MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 22 SEP 25 Station: 37.62,-79.81 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -79.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 SFC 964 480 25.0 19.7 72 5.3 21.3 176 5 301.4 304.2 295.8 346.1 15.20 2 950 603 22.3 18.7 80 3.5 19.8 189 6 299.8 302.4 294.8 342.0 14.46 3 900 1071 17.5 17.1 97 0.4 17.2 195 8 299.5 302.0 294.2 339.6 13.73 4 850 1558 14.7 13.0 89 1.7 13.6 225 7 301.5 303.6 292.9 334.3 11.11 5 800 2069 12.1 9.6 85 2.4 10.6 206 7 304.0 305.8 292.3 332.2 9.44 6 750 2607 8.9 6.5 85 2.4 7.5 218 8 306.2 307.7 291.9 330.7 8.10 7 700 3175 5.3 3.2 86 2.2 4.1 243 9 308.4 309.7 291.6 329.5 6.88 8 650 3778 1.8 -0.6 84 2.4 0.6 255 10 311.0 312.1 291.3 328.7 5.66 9 600 4419 -1.7 -3.7 86 2.0 -2.7 246 14 314.2 315.1 291.6 329.5 4.84 10 550 5109 -4.7 -6.9 84 2.2 -5.7 236 17 318.6 319.4 292.3 332.0 4.15 11 500 5854 -8.5 -10.7 84 2.2 -9.4 238 19 322.7 323.4 292.8 334.0 3.39 12 450 6664 -13.6 -18.6 66 5.0 -15.2 237 21 326.1 326.5 292.5 332.9 1.96 13 400 7547 -20.4 -31.0 38 10.6 -22.5 227 22 328.5 328.6 292.0 331.1 0.72 14 350 8521 -27.4 -39.0 32 11.6 -29.0 226 26 331.8 331.8 292.6 333.2 0.37 15 300 9610 -36.3 -45.6 38 9.3 -37.1 225 26 334.2 334.3 293.1 335.1 0.22 16 250 10847 -46.5 -53.5 45 7.0 -46.9 214 28 336.9 336.9 293.6 337.3 0.10 17 200 12288 -57.2 -64.9 37 7.7 -57.3 225 25 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 18 150 14087 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 230 35 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.9 0.00 19 100 16573 -66.1 -85.5 5 19.5 -66.2 258 24 400.1 400.1 305.2 400.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.35 m Freezing level: 624.05 mb = 4110.64 m = 13486.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.77 mb = 3892.29 m = 12769.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.62 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.05 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 891.71 mb = 1149.61 m = 3771.65 ft T: 17.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.16 C/km ThetaE index: 17.44 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 888.09 mb = 1184.31 m = 3885.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.66 C = 74.59 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.36 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.15 C Cross Totals Index: 21.43 C K Index: 33.94 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 778.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 888.28 mb = 1182.45 m = 3879.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 883.28 mb = 1230.52 m = 4037.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.28 mb = 11576.88 m = 37981.44 ft B at Equ Level: 777.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 143.28 mb = 14368.33 m = 47139.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.7 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 263.7 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.1 neg: -1.2 tot: 13.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 83.21 Bulk Shear: 9.35 m/s