MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 34.25,-85.16 Latitude: 34.25 Longitude: -85.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 986 227 25.2 19.2 70 5.9 21.0 232 3 299.5 302.2 294.7 341.5 14.37 2 950 550 23.0 18.1 74 4.9 19.6 232 12 300.5 303.0 294.6 341.1 13.85 3 900 1019 18.8 15.8 83 3.0 16.8 227 13 300.9 303.2 293.8 338.0 12.65 4 850 1507 15.7 9.9 69 5.8 12.1 233 6 302.6 304.2 291.6 329.4 9.05 5 800 2019 12.7 5.0 60 7.6 8.3 251 9 304.7 305.9 290.4 325.4 6.87 6 750 2559 10.3 0.2 49 10.1 4.9 249 19 307.8 308.7 289.9 323.7 5.17 7 700 3129 6.5 -0.1 63 6.6 3.0 246 29 309.7 310.7 290.7 326.5 5.42 8 650 3733 3.6 -16.1 22 19.7 -3.7 243 34 313.0 313.3 288.2 318.5 1.67 9 600 4379 1.0 -23.0 15 24.0 -6.6 245 33 317.2 317.4 288.9 320.7 1.00 10 550 5073 -3.4 -27.9 13 24.5 -10.0 246 28 320.1 320.2 289.5 322.6 0.70 11 500 5818 -8.1 -33.7 11 25.6 -13.9 246 36 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.8 0.44 12 450 6628 -13.0 -18.7 62 5.7 -14.8 237 47 327.0 327.3 292.7 333.7 1.95 13 400 7517 -18.2 -46.0 7 27.8 -22.1 229 53 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.0 0.15 14 350 8496 -26.4 -39.2 29 12.8 -28.2 230 61 333.2 333.2 292.9 334.6 0.36 15 300 9600 -32.1 -34.9 76 2.8 -32.6 214 66 340.1 340.3 295.0 342.6 0.66 16 250 10859 -43.0 -46.1 71 3.1 -43.2 208 67 342.1 342.2 295.1 343.1 0.24 17 200 12316 -55.1 -64.9 28 9.8 -55.3 227 76 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.03 18 150 14128 -62.3 -81.3 6 19.0 -62.4 226 47 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16580 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.3 259 22 394.0 394.0 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5717.20 m Freezing level: 588.82 mb = 4534.04 m = 14875.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 677.58 mb = 3394.41 m = 11136.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.00 mb = 980.30 m = 3216.17 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.43 C/km ThetaE index: 17.81 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 852.54 mb = 1481.88 m = 4861.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.53 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.09 C Showalter Index: 3.41 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.78 C Cross Totals Index: 18.02 C K Index: 27.07 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.88 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.81 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 193.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.93 mb = 1240.71 m = 4070.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 801.93 mb = 1998.79 m = 6557.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 321.93 mb = 9094.56 m = 29837.44 ft B at Equ Level: 187.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 231.93 mb = 11348.76 m = 37233.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.0 at 23.5 knts Storm direction: 274.0 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.3 neg: -20.7 tot: 47.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.86 Bulk Shear: 28.12 m/s