MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 25 SEP 25 Station: 35.02,-79.45 Latitude: 35.02 Longitude: -79.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1002 105 22.9 21.6 92 1.3 22.0 181 4 295.9 298.8 295.1 343.1 16.41 1 1000 123 22.8 21.5 92 1.3 21.9 187 4 295.9 298.9 295.0 342.9 16.32 2 950 572 23.8 18.4 72 5.4 20.1 236 19 301.4 304.0 295.0 343.0 14.16 3 900 1044 21.1 17.1 78 4.0 18.4 223 20 303.3 305.8 295.3 344.1 13.78 4 850 1537 17.6 13.9 79 3.7 15.2 214 21 304.6 306.8 294.3 340.0 11.86 5 800 2053 14.6 8.8 68 5.8 11.0 211 22 306.7 308.4 292.7 333.7 8.93 6 750 2596 11.9 3.7 57 8.2 7.2 212 24 309.5 310.7 291.7 330.0 6.66 7 700 3171 9.5 -1.5 46 11.0 3.8 221 26 313.0 313.9 291.3 328.4 4.90 8 650 3782 5.1 -1.5 62 6.6 1.7 230 25 314.7 315.7 292.1 331.4 5.28 9 600 4429 0.2 -2.2 84 2.4 -1.0 240 28 316.4 317.4 292.7 333.6 5.42 10 550 5125 -1.3 -13.6 39 12.3 -6.2 232 32 322.5 323.0 291.9 330.7 2.43 11 500 5879 -5.4 -26.1 18 20.6 -11.4 223 36 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.7 0.91 12 450 6695 -11.5 -29.6 21 18.0 -16.0 225 35 328.8 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.73 13 400 7587 -16.9 -40.1 11 23.3 -20.8 226 34 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.29 14 350 8576 -23.4 -52.7 5 29.3 -26.5 222 34 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.08 15 300 9683 -32.5 -43.2 34 10.7 -33.7 224 27 339.5 339.6 294.5 340.6 0.28 16 250 10941 -41.9 -53.4 27 11.6 -42.5 216 29 343.8 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.11 17 200 12412 -53.8 -64.4 26 10.6 -54.1 209 31 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.7 0.03 18 150 14205 -66.7 -74.7 31 8.1 -66.7 246 27 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.01 19 100 16613 -71.6 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 223 19 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.13 m Freezing level: 593.05 mb = 4525.76 m = 14848.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.20 mb = 4174.42 m = 13695.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.69 % Est. max temperature: 31.57 C = 88.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 983.68 mb = 267.48 m = 877.54 ft T: 23.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 15.69 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.06 mb = 1647.34 m = 5404.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.09 C = 89.76 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.81 C Showalter Index: 1.34 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.05 C Cross Totals Index: 19.38 C K Index: 25.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 289.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.97 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 178.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 116.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 897.14 mb = 1071.60 m = 3515.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.14 mb = 3505.99 m = 11502.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.14 mb = 10106.61 m = 33157.75 ft B at Equ Level: 177.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.14 mb = 12662.03 m = 41541.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.4 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 255.4 at 18.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.8 neg: -1.6 tot: 69.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 7.16 Bulk Shear: 24.96 m/s