MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.24,-78.65 Latitude: 38.24 Longitude: -78.65 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 168 SFC 977 369 24.1 13.8 52 10.3 17.4 73 5 299.2 301.1 291.5 329.1 10.20 2 950 615 21.0 11.8 55 9.3 15.2 71 7 298.5 300.2 290.3 325.3 9.16 3 900 1079 16.5 10.6 68 5.8 12.9 65 7 298.5 300.1 290.2 324.7 8.96 4 850 1562 11.7 9.6 87 2.1 10.4 60 7 298.4 300.0 290.0 324.3 8.86 5 800 2066 8.5 -1.0 51 9.4 3.8 75 9 300.2 301.0 286.6 313.6 4.46 6 750 2599 9.4 -32.3 3 41.6 -1.7 101 10 306.7 306.8 284.5 307.9 0.34 7 700 3168 7.7 -38.9 2 46.7 -3.3 109 5 311.1 311.1 285.9 311.7 0.19 8 650 3774 4.5 -37.0 3 41.4 -5.4 123 2 314.0 314.1 287.1 314.9 0.25 9 600 4418 -0.1 -37.6 4 37.5 -8.4 153 1 316.0 316.0 287.7 316.9 0.25 10 550 5108 -4.5 -40.6 4 36.0 -11.6 246 5 318.7 318.8 288.6 319.5 0.20 11 500 5850 -9.3 -27.1 22 17.8 -13.9 238 12 321.7 321.8 290.2 324.6 0.83 12 450 6655 -15.7 -24.6 46 8.9 -18.0 234 14 323.5 323.7 291.0 327.5 1.15 13 400 7531 -21.6 -30.4 45 8.7 -23.4 270 22 326.9 327.0 291.6 329.6 0.76 14 350 8503 -27.6 -35.8 46 8.2 -28.9 252 53 331.5 331.6 292.6 333.4 0.51 15 300 9596 -35.3 -39.7 64 4.4 -35.8 231 56 335.6 335.7 293.6 337.2 0.40 16 250 10836 -45.4 -51.5 50 6.1 -45.7 231 67 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.1 0.13 17 200 12302 -50.8 -60.2 32 9.4 -51.1 245 77 352.3 352.3 297.2 352.6 0.06 18 150 14144 -58.2 -81.6 3 23.4 -58.5 245 52 369.8 369.8 300.5 369.8 0.00 19 100 16644 -65.0 -87.1 3 22.1 -65.1 259 34 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5682.76 m Freezing level: 601.36 mb = 4400.78 m = 14438.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 765.61 mb = 2428.71 m = 7968.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.09 C = 75.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.53 mb = 1664.72 m = 5461.61 ft T: 11.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 21.16 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.21 mb = 1898.86 m = 6229.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.47 C = 76.05 F Cap Strength: 5.15 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.08 C Showalter Index: 4.72 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.97 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.04 C Cross Totals Index: 18.93 C K Index: -16.03 Risk: None Sweat Index: 140.99 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.14 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7309.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.15 mb = 1778.11 m = 5833.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 122.0 at 6.6 knts Storm direction: 152.0 at 4.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 3.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.8 neg: -5.4 tot: 12.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.92 Bulk Shear: 4.07 m/s