MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509221800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 35.57,-83.18 Latitude: 35.57 Longitude: -83.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 140 1 950 588 2 900 1054 SFC 895 1099 16.0 15.5 97 0.5 15.7 170 4 298.4 300.7 293.0 334.6 12.43 4 850 1541 15.8 11.4 75 4.4 13.0 189 11 302.7 304.6 292.4 332.5 10.03 5 800 2055 13.1 8.6 74 4.5 10.3 237 12 305.1 306.7 292.1 331.4 8.78 6 750 2594 9.6 5.6 76 4.0 7.3 249 12 307.0 308.4 291.7 330.2 7.65 7 700 3164 6.1 1.9 74 4.2 3.8 250 14 309.3 310.4 291.3 328.6 6.29 8 650 3768 2.4 -1.5 76 3.9 0.4 246 15 311.7 312.7 291.2 328.2 5.29 9 600 4410 -1.3 -5.7 72 4.4 -3.3 250 17 314.7 315.5 291.2 328.0 4.18 10 550 5099 -5.2 -10.6 66 5.4 -7.5 240 16 317.9 318.5 291.2 328.0 3.09 11 500 5842 -9.4 -12.5 78 3.1 -10.6 211 16 321.6 322.2 292.1 331.3 2.93 12 450 6650 -13.4 -30.5 22 17.1 -17.3 214 18 326.4 326.5 291.4 328.8 0.67 13 400 7533 -19.9 -35.8 23 15.9 -22.7 213 16 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.8 0.45 14 350 8510 -26.5 -39.2 29 12.7 -28.3 220 19 333.0 333.1 292.9 334.4 0.37 15 300 9604 -35.6 -44.2 41 8.5 -36.4 241 29 335.2 335.2 293.3 336.1 0.25 16 250 10842 -46.6 -50.6 64 4.0 -46.8 227 19 336.8 336.8 293.7 337.4 0.15 17 200 12282 -56.2 -66.3 27 10.1 -56.4 260 23 343.8 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 18 150 14101 -58.5 -81.0 4 22.6 -58.7 260 34 369.4 369.4 300.5 369.4 0.00 19 100 16597 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 247 21 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5702.08 m Freezing level: 617.23 mb = 4188.89 m = 13742.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.27 mb = 3838.76 m = 12594.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.48 C = 76.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.33 mb = 1165.01 m = 3822.18 ft T: 15.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 6.63 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 753.12 mb = 2559.61 m = 8397.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: 0.61 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 0.67 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.04 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.22 C Cross Totals Index: 20.82 C K Index: 32.45 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 174.42 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5275.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.85 mb = 2045.71 m = 6711.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -0.0 tot: 39.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.87 Bulk Shear: 15.00 m/s