MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 37.49,-83.96 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -83.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 134 SFC 977 336 22.3 19.5 84 2.9 20.4 177 3 297.5 300.1 294.3 340.1 14.74 2 950 581 22.6 19.4 82 3.2 20.4 214 13 300.1 302.8 295.3 344.3 15.09 3 900 1050 18.7 17.7 94 0.9 18.0 231 13 300.7 303.4 295.0 342.8 14.32 4 850 1539 15.3 12.1 81 3.3 13.2 245 9 302.2 304.1 292.6 333.1 10.46 5 800 2050 11.8 6.3 69 5.5 8.6 251 9 303.7 305.1 290.6 326.3 7.52 6 750 2588 10.2 -0.8 46 11.0 4.5 250 13 307.6 308.5 289.5 322.5 4.81 7 700 3159 7.4 -12.2 23 19.6 -0.6 255 14 310.7 311.1 288.0 317.7 2.15 8 650 3764 3.6 -16.7 21 20.3 -3.8 262 17 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.2 1.59 9 600 4407 -0.9 -13.7 37 12.8 -5.8 267 19 315.1 315.5 289.5 322.4 2.21 10 550 5097 -4.2 -13.8 47 9.7 -7.9 265 23 319.1 319.6 290.9 327.1 2.38 11 500 5842 -8.3 -15.6 56 7.3 -10.9 262 27 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.6 2.27 12 450 6652 -13.2 -15.4 83 2.2 -14.0 262 31 326.6 327.1 293.2 335.3 2.56 13 400 7540 -18.2 -21.9 72 3.7 -19.3 259 35 331.4 331.7 293.6 337.2 1.65 14 350 8525 -25.1 -33.2 47 8.1 -26.6 264 39 334.9 335.0 293.7 337.4 0.67 15 300 9627 -33.6 -37.0 72 3.4 -34.1 271 28 338.0 338.1 294.3 340.0 0.53 16 250 10874 -45.3 -48.9 67 3.6 -45.6 275 35 338.7 338.7 294.1 339.4 0.18 17 200 12319 -56.9 -61.4 56 4.5 -56.9 284 42 342.7 342.7 295.0 342.9 0.05 18 150 14113 -61.8 -77.9 10 16.1 -62.0 281 43 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16602 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 277 18 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5708.07 m Freezing level: 609.82 mb = 4280.50 m = 14043.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 705.62 mb = 3092.63 m = 10146.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.36 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.70 % Est. max temperature: 27.74 C = 81.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.21 mb = 698.76 m = 2292.48 ft T: 21.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 26.60 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.79 mb = 1205.35 m = 3954.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.05 C = 78.88 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -2.52 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.02 C Showalter Index: 1.46 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.61 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 16.06 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 188.54 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 680.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.56 mb = 1073.16 m = 3520.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 862.56 mb = 1413.26 m = 4636.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.56 mb = 12236.25 m = 40144.71 ft B at Equ Level: 673.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.56 mb = 14425.21 m = 47326.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 16.7 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.5 neg: -8.0 tot: 55.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 39.89 Bulk Shear: 17.07 m/s