MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 4 AUG 25 Station: 36.74,-76.77 Latitude: 36.74 Longitude: -76.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1017 17 19.1 17.0 88 2.1 17.8 39 3 290.8 293.0 290.2 324.9 12.09 1 1000 165 20.6 14.9 70 5.7 17.0 53 10 293.8 295.7 290.1 324.4 10.72 2 950 607 16.7 12.9 78 3.9 14.3 45 12 294.1 295.9 289.5 322.4 9.85 3 900 1065 13.4 5.6 59 7.7 9.1 36 16 295.3 296.5 286.7 313.8 6.36 4 850 1545 14.7 -17.6 9 32.3 2.9 55 14 301.5 301.8 283.5 305.2 1.12 5 800 2056 14.0 -30.6 3 44.6 1.1 64 7 306.1 306.2 284.3 307.4 0.37 6 750 2596 12.0 -27.1 5 39.1 -0.0 34 2 309.6 309.8 285.9 311.6 0.55 7 700 3170 9.3 -27.0 6 36.3 -1.8 279 3 312.8 312.9 287.1 314.9 0.60 8 650 3778 5.0 -10.0 33 15.1 -1.5 271 5 314.7 315.2 289.9 323.6 2.75 9 600 4426 0.6 -6.0 61 6.6 -2.6 251 10 316.8 317.5 291.7 329.9 4.07 10 550 5119 -3.4 -9.4 63 6.0 -6.0 217 13 320.0 320.7 292.0 331.2 3.40 11 500 5866 -8.3 -11.2 79 3.0 -9.5 228 18 323.0 323.6 292.7 333.8 3.24 12 450 6675 -14.0 -16.7 80 2.7 -15.0 264 25 325.6 326.0 292.6 333.4 2.29 13 400 7560 -19.6 -23.8 69 4.2 -20.7 250 34 329.5 329.8 292.9 334.4 1.40 14 350 8537 -27.1 -30.1 75 3.1 -27.6 242 44 332.3 332.4 293.2 335.5 0.89 15 300 9632 -32.8 -44.7 30 11.9 -34.0 249 60 339.1 339.2 294.3 340.1 0.24 16 250 10902 -39.3 -59.5 10 20.3 -40.3 248 72 347.7 347.7 296.2 347.9 0.05 17 200 12388 -51.0 -68.4 11 17.5 -51.4 258 68 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.02 18 150 14208 -62.8 -81.5 6 18.7 -63.0 240 56 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.00 19 100 16680 -66.9 -86.4 5 19.5 -67.0 251 18 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.49 m Freezing level: 593.08 mb = 4521.58 m = 14834.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 751.66 mb = 2577.99 m = 8457.87 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 987.18 mb = 275.98 m = 905.43 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 19.74 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.16 mb = 3345.61 m = 10976.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.73 C = 107.11 F Cap Strength: 7.93 C Lifted Index: 6.91 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.93 C Showalter Index: 17.19 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 13.56 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: -9.39 C K Index: -30.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 45.07 Risk: None Energy Index: 5.84 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.97 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9469.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.05 mb = 1045.36 m = 3429.62 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.2 neg: -32.4 tot: 14.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 0.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.22 Bulk Shear: 35.83 m/s