MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.31,-80.87 Latitude: 35.31 Longitude: -80.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 SFC 985 215 28.9 20.0 59 8.9 22.6 216 10 303.3 306.1 296.3 348.2 15.13 2 950 539 25.0 18.9 69 6.1 20.7 217 16 302.5 305.2 295.7 345.9 14.65 3 900 1011 20.4 17.8 85 2.6 18.6 217 18 302.5 305.2 295.5 345.0 14.36 4 850 1502 16.8 14.3 85 2.5 15.1 229 24 303.7 306.0 294.3 339.9 12.17 5 800 2018 14.1 11.6 85 2.6 12.5 231 27 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.6 10.77 6 750 2561 11.3 8.6 84 2.7 9.6 232 29 308.8 310.6 293.7 337.4 9.38 7 700 3135 8.2 5.4 83 2.8 6.5 235 29 311.5 313.1 293.4 336.4 8.06 8 650 3743 4.7 1.6 81 3.1 3.0 240 29 314.3 315.6 293.1 335.1 6.65 9 600 4392 1.0 -2.2 79 3.3 -0.6 240 28 317.3 318.4 293.0 334.6 5.42 10 550 5088 -2.9 -10.1 58 7.2 -6.0 242 33 320.6 321.2 292.0 331.3 3.23 11 500 5836 -6.6 -35.8 8 29.3 -13.0 252 33 325.0 325.1 290.7 326.4 0.36 12 450 6649 -12.1 -35.4 12 23.3 -16.9 241 34 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.42 13 400 7539 -17.7 -33.6 24 15.9 -21.0 228 35 332.0 332.1 292.8 334.1 0.56 14 350 8524 -24.1 -25.0 92 0.9 -24.4 219 46 336.2 336.5 294.7 341.4 1.43 15 300 9631 -32.1 -34.6 78 2.5 -32.4 223 50 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.8 0.68 16 250 10893 -41.9 -45.5 68 3.5 -42.2 228 51 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.26 17 200 12362 -53.6 -61.8 36 8.2 -53.8 230 46 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.05 18 150 14161 -64.8 -74.9 24 10.1 -64.9 217 36 358.4 358.4 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16588 -69.6 -84.8 9 15.2 -69.7 235 24 393.2 393.2 304.2 393.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.58 m Freezing level: 586.86 mb = 4574.89 m = 15009.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.60 mb = 4276.70 m = 14031.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.44 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 866.52 mb = 1336.63 m = 4385.20 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 21.80 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.27 mb = 1448.91 m = 4753.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.55 F Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.21 C Showalter Index: 0.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.24 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.89 C K Index: 34.89 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.55 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.58 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 628.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.90 mb = 1332.86 m = 4372.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.90 mb = 1685.12 m = 5528.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.90 mb = 11387.66 m = 37360.63 ft B at Equ Level: 624.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 141.90 mb = 14493.20 m = 47549.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.0 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 267.0 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 89.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 89.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.96 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.30 Bulk Rich Number: 22.56 Bulk Shear: 27.87 m/s