MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 31.15,-75.77 Latitude: 31.15 Longitude: -75.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -1 28.0 24.2 80 3.8 25.3 266 4 299.7 303.2 297.8 355.7 19.07 1 1000 146 26.4 23.4 83 3.1 24.2 269 4 299.6 302.9 297.4 353.4 18.40 2 950 599 22.5 22.3 98 0.3 22.4 271 4 300.1 303.4 297.3 353.1 18.11 3 900 1069 19.0 17.4 91 1.5 17.9 267 4 301.1 303.6 294.9 342.4 14.05 4 850 1558 16.2 9.7 65 6.5 12.1 243 11 303.1 304.7 291.6 329.6 8.90 5 800 2072 14.4 2.7 45 11.7 7.9 244 15 306.5 307.6 290.0 324.3 5.82 6 750 2614 11.6 1.0 48 10.7 5.9 242 18 309.2 310.2 290.6 326.1 5.48 7 700 3188 8.5 0.7 58 7.7 4.3 240 22 311.9 313.0 291.7 329.9 5.77 8 650 3797 5.1 -1.0 64 6.1 1.9 235 25 314.7 315.8 292.3 332.0 5.46 9 600 4446 1.6 -6.4 55 8.0 -2.1 232 26 318.0 318.8 291.9 330.8 3.94 10 550 5142 -2.4 -14.9 38 12.5 -7.1 236 28 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.7 2.19 11 500 5893 -6.0 -25.7 19 19.7 -11.6 248 26 325.8 326.0 291.5 329.1 0.94 12 450 6709 -11.2 -24.7 32 13.5 -15.0 258 26 329.1 329.4 292.6 333.2 1.15 13 400 7603 -16.7 -35.6 18 18.8 -20.4 255 30 333.2 333.3 293.0 335.0 0.46 14 350 8590 -24.4 -40.9 20 16.6 -26.8 258 33 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.1 0.31 15 300 9693 -33.2 -43.5 35 10.3 -34.3 261 31 338.6 338.6 294.2 339.6 0.27 16 250 10949 -42.9 -57.6 18 14.8 -43.5 250 34 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.6 0.06 17 200 12412 -54.4 -59.5 53 5.1 -54.5 262 52 346.7 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.06 18 150 14205 -64.8 -77.4 16 12.6 -64.8 251 33 358.5 358.5 298.4 358.5 0.01 19 100 16648 -68.7 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.8 237 20 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5746.48 m Freezing level: 579.64 mb = 4729.18 m = 15515.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.76 mb = 4092.01 m = 13425.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.74 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 962.94 mb = 479.86 m = 1574.31 ft T: 23.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.34 C/km ThetaE index: 31.40 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 940.62 mb = 685.55 m = 2249.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.53 C = 83.35 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -3.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.73 C Showalter Index: 5.44 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.78 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.15 C Cross Totals Index: 15.64 C K Index: 24.07 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.16 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1842.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 944.45 mb = 650.28 m = 2133.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 929.45 mb = 789.24 m = 2589.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 169.45 mb = 13445.09 m = 44110.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1826.37 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 18.4 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 13.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -0.8 tot: 26.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 64.75 Bulk Shear: 28.46 m/s