MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 27 SEP 25 Station: 37.1,-79.89 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -79.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 115 SFC 969 387 18.6 18.2 98 0.3 18.4 43 4 294.4 296.8 292.7 333.6 13.73 2 950 556 17.3 17.2 100 0.1 17.3 57 10 294.8 297.1 292.4 332.4 13.14 3 900 1018 16.5 16.3 99 0.2 16.4 129 18 298.6 300.9 293.4 336.6 13.08 4 850 1505 14.6 14.0 96 0.6 14.3 157 14 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.7 11.94 5 800 2016 12.0 11.2 95 0.8 11.5 165 13 303.9 305.9 293.1 335.2 10.50 6 750 2555 9.1 8.2 94 0.9 8.6 170 12 306.4 308.1 292.8 334.0 9.14 7 700 3125 6.0 5.0 94 1.0 5.4 187 12 309.1 310.6 292.6 333.2 7.85 8 650 3729 2.6 1.3 91 1.2 1.9 199 15 311.9 313.1 292.3 332.1 6.49 9 600 4372 -1.6 -3.0 90 1.4 -2.3 208 13 314.3 315.3 291.9 330.5 5.13 10 550 5062 -4.4 -5.0 95 0.6 -4.7 210 14 318.9 319.8 292.9 334.3 4.79 11 500 5806 -10.1 -12.0 86 1.9 -10.9 196 16 320.7 321.3 291.9 330.8 3.04 12 450 6613 -13.9 -15.8 86 1.9 -14.6 199 30 325.8 326.3 292.9 334.2 2.49 13 400 7499 -18.6 -20.7 84 2.1 -19.3 192 45 330.8 331.1 293.6 337.2 1.84 14 350 8480 -25.7 -28.4 78 2.7 -26.3 191 51 334.1 334.3 293.8 337.9 1.05 15 300 9578 -34.5 -37.6 74 3.0 -34.9 193 63 336.7 336.8 294.0 338.7 0.50 16 250 10822 -44.9 -51.8 46 6.9 -45.3 192 69 339.2 339.3 294.3 339.8 0.13 17 200 12281 -54.3 -69.3 14 15.0 -54.5 197 66 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14088 -61.7 -78.5 9 16.8 -61.9 207 31 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.8 0.01 19 100 16556 -67.2 -85.5 6 18.3 -67.3 235 25 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5690.77 m Freezing level: 618.98 mb = 4127.89 m = 13542.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 627.23 mb = 4015.33 m = 13173.51 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.84 % Est. max temperature: 27.11 C = 80.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.46 mb = 426.48 m = 1399.18 ft T: 18.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 6.12 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1136.92 m = 3730.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.42 C = 74.15 F Cap Strength: 0.85 C Lifted Index: -1.16 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.07 C Showalter Index: -1.92 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.89 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.74 C Cross Totals Index: 24.14 C K Index: 37.82 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.24 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 90.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.08 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.90 mb = 877.63 m = 2879.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.90 mb = 3125.71 m = 10254.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 449.90 mb = 6614.33 m = 21700.30 ft B at Equ Level: 89.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 359.90 mb = 8274.90 m = 27148.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 183.5 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 213.5 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 136.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 136.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 45.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 1.77 Bulk Shear: 51.23 m/s