 1431.64 m = 4696.92 ft T: 18.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.44 C/km ThetaE index: 24.74 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.38 mb = 1421.83 m = 4664.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Cap Strength: 0.00 C Lifted Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -0.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.45 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.69 C Cross Totals Index: 21.75 C K Index: 34.38 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1300.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 859.72 mb = 1418.37 m = 4653.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.72 mb = 1468.72 m = 4818.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.72 mb = 12884.60 m = 42271.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1288.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.5 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 255.5 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 121.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 121.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 40.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.97 Bulk Rich Number: 26.75 Bulk Shear: 48.61 m/s