MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.91,-77.24 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -77.24 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1007 79 20.9 12.3 58 8.6 15.5 186 8 293.5 295.1 288.5 319.1 8.94 1 1000 138 20.5 12.1 59 8.4 15.3 188 10 293.6 295.2 288.4 319.0 8.88 2 950 580 19.1 10.7 58 8.4 14.0 214 29 296.5 298.1 289.2 321.4 8.54 3 900 1042 15.4 8.8 64 6.7 11.5 235 24 297.4 298.8 288.9 320.5 7.89 4 850 1523 11.0 7.5 79 3.5 9.0 241 23 297.7 299.1 288.8 320.2 7.69 5 800 2025 6.4 5.7 95 0.7 6.1 244 24 298.0 299.3 288.5 319.2 7.20 6 750 2551 3.2 -0.6 76 3.8 1.3 251 19 300.1 300.9 287.0 314.7 4.88 7 700 3110 1.9 -0.7 83 2.6 0.6 286 15 304.6 305.5 288.9 320.4 5.21 8 650 3704 -2.6 -3.3 95 0.7 -3.0 271 17 306.0 306.9 288.8 320.2 4.61 9 600 4334 -6.2 -9.1 80 3.0 -7.4 259 22 309.0 309.6 288.5 319.1 3.20 10 550 5009 -10.8 -13.7 79 2.9 -11.8 260 26 311.2 311.7 288.4 319.0 2.41 11 500 5735 -15.6 -20.3 67 4.7 -16.9 259 29 314.0 314.3 288.5 319.1 1.52 12 450 6521 -20.8 -24.8 70 4.0 -21.7 259 30 317.0 317.3 289.0 320.9 1.13 13 400 7380 -27.1 -31.3 67 4.2 -27.8 261 30 319.8 319.9 289.4 322.2 0.70 14 350 8327 -34.5 -42.0 46 7.6 -35.1 267 30 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.3 0.27 15 300 9385 -43.1 -53.6 30 10.5 -43.5 272 30 324.7 324.7 290.3 325.0 0.09 16 250 10589 -50.9 -61.6 27 10.7 -51.2 272 34 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.5 0.04 17 200 12029 -51.7 -72.4 7 20.7 -52.1 271 44 350.9 350.9 296.8 350.9 0.01 18 150 13884 -54.7 -80.3 3 25.6 -55.1 262 43 375.8 375.8 301.6 375.8 0.00 19 100 16465 -56.0 -84.2 2 28.3 -56.5 269 23 419.6 419.6 307.7 419.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5596.30 m Freezing level: 679.13 mb = 3357.89 m = 11016.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 691.53 mb = 3207.57 m = 10523.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.96 % Est. max temperature: 25.09 C = 77.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.92 mb = 1174.57 m = 3853.52 ft T: 14.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 6.69 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.56 mb = 1794.80 m = 5888.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.32 C = 77.57 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: 0.51 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 0.66 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.79 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.63 C Cross Totals Index: 23.15 C K Index: 31.62 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.27 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 22.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 61.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 847.84 mb = 1544.09 m = 5065.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.84 mb = 2098.46 m = 6884.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 732.84 mb = 2738.79 m = 8985.43 ft B at Equ Level: 22.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 662.84 mb = 3547.22 m = 11637.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.3 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 281.3 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -46.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 168.4 neg: -9.1 tot: 159.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.66 Bulk Shear: 34.09 m/s