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,-79.37 Latitude: 35.02 Longitude: -79.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 98 22.7 21.6 94 1.1 21.9 181 4 295.6 298.6 295.0 342.9 16.43 1 1000 124 22.6 21.5 94 1.1 21.8 187 4 295.7 298.7 295.0 342.8 16.36 2 950 573 23.9 18.4 71 5.5 20.1 236 19 301.4 304.0 295.1 343.1 14.16 3 900 1044 21.1 17.4 79 3.7 18.5 223 20 303.3 305.8 295.4 344.8 13.99 4 850 1537 17.6 14.2 80 3.4 15.3 214 21 304.6 306.8 294.4 340.6 12.07 5 800 2054 14.6 9.2 70 5.3 11.3 210 22 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.5 9.20 6 750 2597 11.8 3.6 57 8.2 7.2 212 24 309.4 310.6 291.6 329.8 6.63 7 700 3172 9.5 -1.3 47 10.9 3.8 222 26 313.0 314.0 291.3 328.7 4.96 8 650 3782 5.1 -1.6 62 6.7 1.6 230 25 314.7 315.7 292.0 331.3 5.22 9 600 4430 0.3 -3.0 78 3.4 -1.3 241 28 316.5 317.5 292.5 332.8 5.11 10 550 5125 -1.3 -14.9 35 13.6 -6.5 233 32 322.6 323.0 291.7 330.0 2.19 11 500 5879 -5.5 -26.8 17 21.3 -11.5 223 36 326.4 326.6 291.6 329.5 0.86 12 450 6695 -11.5 -29.4 21 17.8 -16.0 225 34 328.7 328.9 292.1 331.4 0.75 13 400 7588 -16.9 -40.2 11 23.4 -20.9 226 33 333.1 333.1 292.9 334.2 0.29 14 350 8576 -23.4 -54.3 4 30.9 -26.5 222 33 337.2 337.2 293.7 337.5 0.07 15 300 9684 -32.5 -43.6 32 11.1 -33.7 224 26 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.6 0.27 16 250 10942 -41.8 -53.8 26 12.0 -42.5 216 29 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.3 0.10 17 200 12413 -53.9 -64.3 27 10.4 -54.1 209 30 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14206 -66.7 -74.6 32 7.9 -66.7 246 26 355.2 355.2 297.8 355.3 0.01 19 100 16614 -71.6 -85.6 11 14.0 -71.6 223 19 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.67 m Freezing level: 589.29 mb = 4578.60 m = 15021.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.66 mb = 4129.75 m = 13548.88 ft Precipitable water: 1.68 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.62 C = 88.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.53 mb = 233.39 m = 765.69 ft T: 22.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 16.08 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.41 mb = 1623.85 m = 5327.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.05 C = 89.70 F Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lifted Index: -0.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: 1.09 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.71 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.06 C Cross Totals Index: 19.65 C K Index: 26.38 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 292.94 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 190.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 113.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.50 mb = 1049.14 m = 3442.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.50 mb = 3600.46 m = 11812.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 274.50 mb = 10296.46 m = 33780.64 ft B at Equ Level: 187.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 194.50 mb = 12586.28 m = 41293.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.6 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 255.6 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.4 neg: -4.7 tot: 67.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 8.30 Bulk Shear: 22.92 m/s