MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 24 SEP 25 Station: 36.80,-77.19 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -77.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1015 21 27.7 20.7 66 7.0 22.8 210 5 299.6 302.4 295.4 344.4 15.32 1 1000 149 25.2 19.5 70 5.8 21.2 213 6 298.4 301.0 294.4 340.2 14.37 2 950 599 22.3 15.1 64 7.2 17.5 227 13 299.8 301.9 292.6 333.3 11.44 3 900 1068 19.3 13.5 69 5.8 15.5 235 17 301.4 303.4 292.6 333.4 10.87 4 850 1556 15.3 12.7 85 2.6 13.6 240 19 302.2 304.2 292.9 334.5 10.93 5 800 2069 12.7 10.3 85 2.4 11.2 249 19 304.7 306.5 292.8 334.1 9.85 6 750 2609 9.6 6.7 82 2.9 7.9 246 21 307.0 308.6 292.3 332.0 8.24 7 700 3179 6.6 2.3 74 4.3 4.2 248 23 309.8 311.0 291.6 329.8 6.46 8 650 3785 4.1 -5.7 49 9.8 -0.5 252 22 313.6 314.4 290.5 325.9 3.84 9 600 4431 0.4 -12.5 37 12.9 -4.8 261 23 316.6 317.0 290.2 324.6 2.44 10 550 5124 -2.8 -15.8 36 13.0 -7.7 266 22 320.8 321.2 291.0 327.6 2.02 11 500 5873 -7.4 -14.3 58 6.9 -10.1 268 21 324.0 324.5 292.4 332.5 2.53 12 450 6685 -12.6 -18.5 61 5.9 -14.6 249 16 327.4 327.8 292.9 334.3 1.97 13 400 7573 -18.6 -24.8 58 6.2 -20.3 236 18 330.8 331.1 293.2 335.4 1.28 14 350 8556 -24.6 -31.5 53 6.9 -25.9 250 30 335.6 335.8 294.0 338.6 0.79 15 300 9661 -33.2 -43.2 36 9.9 -34.3 258 41 338.5 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.28 16 250 10910 -45.1 -51.5 48 6.5 -45.4 271 33 339.1 339.1 294.2 339.6 0.13 17 200 12356 -56.9 -59.6 71 2.8 -56.9 293 20 342.7 342.7 295.0 343.0 0.06 18 150 14137 -63.4 -76.6 15 13.3 -63.5 288 33 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.01 19 100 16604 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 259 18 398.4 398.4 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.82 m Freezing level: 594.11 mb = 4512.41 m = 14804.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.35 mb = 3717.64 m = 12196.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.14 % Est. max temperature: 30.05 C = 86.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.37 mb = 911.56 m = 2990.65 ft T: 20.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.22 C/km ThetaE index: 11.08 C Layer 1000.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 835.94 mb = 1697.51 m = 5569.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.97 C = 87.74 F Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.17 C Showalter Index: 1.73 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.85 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.71 C Cross Totals Index: 20.14 C K Index: 31.08 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 294.44 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.42 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3688.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.65 mb = 1292.45 m = 4240.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.5 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 281.5 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 64.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 64.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.36 Bulk Shear: 24.80 m/s