MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 38.82,-76.52 Latitude: 38.82 Longitude: -76.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1021 8 18.3 13.6 74 4.7 15.4 260 1 289.7 291.4 287.7 316.8 9.62 1 1000 189 19.0 8.3 50 10.7 12.8 211 2 292.1 293.3 285.9 311.8 6.85 2 950 627 16.0 7.0 55 9.0 10.9 193 4 293.4 294.6 286.2 312.5 6.61 3 900 1083 11.8 6.2 68 5.6 8.7 219 8 293.7 294.8 286.3 312.7 6.60 4 850 1558 7.2 5.2 87 2.0 6.1 218 8 293.7 294.8 286.2 312.5 6.52 5 800 2053 3.5 2.4 92 1.1 2.9 238 15 294.8 295.9 285.8 311.4 5.67 6 750 2574 0.5 -2.7 79 3.2 -1.0 253 16 297.1 297.8 285.1 309.5 4.16 7 700 3127 1.2 -25.9 11 27.1 -6.1 251 13 303.8 303.9 283.8 306.0 0.66 8 650 3720 -0.7 -35.8 5 35.1 -8.3 233 17 308.2 308.2 285.0 309.2 0.28 9 600 4354 -4.6 -32.2 9 27.6 -10.8 227 18 310.8 310.9 286.1 312.3 0.43 10 550 5032 -9.5 -36.6 9 27.1 -14.6 229 16 312.8 312.8 286.7 313.9 0.30 11 500 5759 -14.7 -41.2 9 26.4 -18.8 240 20 315.1 315.1 287.3 315.8 0.21 12 450 6548 -20.2 -36.4 22 16.2 -22.7 241 24 317.9 318.0 288.5 319.3 0.38 13 400 7410 -26.4 -38.8 30 12.4 -28.0 230 26 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.9 0.33 14 350 8358 -34.6 -39.3 62 4.7 -35.1 249 38 322.1 322.2 289.8 323.4 0.36 15 300 9416 -42.9 -48.4 55 5.5 -43.2 233 45 324.9 324.9 290.4 325.5 0.16 16 250 10620 -51.4 -58.7 41 7.4 -51.5 242 46 329.7 329.7 291.7 329.9 0.06 17 200 12055 -54.2 -68.4 16 14.2 -54.5 250 49 346.9 346.9 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 13895 -55.2 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 254 46 375.0 375.0 301.4 375.0 0.00 19 100 16467 -56.9 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 257 19 417.8 417.8 307.4 417.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5570.92 m Freezing level: 668.77 mb = 3497.41 m = 11474.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 762.62 mb = 2439.35 m = 8003.01 ft Precipitable water: 0.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.14 % Est. max temperature: 22.31 C = 72.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 951.86 mb = 610.55 m = 2003.10 ft T: 16.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 6.78 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 831.93 mb = 1733.36 m = 5686.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.73 C = 72.91 F Cap Strength: 6.00 C Lifted Index: 5.86 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.94 C Showalter Index: 5.98 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.87 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.94 C Cross Totals Index: 19.93 C K Index: 0.05 Risk: None Sweat Index: 98.32 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.75 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 850.27 mb = 1555.24 m = 5102.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.27 mb = 2203.20 m = 7228.27 ft Equ Level (EL): 745.27 mb = 2624.83 m = 8611.53 ft B at Equ Level: 9.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 725.27 mb = 2842.89 m = 9326.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.8 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 264.8 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.5 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.6 neg: -2.0 tot: 39.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 17.70 m/s