MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.35,-79.82 Latitude: 38.35 Longitude: -79.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 1 950 545 SFC 906 950 16.6 16.3 98 0.3 16.4 322 2 298.0 300.4 293.2 335.6 12.96 3 900 1009 16.5 16.1 97 0.4 16.3 323 3 298.5 300.9 293.3 336.0 12.89 4 850 1494 13.1 12.5 96 0.5 12.7 331 4 299.9 301.8 292.2 331.6 10.81 5 800 2002 10.6 9.7 94 0.9 10.0 276 5 302.4 304.2 291.9 330.6 9.49 6 750 2538 7.6 6.4 92 1.2 6.9 240 12 304.8 306.3 291.5 329.0 8.05 7 700 3104 4.4 2.3 86 2.1 3.2 243 22 307.3 308.5 290.9 327.0 6.45 8 650 3704 1.1 -3.1 73 4.2 -0.9 242 28 310.2 311.1 290.2 324.9 4.69 9 600 4344 -1.8 -12.9 42 11.1 -6.1 244 30 314.0 314.4 289.3 321.7 2.36 10 550 5032 -5.2 -21.9 25 16.8 -10.3 244 36 317.9 318.2 289.4 322.0 1.20 11 500 5773 -10.4 -27.9 22 17.5 -14.7 241 41 320.3 320.5 289.7 323.1 0.77 12 450 6574 -15.8 -38.5 12 22.7 -19.7 237 39 323.4 323.4 290.1 324.5 0.30 13 400 7452 -21.2 -45.6 9 24.4 -24.3 238 42 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.0 0.16 14 350 8425 -26.3 -31.1 64 4.8 -27.2 224 72 333.4 333.5 293.4 336.4 0.82 15 300 9520 -34.8 -48.2 24 13.4 -36.0 229 76 336.3 336.3 293.6 336.9 0.16 16 250 10769 -44.2 -48.8 60 4.7 -44.5 230 92 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.1 0.18 17 200 12229 -52.9 -72.3 8 19.3 -53.3 232 71 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14050 -61.4 -79.7 7 18.3 -61.6 237 56 364.3 364.3 299.5 364.3 0.00 19 100 16527 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 230 24 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.54 m Freezing level: 630.97 mb = 3947.80 m = 12951.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 661.03 mb = 3567.89 m = 11705.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.06 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.16 % Est. max temperature: 22.89 C = 73.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 902.50 mb = 985.22 m = 3232.31 ft T: 16.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 848.83 mb = 1505.41 m = 4938.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.44 C = 65.19 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -0.47 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: 0.09 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.46 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 33.95 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 848.63 mb = 1507.33 m = 4945.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 843.63 mb = 1556.88 m = 5107.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 563.63 mb = 4838.32 m = 15873.56 ft B at Equ Level: 79.02 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 333.63 mb = 8765.25 m = 28757.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 3.4 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.2 neg: -7.8 tot: 67.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.23 Bulk Shear: 84.65 m/s