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 the city database file for: KCLT ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 25 SEP 25 Station: KCLT Latitude: 35.22 Longitude: -80.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 SFC 986 208 28.8 20.3 60 8.4 22.8 215 10 303.1 306.0 296.4 348.8 15.41 2 950 540 24.8 19.0 70 5.8 20.8 216 16 302.4 305.1 295.7 346.0 14.75 3 900 1011 20.3 18.0 87 2.3 18.7 216 18 302.4 305.1 295.6 345.5 14.57 4 850 1503 16.8 14.4 85 2.5 15.2 230 24 303.8 306.0 294.3 340.1 12.21 5 800 2018 14.2 11.6 85 2.6 12.5 231 26 306.2 308.2 294.0 338.7 10.78 6 750 2561 11.3 8.7 84 2.6 9.7 232 28 308.8 310.6 293.7 337.6 9.45 7 700 3136 8.1 5.5 83 2.7 6.5 236 29 311.5 313.0 293.4 336.5 8.10 8 650 3744 4.7 1.8 82 2.9 3.1 240 29 314.3 315.6 293.2 335.4 6.74 9 600 4393 1.0 -2.0 80 3.0 -0.5 241 28 317.3 318.4 293.0 334.9 5.52 10 550 5089 -2.9 -11.8 50 8.9 -6.6 244 32 320.6 321.1 291.7 329.9 2.81 11 500 5837 -6.5 -43.4 4 36.9 -13.3 252 32 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.7 0.16 12 450 6650 -12.1 -35.2 13 23.1 -16.9 242 33 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.42 13 400 7540 -17.9 -31.8 28 14.0 -20.8 228 35 331.8 331.9 292.9 334.2 0.66 14 350 8525 -23.9 -24.7 93 0.8 -24.1 218 45 336.5 336.8 294.7 341.8 1.47 15 300 9632 -32.0 -34.4 79 2.4 -32.4 223 50 340.3 340.4 295.0 342.9 0.69 16 250 10894 -41.9 -45.6 67 3.7 -42.2 229 51 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.8 0.26 17 200 12364 -53.7 -61.9 36 8.2 -53.9 231 46 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.05 18 150 14162 -64.9 -75.0 24 10.1 -65.0 217 36 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.3 0.01 19 100 16589 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 236 24 393.1 393.1 304.2 393.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.35 m Freezing level: 587.17 mb = 4571.61 m = 14998.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.33 mb = 4294.51 m = 14089.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 872.69 mb = 1276.31 m = 4187.31 ft T: 18.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 23.10 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.59 mb = 1416.24 m = 4646.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.20 C = 84.57 F Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.38 C Showalter Index: 0.24 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.30 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.38 C Cross Totals Index: 20.91 C K Index: 35.08 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 324.32 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.72 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 683.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.14 mb = 1291.58 m = 4237.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 836.14 mb = 1642.55 m = 5388.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 226.14 mb = 11554.70 m = 37908.66 ft B at Equ Level: 679.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.14 mb = 14742.34 m = 48366.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.4 at 26.8 knts Storm direction: 267.4 at 20.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 91.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.95 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.33 Bulk Rich Number: 24.25 Bulk Shear: 28.18 m/s