MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.5,-77.56 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -77.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 77 25.7 14.6 50 11.1 18.4 100 3 297.7 299.6 291.1 327.8 10.35 1 1000 190 25.4 13.7 48 11.7 17.8 103 8 298.5 300.3 290.9 327.3 9.86 2 950 638 21.2 12.3 57 8.9 15.5 101 8 298.7 300.4 290.7 326.5 9.50 3 900 1103 16.8 11.3 70 5.5 13.4 95 6 298.8 300.5 290.6 326.3 9.39 4 850 1586 13.9 -3.8 29 17.7 5.5 78 7 300.7 301.3 285.7 311.0 3.38 5 800 2096 12.9 -20.1 8 33.0 1.5 113 7 304.9 305.1 284.6 308.1 0.97 6 750 2635 11.3 -32.7 3 44.0 -0.8 142 3 308.8 308.9 285.3 309.9 0.33 7 700 3206 8.3 -22.5 9 30.8 -1.9 268 4 311.7 311.8 287.0 314.7 0.90 8 650 3814 4.3 -2.7 60 7.0 0.8 257 6 313.9 314.8 291.5 329.1 4.82 9 600 4461 0.2 -4.3 72 4.5 -2.0 262 8 316.4 317.2 292.0 331.2 4.63 10 550 5152 -4.4 -11.3 58 7.0 -7.2 259 9 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.5 2.92 11 500 5898 -7.3 -34.1 10 26.8 -13.3 263 19 324.1 324.2 290.5 325.7 0.43 12 450 6712 -11.5 -22.3 40 10.8 -14.8 267 32 328.8 329.1 292.7 333.8 1.42 13 400 7606 -16.4 -38.1 13 21.7 -20.4 267 39 333.7 333.8 293.1 335.1 0.36 14 350 8596 -23.2 -40.7 18 17.5 -25.8 262 41 337.5 337.6 294.0 338.8 0.31 15 300 9706 -31.6 -38.4 51 6.9 -32.5 258 52 340.9 341.0 295.0 342.7 0.46 16 250 10969 -41.8 -45.5 67 3.7 -42.2 252 59 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.26 17 200 12436 -54.1 -61.5 40 7.4 -54.3 251 62 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.05 18 150 14239 -62.8 -80.2 8 17.4 -63.0 251 39 361.9 361.9 299.1 361.9 0.00 19 100 16706 -67.5 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.6 251 20 397.3 397.3 304.8 397.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5707.67 m Freezing level: 597.77 mb = 4491.33 m = 14735.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.74 mb = 2439.55 m = 8003.68 ft Precipitable water: 0.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.99 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.99 mb = 1477.61 m = 4847.73 ft T: 14.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 19.70 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.34 mb = 3272.77 m = 10737.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 39.90 C = 103.83 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: 5.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.15 C Showalter Index: 14.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 24.62 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.16 C Cross Totals Index: 3.46 C K Index: -13.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 33.57 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.21 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7352.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 836.88 mb = 1717.13 m = 5633.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.0 at 7.9 knts Storm direction: 271.0 at 5.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.5 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -10.4 tot: 13.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.07 Bulk Shear: 26.21 m/s