MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.13,-66.72 Latitude: 38.13 Longitude: -66.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1014 -2 24.8 24.3 97 0.5 24.4 258 5 296.7 300.2 297.1 352.1 19.15 1 1000 122 23.5 23.4 99 0.1 23.5 239 6 296.7 300.0 296.6 349.8 18.39 2 950 571 21.2 20.8 98 0.4 20.9 235 10 298.7 301.7 295.9 346.7 16.49 3 900 1040 19.4 18.4 94 0.9 18.7 243 9 301.5 304.2 295.7 345.6 15.00 4 850 1531 17.2 16.7 97 0.5 16.9 257 9 304.2 306.8 295.9 346.6 14.25 5 800 2049 14.9 14.4 96 0.6 14.6 265 10 307.0 309.5 295.8 346.1 12.96 6 750 2594 12.4 11.8 96 0.6 12.0 262 12 310.1 312.3 295.7 345.8 11.72 7 700 3172 9.6 9.1 97 0.5 9.3 254 15 313.1 315.1 295.6 345.3 10.42 8 650 3785 6.2 5.8 97 0.5 6.0 244 17 316.0 317.8 295.3 344.1 8.93 9 600 4439 3.4 2.9 97 0.4 3.1 234 22 320.0 321.6 295.6 345.3 7.90 10 550 5141 0.2 -0.2 98 0.3 -0.0 225 26 324.3 325.7 295.9 346.8 6.89 11 500 5902 -2.7 -3.1 97 0.5 -2.9 220 30 329.8 331.0 296.7 350.1 6.09 12 450 6733 -6.4 -7.3 93 1.0 -6.8 216 33 335.2 336.2 297.1 352.1 4.91 13 400 7647 -11.2 -12.6 89 1.5 -11.8 215 36 340.5 341.2 297.3 353.3 3.62 14 350 8660 -17.7 -19.8 83 2.2 -18.4 213 38 345.0 345.4 297.3 353.3 2.26 15 300 9795 -26.4 -29.0 79 2.6 -27.0 215 38 348.2 348.4 297.2 352.6 1.16 16 250 11084 -37.3 -40.5 72 3.2 -37.7 216 36 350.6 350.7 297.1 352.4 0.45 17 200 12579 -50.4 -54.2 64 3.8 -50.5 219 33 353.0 353.0 297.4 353.5 0.12 18 150 14381 -67.8 -72.0 55 4.1 -67.9 239 40 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.3 0.02 19 100 16761 -71.5 -83.2 16 11.6 -71.6 256 23 389.5 389.5 303.7 389.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.33 m Freezing level: 546.85 mb = 5188.71 m = 17023.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 550.61 mb = 5131.68 m = 16836.01 ft Precipitable water: 2.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.81 % Est. max temperature: 31.49 C = 88.68 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1007.61 mb = 55.88 m = 183.32 ft T: 24.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.44 C Layer 1000.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 955.86 mb = 517.40 m = 1697.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.75 F Cap Strength: 0.07 C Lifted Index: 1.00 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 1.53 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.32 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.91 C Cross Totals Index: 19.42 C K Index: 36.17 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 248.79 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.52 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 72.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 958.75 mb = 490.95 m = 1610.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 943.75 mb = 628.47 m = 2061.90 ft Equ Level (EL): 923.75 mb = 814.11 m = 2670.94 ft B at Equ Level: 16.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 443.75 mb = 6841.84 m = 22446.70 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.4 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 268.4 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 11.5 neg: -2.7 tot: 8.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.39 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 6.52 Bulk Shear: 11.06 m/s