MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 23 SEP 25 Station: 35.36,-79.37 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -79.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 119 23.3 16.1 64 7.2 18.5 50 2 296.3 298.3 291.6 329.6 11.55 1 1000 143 23.7 15.9 62 7.8 18.5 82 3 296.8 298.9 291.6 329.8 11.41 2 950 593 23.6 11.7 47 11.9 16.1 135 6 301.1 302.8 291.2 328.1 9.12 3 900 1061 19.1 10.1 56 9.0 13.6 149 5 301.2 302.8 290.8 326.8 8.65 4 850 1549 14.7 10.8 77 3.9 12.3 168 5 301.6 303.3 291.7 330.0 9.62 5 800 2060 12.3 2.6 51 9.7 7.1 203 6 304.3 305.4 289.3 321.8 5.77 6 750 2599 10.6 -2.0 41 12.6 4.2 211 6 308.0 308.9 289.3 321.7 4.40 7 700 3171 7.7 -2.9 47 10.6 2.4 238 11 311.0 311.8 290.2 324.8 4.41 8 650 3776 3.0 -3.3 63 6.3 -0.1 230 18 312.4 313.2 290.8 326.9 4.62 9 600 4419 -1.0 -10.1 50 9.1 -4.8 220 18 315.0 315.6 290.2 324.6 2.97 10 550 5108 -4.8 -22.6 23 17.8 -10.2 215 17 318.4 318.6 289.5 322.2 1.13 11 500 5853 -7.5 -33.4 11 25.9 -13.4 224 17 323.9 324.0 290.5 325.6 0.46 12 450 6665 -12.6 -30.4 21 17.9 -16.7 230 15 327.5 327.6 291.7 329.9 0.68 13 400 7551 -19.4 -39.4 15 20.0 -22.7 208 15 329.8 329.8 292.0 330.9 0.31 14 350 8527 -27.2 -38.6 33 11.4 -28.7 202 15 332.1 332.2 292.7 333.6 0.39 15 300 9618 -36.0 -41.6 57 5.5 -36.6 212 20 334.6 334.7 293.3 335.9 0.33 16 250 10855 -46.6 -52.3 52 5.7 -46.9 209 20 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.2 0.12 17 200 12306 -53.4 -77.0 4 23.7 -53.7 225 28 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 14120 -61.2 -80.4 6 19.2 -61.4 234 29 364.6 364.6 299.6 364.6 0.00 19 100 16596 -67.3 -85.6 6 18.3 -67.4 249 15 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5709.61 m Freezing level: 612.13 mb = 4263.44 m = 13987.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.98 mb = 3751.40 m = 12307.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.18 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.65 C = 83.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.74 mb = 1044.74 m = 3427.57 ft T: 19.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.33 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.42 mb = 3083.24 m = 10115.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.62 C = 99.71 F Cap Strength: 3.95 C Lifted Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.95 C Showalter Index: 3.74 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.22 C Cross Totals Index: 18.30 C K Index: 22.48 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.31 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6813.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 820.45 mb = 1847.32 m = 6060.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.5 at 11.4 knts Storm direction: 245.5 at 8.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.4 neg: -0.0 tot: 28.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 21.12 m/s