MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 37.32,-79.84 Latitude: 37.32 Longitude: -79.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 237 SFC 983 382 14.2 13.2 94 1.0 13.6 14 5 288.8 290.5 287.5 316.1 9.75 2 950 671 11.7 11.4 98 0.2 11.5 31 13 289.0 290.6 286.8 314.2 8.96 3 900 1124 13.6 13.5 99 0.1 13.6 103 9 295.6 297.5 290.8 326.9 10.88 4 850 1608 13.7 13.6 99 0.1 13.7 178 10 300.5 302.6 293.0 334.6 11.61 5 800 2120 12.7 12.6 99 0.1 12.6 217 9 304.7 306.8 294.1 339.1 11.54 6 750 2661 10.1 9.2 94 1.0 9.5 238 9 307.6 309.4 293.6 337.2 9.77 7 700 3232 7.0 6.4 96 0.6 6.6 218 11 310.2 311.8 293.5 336.7 8.64 8 650 3839 3.6 2.5 93 1.1 2.9 214 13 313.0 314.4 293.0 335.0 7.06 9 600 4485 0.0 -0.8 94 0.8 -0.4 213 15 316.1 317.3 293.1 335.2 6.02 10 550 5178 -3.8 -4.4 96 0.6 -4.1 209 15 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.8 5.03 11 500 5926 -7.2 -7.6 97 0.4 -7.4 207 18 324.3 325.1 294.0 338.6 4.33 12 450 6740 -12.9 -13.9 92 1.0 -13.3 215 16 327.0 327.6 293.6 336.9 2.91 13 400 7629 -17.6 -25.8 49 8.2 -19.7 228 18 332.1 332.4 293.4 336.3 1.17 14 350 8615 -24.0 -28.7 65 4.8 -25.0 227 22 336.4 336.6 294.4 340.2 1.02 15 300 9721 -32.8 -37.0 66 4.2 -33.3 239 24 339.2 339.3 294.6 341.2 0.53 16 250 10976 -43.2 -49.9 48 6.7 -43.6 230 31 341.8 341.9 294.9 342.5 0.16 17 200 12439 -54.3 -64.7 27 10.3 -54.6 227 37 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.9 0.03 18 150 14239 -63.0 -74.9 18 12.0 -63.1 226 28 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16724 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 175 4 402.9 402.9 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.19 m Freezing level: 599.84 mb = 4487.32 m = 14722.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.61 mb = 4396.74 m = 14424.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.15 % Est. max temperature: 27.26 C = 81.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.52 mb = 507.62 m = 1665.41 ft T: 13.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 4.13 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 971.07 mb = 485.47 m = 1592.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.32 C = 57.78 F Cap Strength: 7.43 C Lifted Index: 9.15 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.49 C Showalter Index: 1.95 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.68 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.80 C K Index: 33.91 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.70 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9266.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.13 mb = 865.99 m = 2841.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 207.8 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 237.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.2 neg: -2.1 tot: 110.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 36.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.57 Bulk Shear: 69.40 m/s