MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 37.55,-78.15 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -78.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 96 26.8 18.0 59 8.8 20.7 217 7 299.5 301.9 293.7 337.5 13.00 1 1000 137 26.1 17.4 59 8.8 20.2 217 8 299.3 301.6 293.3 336.0 12.57 2 950 586 21.6 15.9 70 5.6 17.8 223 13 299.1 301.3 292.9 334.3 12.08 3 900 1053 17.9 13.9 78 4.0 15.3 238 20 300.0 302.0 292.4 332.7 11.18 4 850 1540 14.6 13.2 91 1.4 13.7 241 15 301.4 303.5 293.0 334.6 11.27 5 800 2050 11.5 4.4 62 7.1 7.5 237 16 303.4 304.6 289.7 323.2 6.57 6 750 2587 9.4 -5.5 34 14.9 2.5 235 19 306.8 307.4 287.9 317.3 3.37 7 700 3155 5.9 -6.2 42 12.1 0.4 229 24 309.0 309.7 288.7 319.8 3.44 8 650 3757 1.8 -2.6 73 4.4 -0.4 229 28 311.0 311.9 290.6 326.3 4.87 9 600 4398 -2.3 -2.7 97 0.4 -2.6 232 30 313.4 314.4 291.7 329.9 5.22 10 550 5086 -5.5 -7.2 88 1.7 -6.2 235 29 317.6 318.4 291.9 330.7 4.05 11 500 5829 -9.2 -12.4 77 3.2 -10.4 236 28 321.9 322.4 292.2 331.7 2.95 12 450 6635 -14.7 -18.6 72 3.9 -15.9 232 26 324.8 325.2 292.1 331.5 1.95 13 400 7515 -21.1 -24.0 77 2.9 -21.8 232 25 327.6 327.8 292.4 332.4 1.37 14 350 8489 -27.7 -30.5 77 2.8 -28.2 246 17 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.6 0.86 15 300 9578 -36.3 -39.5 73 3.1 -36.7 220 21 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.41 16 250 10814 -47.3 -50.7 68 3.4 -47.5 205 31 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.3 0.15 17 200 12252 -55.3 -67.5 20 12.2 -55.5 222 43 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 14077 -57.9 -80.5 4 22.6 -58.2 243 33 370.3 370.3 300.6 370.3 0.00 19 100 16585 -64.7 -86.2 4 21.5 -64.8 253 22 402.7 402.7 305.6 402.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5691.22 m Freezing level: 628.16 mb = 4037.26 m = 13245.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.65 mb = 3454.81 m = 11334.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.81 mb = 1207.32 m = 3960.98 ft T: 16.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 17.33 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.23 mb = 1636.91 m = 5370.38 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.06 C = 84.31 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.02 C Showalter Index: -0.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.09 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.76 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 24.85 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.21 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.68 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 109.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.52 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.84 mb = 1333.25 m = 4374.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 695.84 mb = 3203.35 m = 10509.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 365.84 mb = 8166.00 m = 26791.00 ft B at Equ Level: 108.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 245.84 mb = 10921.72 m = 35831.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.1 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 263.1 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.7 neg: -8.0 tot: 42.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 5.03 Bulk Shear: 21.79 m/s