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: 35.15,-79.11 Latitude: 35.15 Longitude: -79.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 84 22.6 21.6 94 1.0 21.9 182 4 295.4 298.3 294.9 342.4 16.38 1 1000 123 22.3 21.5 95 0.9 21.8 189 5 295.5 298.4 294.9 342.4 16.34 2 950 572 23.9 18.4 72 5.4 20.1 234 20 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.2 14.20 3 900 1044 21.1 17.8 82 3.3 18.8 225 21 303.2 305.9 295.7 345.9 14.39 4 850 1537 17.6 14.5 82 3.2 15.5 215 20 304.6 306.9 294.6 341.3 12.28 5 800 2054 14.6 11.7 83 2.9 12.7 208 20 306.7 308.7 294.1 339.4 10.86 6 750 2597 11.5 3.9 59 7.7 7.2 211 22 309.1 310.4 291.7 329.8 6.75 7 700 3171 9.7 -1.1 47 10.9 4.0 222 26 313.3 314.2 291.5 329.2 5.03 8 650 3782 5.1 -1.9 61 7.0 1.5 232 25 314.8 315.7 292.0 331.0 5.13 9 600 4430 0.6 -4.7 68 5.3 -2.0 242 28 316.8 317.7 292.0 331.3 4.51 10 550 5125 -1.2 -16.4 30 15.2 -6.9 233 32 322.6 323.0 291.5 329.2 1.92 11 500 5879 -5.5 -27.3 16 21.8 -11.6 224 36 326.3 326.5 291.5 329.3 0.82 12 450 6695 -11.6 -28.6 23 17.0 -15.9 225 34 328.6 328.8 292.2 331.5 0.80 13 400 7587 -16.8 -40.4 11 23.6 -20.9 226 33 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.28 14 350 8576 -23.4 -52.4 5 29.0 -26.5 224 33 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.6 0.09 15 300 9683 -32.7 -43.7 32 11.0 -33.8 225 27 339.4 339.4 294.4 340.4 0.27 16 250 10941 -41.8 -54.7 24 12.8 -42.5 219 30 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.09 17 200 12412 -54.0 -64.1 28 10.1 -54.2 210 30 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14205 -66.7 -74.5 33 7.8 -66.8 247 27 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 19 100 16613 -71.6 -85.5 11 14.0 -71.6 223 18 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.19 m Freezing level: 583.71 mb = 4656.31 m = 15276.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.53 mb = 4053.99 m = 13300.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.67 % Est. max temperature: 31.74 C = 89.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.85 mb = 212.39 m = 696.80 ft T: 22.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 16.73 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.14 mb = 1596.02 m = 5236.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.11 C = 89.80 F Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lifted Index: -0.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.00 C Showalter Index: 0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.12 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.14 C Cross Totals Index: 19.98 C K Index: 26.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 296.33 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 207.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 111.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 904.03 mb = 1004.99 m = 3297.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.03 mb = 3544.41 m = 11628.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 269.03 mb = 10435.13 m = 34235.57 ft B at Equ Level: 204.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.03 mb = 13102.38 m = 42986.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 226.1 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 256.1 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.9 neg: -12.4 tot: 70.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 9.81 Bulk Shear: 21.20 m/s