MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 29 SEP 25 Station: 37.46,-80.26 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -80.26 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 165 1 950 606 SFC 940 693 17.0 16.6 98 0.4 16.7 69 4 295.2 297.5 292.2 331.7 12.70 3 900 1067 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.4 76 7 296.5 298.6 291.6 329.8 11.53 4 850 1550 13.5 12.0 91 1.5 12.5 139 3 300.3 302.2 291.9 330.8 10.40 5 800 2059 11.2 8.7 84 2.6 9.7 108 1 303.1 304.8 291.6 329.5 8.85 6 750 2596 8.1 5.8 85 2.3 6.8 146 4 305.3 306.8 291.3 328.7 7.73 7 700 3163 5.1 2.4 82 2.8 3.6 164 7 308.2 309.4 291.2 328.1 6.50 8 650 3765 1.8 -2.1 75 3.9 -0.2 161 10 311.0 311.9 290.7 326.7 5.04 9 600 4406 -1.6 -10.4 51 8.8 -5.3 165 13 314.3 314.8 289.9 323.6 2.88 10 550 5094 -5.2 -33.8 9 28.6 -11.6 168 15 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.4 0.40 11 500 5835 -10.1 -19.2 47 9.2 -13.0 169 16 320.8 321.1 290.7 326.5 1.67 12 450 6639 -15.7 -28.0 34 12.3 -18.6 174 20 323.5 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.85 13 400 7514 -22.4 -32.8 38 10.4 -24.3 182 24 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.1 0.60 14 350 8479 -29.4 -48.5 14 19.1 -31.2 184 34 329.2 329.2 291.6 329.7 0.13 15 300 9567 -35.6 -58.6 8 22.9 -36.9 181 49 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.4 0.05 16 250 10812 -43.6 -66.2 6 22.6 -44.3 180 42 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12283 -51.6 -71.1 8 19.5 -52.0 186 30 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.1 0.01 18 150 14114 -59.3 -82.5 3 23.2 -59.5 206 27 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16605 -66.3 -85.7 5 19.4 -66.4 230 14 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5670.57 m Freezing level: 623.78 mb = 4101.42 m = 13455.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.08 mb = 3739.12 m = 12267.30 ft Precipitable water: 1.20 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.16 % Est. max temperature: 25.11 C = 77.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 935.12 mb = 740.83 m = 2430.53 ft T: 16.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.68 C/km ThetaE index: 11.44 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1627.41 m = 5339.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.34 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.31 C = 72.16 F Cap Strength: 1.21 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.32 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.55 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.02 C K Index: 32.73 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 165.19 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.88 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6042.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.60 mb = 1250.88 m = 4103.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 162.2 at 10.0 knts Storm direction: 192.2 at 7.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.2 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.3 neg: -6.9 tot: 15.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.43 Bulk Shear: 16.92 m/s