MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 37.51,-82.12 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -82.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 963 434 23.4 18.9 76 4.5 20.2 273 2 299.7 302.4 294.7 341.8 14.39 2 950 555 21.2 17.5 79 3.7 18.7 270 2 298.7 301.1 293.7 337.5 13.33 3 900 1020 16.4 16.1 98 0.3 16.2 254 3 298.4 300.8 293.3 335.9 12.90 4 850 1505 13.9 11.6 86 2.3 12.4 239 7 300.7 302.6 291.9 330.6 10.15 5 800 2015 11.3 8.9 85 2.4 9.8 248 8 303.1 304.8 291.7 329.8 8.96 6 750 2552 8.5 5.8 83 2.7 6.9 242 10 305.8 307.2 291.5 329.2 7.73 7 700 3120 5.6 2.4 80 3.2 3.8 246 12 308.7 309.9 291.3 328.7 6.51 8 650 3723 2.1 -1.4 77 3.6 0.3 250 14 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.0 5.31 9 600 4365 -0.9 -3.6 82 2.7 -2.3 253 16 315.0 316.0 291.9 330.6 4.89 10 550 5055 -5.2 -14.5 48 9.3 -8.7 249 19 317.9 318.3 290.4 325.4 2.25 11 500 5797 -9.0 -29.1 18 20.1 -14.0 243 26 322.0 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.69 12 450 6604 -14.3 -43.0 7 28.7 -18.8 244 29 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.19 13 400 7485 -21.1 -46.6 8 25.6 -24.2 246 27 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.14 14 350 8453 -28.7 -40.2 32 11.5 -30.2 233 38 330.0 330.1 292.0 331.3 0.33 15 300 9542 -35.8 -55.5 11 19.7 -37.0 233 66 335.0 335.0 293.1 335.2 0.07 16 250 10783 -45.7 -57.9 24 12.2 -46.2 228 76 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.06 17 200 12230 -55.8 -67.8 21 12.0 -56.1 231 59 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.4 0.02 18 150 14032 -62.2 -80.3 7 18.2 -62.3 227 45 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16518 -65.0 -85.7 4 20.8 -65.1 232 12 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.22 m Freezing level: 615.21 mb = 4169.92 m = 13680.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.93 mb = 3797.92 m = 12460.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.40 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.77 % Est. max temperature: 26.12 C = 79.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 901.47 mb = 1005.93 m = 3300.26 ft T: 16.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 13.84 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 884.77 mb = 1164.91 m = 3821.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: -0.55 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.83 C Showalter Index: 1.91 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.57 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.93 C Cross Totals Index: 20.64 C K Index: 31.37 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 178.91 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 258.59 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 887.60 mb = 1137.79 m = 3732.85 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 872.60 mb = 1282.47 m = 4207.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 312.60 mb = 9251.32 m = 30351.74 ft B at Equ Level: 257.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.60 mb = 12146.45 m = 39850.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 13.58 Bulk Shear: 19.04 m/s