MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.12,-77.14 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -77.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1022 24 20.8 18.6 87 2.2 19.4 351 6 292.1 294.5 291.7 329.9 13.32 1 1000 207 18.8 18.0 95 0.9 18.3 356 11 292.0 294.3 291.5 329.0 13.07 2 950 651 18.9 17.3 90 1.6 17.8 50 15 296.4 298.7 292.9 334.3 13.16 3 900 1114 16.2 13.9 86 2.4 14.7 55 9 298.2 300.2 291.9 330.6 11.14 4 850 1599 13.9 11.1 83 2.9 12.1 49 9 300.7 302.5 291.6 329.6 9.79 5 800 2110 11.8 11.1 96 0.6 11.4 48 6 303.7 305.6 293.0 334.9 10.47 6 750 2650 10.1 10.0 99 0.1 10.1 168 3 307.6 309.5 294.1 339.0 10.37 7 700 3221 6.9 3.6 80 3.3 5.0 260 6 310.1 311.4 292.2 332.0 7.10 8 650 3828 5.2 -9.9 33 15.1 -1.3 265 11 314.9 315.4 289.9 323.9 2.77 9 600 4477 1.6 -18.0 22 19.7 -5.4 261 14 318.0 318.3 289.8 323.2 1.54 10 550 5172 -2.2 -16.6 32 14.4 -7.5 248 19 321.5 321.9 291.2 328.0 1.90 11 500 5924 -5.8 -26.2 18 20.4 -11.6 241 23 325.9 326.1 291.5 329.1 0.90 12 450 6740 -11.5 -20.9 46 9.4 -14.5 236 27 328.8 329.1 292.9 334.5 1.61 13 400 7633 -17.2 -27.9 39 10.7 -19.8 228 33 332.7 332.9 293.4 336.2 0.97 14 350 8620 -23.9 -25.2 89 1.4 -24.2 228 38 336.6 336.9 294.7 341.7 1.41 15 300 9726 -32.1 -37.1 61 5.0 -32.9 224 40 340.1 340.2 294.8 342.1 0.53 16 250 10987 -42.2 -54.1 26 11.9 -42.9 223 45 343.3 343.3 295.2 343.7 0.10 17 200 12452 -54.7 -61.0 46 6.2 -54.9 222 44 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14245 -63.3 -75.2 19 11.9 -63.4 232 32 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.01 19 100 16723 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 209 3 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5716.62 m Freezing level: 578.41 mb = 4777.29 m = 15673.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 660.49 mb = 3696.91 m = 12128.81 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.35 % Est. max temperature: 28.32 C = 82.97 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 989.73 mb = 296.49 m = 972.73 ft T: 18.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.70 C/km ThetaE index: 15.72 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.61 mb = 1117.69 m = 3666.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.92 C = 80.45 F Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lifted Index: 4.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.92 C Showalter Index: 5.62 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.77 C Cross Totals Index: 16.92 C K Index: 27.58 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 173.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.01 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.45 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5531.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 949.67 mb = 653.90 m = 2145.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 11.6 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 91.5 neg: -9.9 tot: 81.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 39.62 m/s