MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.71,-77.53 Latitude: 38.71 Longitude: -77.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1006 91 17.8 10.7 63 7.0 13.6 218 2 290.4 291.8 286.5 313.2 8.06 1 1000 146 19.1 10.6 58 8.5 14.0 223 9 292.3 293.7 287.2 315.3 8.06 2 950 588 18.6 9.0 53 9.6 12.9 244 16 296.1 297.4 288.1 318.1 7.59 3 900 1049 14.6 8.3 66 6.3 10.9 246 16 296.5 297.9 288.3 318.8 7.64 4 850 1528 10.0 7.4 84 2.6 8.5 247 16 296.7 298.0 288.4 318.9 7.64 5 800 2029 5.6 5.0 96 0.6 5.2 249 16 297.1 298.3 287.8 317.1 6.84 6 750 2553 2.0 -5.1 59 7.1 -1.1 266 12 298.7 299.4 285.0 309.2 3.48 7 700 3108 1.5 -24.7 12 26.2 -5.8 283 10 304.2 304.3 284.0 306.6 0.74 8 650 3702 -0.7 -29.8 9 29.1 -7.9 265 13 308.1 308.2 285.2 309.8 0.50 9 600 4336 -4.6 -22.4 23 17.8 -9.7 258 17 310.8 311.0 286.9 314.3 1.06 10 550 5014 -9.2 -24.2 28 15.0 -13.2 254 17 313.2 313.3 287.6 316.5 0.98 11 500 5743 -14.7 -25.9 38 11.2 -17.4 252 17 315.1 315.2 288.2 318.2 0.92 12 450 6532 -19.7 -38.2 18 18.6 -22.5 257 20 318.5 318.6 288.6 319.7 0.31 13 400 7395 -26.1 -41.0 24 14.8 -27.9 258 24 321.0 321.1 289.3 322.0 0.27 14 350 8344 -34.2 -46.7 27 12.5 -35.1 254 28 322.7 322.7 289.8 323.3 0.16 15 300 9403 -42.7 -53.0 31 10.3 -43.2 253 42 325.2 325.2 290.5 325.6 0.09 16 250 10615 -47.8 -63.0 16 15.2 -48.2 250 58 335.1 335.1 293.1 335.2 0.03 17 200 12069 -54.7 -68.0 18 13.3 -55.0 260 68 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 18 150 13901 -56.7 -82.2 3 25.5 -56.9 261 54 372.5 372.5 301.0 372.5 0.00 19 100 16466 -56.9 -85.0 2 28.0 -57.4 263 25 417.7 417.7 307.4 417.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.11 m Freezing level: 666.24 mb = 3509.32 m = 11513.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 758.64 mb = 2459.91 m = 8070.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.56 % Est. max temperature: 24.05 C = 75.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 906.19 mb = 990.25 m = 3248.81 ft T: 15.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 12.28 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 816.02 mb = 1865.09 m = 6118.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.36 C = 75.86 F Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lifted Index: 3.16 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.28 C Showalter Index: 2.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.97 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.79 C Cross Totals Index: 22.18 C K Index: 5.98 Risk: None Sweat Index: 174.86 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 67.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 840.47 mb = 1621.30 m = 5319.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 775.47 mb = 2281.66 m = 7485.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 735.47 mb = 2710.45 m = 8892.46 ft B at Equ Level: 20.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 695.47 mb = 3160.47 m = 10368.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.8 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 284.8 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 10.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 5.69 Bulk Shear: 3.81 m/s