MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 36.65,-76.14 Latitude: 36.65 Longitude: -76.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1018 1 27.8 21.8 70 6.0 23.5 17 14 299.5 302.4 296.0 347.3 16.37 1 1000 156 25.1 20.6 76 4.5 21.9 18 17 298.3 301.1 295.1 343.3 15.48 2 950 606 20.7 19.4 93 1.2 19.8 18 19 298.1 300.9 294.8 342.1 15.13 3 900 1072 18.1 15.8 86 2.3 16.5 16 14 300.1 302.4 293.6 337.0 12.61 4 850 1561 15.9 13.0 83 2.9 14.0 330 10 302.8 304.9 293.3 335.9 11.15 5 800 2076 14.7 10.1 74 4.6 11.8 319 13 306.9 308.7 293.4 336.3 9.75 6 750 2620 11.9 8.9 82 3.0 10.0 296 12 309.5 311.3 294.0 338.7 9.56 7 700 3195 8.7 5.8 82 2.9 7.0 280 14 312.2 313.7 293.8 337.8 8.30 8 650 3805 5.5 1.9 77 3.7 3.5 275 18 315.2 316.5 293.4 336.5 6.76 9 600 4457 2.1 -3.4 67 5.5 -0.7 273 19 318.6 319.5 292.9 334.6 4.98 10 550 5154 -1.8 -6.6 70 4.8 -4.1 270 18 322.0 322.8 293.3 335.9 4.25 11 500 5906 -6.3 -10.5 72 4.2 -8.1 258 20 325.4 326.1 293.6 336.9 3.43 12 450 6724 -10.5 -23.1 35 12.6 -14.3 249 21 330.0 330.2 293.0 334.7 1.32 13 400 7622 -15.4 -21.4 60 5.9 -17.3 244 25 335.0 335.3 294.6 341.2 1.74 14 350 8617 -21.6 -29.3 50 7.7 -23.4 241 31 339.7 339.9 295.1 343.3 0.97 15 300 9737 -28.8 -48.8 13 20.1 -30.9 243 39 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.5 0.15 16 250 11015 -38.9 -55.2 16 16.2 -39.9 236 43 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.5 0.09 17 200 12503 -51.4 -60.3 34 8.9 -51.7 231 43 351.3 351.3 297.0 351.6 0.06 18 150 14306 -65.9 -72.5 39 6.6 -65.9 238 40 356.6 356.6 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16726 -70.0 -85.8 8 15.8 -70.1 251 22 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.51 m Freezing level: 572.95 mb = 4833.92 m = 15859.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.21 mb = 4345.94 m = 14258.15 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.49 % Est. max temperature: 30.22 C = 86.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.92 mb = 762.48 m = 2501.54 ft T: 19.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 11.38 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 913.67 mb = 942.19 m = 3091.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.93 C = 82.27 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -0.51 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.33 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.51 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 19.30 C K Index: 32.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 195.29 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.18 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 24.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 51.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.05 mb = 807.56 m = 2649.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.05 mb = 4149.91 m = 13615.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 453.05 mb = 6671.43 m = 21887.61 ft B at Equ Level: 23.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 403.05 mb = 7563.81 m = 24815.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.9 at 15.9 knts Storm direction: 327.9 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 4.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 151.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.8 neg: -16.2 tot: -1.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.42 Bulk Shear: 59.44 m/s