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: 36.15,-83.99 Latitude: 36.15 Longitude: -83.99 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 972 346 25.1 21.0 78 4.2 22.2 241 7 300.8 303.7 296.3 348.5 16.27 2 950 543 22.0 19.3 85 2.7 20.1 241 9 299.5 302.2 295.1 343.2 14.96 3 900 1010 17.7 16.4 92 1.3 16.8 243 12 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.2 13.16 4 850 1498 15.3 13.3 87 2.1 14.0 260 22 302.2 304.3 293.2 335.7 11.33 5 800 2010 12.5 10.4 87 2.1 11.2 250 22 304.5 306.4 292.9 334.3 9.95 6 750 2550 9.7 7.4 86 2.3 8.3 248 22 307.1 308.7 292.6 333.2 8.63 7 700 3121 6.7 4.1 84 2.6 5.2 240 23 309.9 311.3 292.4 332.6 7.36 8 650 3726 3.4 0.6 82 2.8 1.8 233 28 312.8 313.9 292.3 332.0 6.14 9 600 4372 0.2 -9.0 50 9.2 -3.8 231 35 316.4 317.0 290.8 326.8 3.22 10 550 5063 -4.1 -33.1 8 29.0 -10.9 232 30 319.3 319.3 289.0 320.8 0.43 11 500 5807 -8.7 -36.5 9 27.8 -14.4 236 35 322.5 322.5 289.9 323.7 0.34 12 450 6616 -13.0 -39.9 8 26.9 -17.9 236 52 326.9 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.26 13 400 7504 -18.4 -44.0 9 25.6 -22.1 227 57 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.8 0.19 14 350 8484 -26.0 -50.6 8 24.6 -28.5 227 64 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.11 15 300 9581 -34.2 -47.7 24 13.5 -35.4 220 67 337.2 337.2 293.8 337.8 0.17 16 250 10834 -42.5 -57.1 19 14.6 -43.2 220 71 342.9 342.9 295.1 343.2 0.07 17 200 12308 -51.6 -73.4 6 21.8 -52.0 228 65 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14126 -63.0 -81.0 7 18.1 -63.1 224 51 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16587 -68.6 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.7 234 27 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.51 m Freezing level: 597.37 mb = 4408.11 m = 14462.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.68 mb = 3931.15 m = 12897.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.49 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.95 % Est. max temperature: 27.86 C = 82.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 914.26 mb = 874.17 m = 2867.97 ft T: 18.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 27.72 C Layer 950.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.28 mb = 1121.82 m = 3680.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.68 C = 76.43 F Cap Strength: 0.11 C Lifted Index: -2.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.22 C Showalter Index: -0.07 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.90 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.99 C Cross Totals Index: 21.92 C K Index: 34.65 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 237.38 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 408.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.95 mb = 1077.05 m = 3533.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 867.95 mb = 1319.40 m = 4328.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.95 mb = 10105.58 m = 33154.40 ft B at Equ Level: 403.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 187.95 mb = 12700.81 m = 41668.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.5 at 26.1 knts Storm direction: 268.5 at 19.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -5.9 tot: 20.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 11.14 Bulk Shear: 36.63 m/s