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: 38.64,-77.01 Latitude: 38.64 Longitude: -77.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1010 37 28.8 19.8 58 9.1 22.5 210 7 301.1 303.8 295.3 343.8 14.52 1 1000 126 26.8 18.7 61 8.1 21.2 211 8 300.0 302.5 294.3 340.0 13.69 2 950 578 22.2 17.5 75 4.7 18.9 213 10 299.7 302.1 294.0 338.7 13.35 3 900 1045 18.4 15.0 81 3.4 16.1 227 11 300.5 302.7 293.2 335.7 12.01 4 850 1533 15.0 12.7 86 2.3 13.5 219 14 301.8 303.8 292.8 334.0 10.90 5 800 2044 11.4 7.9 79 3.5 9.3 213 14 303.3 304.9 291.3 328.4 8.41 6 750 2581 8.9 1.4 59 7.6 4.9 214 18 306.3 307.3 289.8 323.5 5.63 7 700 3149 5.6 -2.5 56 8.1 1.5 222 24 308.6 309.5 289.6 322.8 4.54 8 650 3750 2.1 -10.3 39 12.5 -3.0 223 25 311.4 311.9 288.7 320.0 2.67 9 600 4392 -1.3 -13.3 40 12.0 -5.9 225 23 314.7 315.1 289.4 322.2 2.29 10 550 5080 -5.4 -9.4 74 3.9 -7.1 232 22 317.6 318.3 291.3 328.8 3.42 11 500 5824 -8.5 -16.8 51 8.3 -11.4 235 27 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.7 2.06 12 450 6631 -14.2 -23.2 46 9.0 -16.7 229 26 325.4 325.6 291.7 329.9 1.31 13 400 7513 -20.5 -29.3 45 8.8 -22.4 229 23 328.3 328.5 292.1 331.4 0.84 14 350 8486 -27.8 -32.0 67 4.3 -28.5 227 20 331.3 331.4 292.8 334.0 0.74 15 300 9575 -36.5 -39.8 72 3.2 -36.9 225 24 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.4 0.40 16 250 10809 -47.6 -51.0 68 3.4 -47.7 229 36 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.14 17 200 12244 -56.5 -65.7 30 9.2 -56.7 233 40 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14063 -58.3 -80.2 4 21.9 -58.5 240 33 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16572 -64.5 -88.2 2 23.7 -64.7 251 24 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.60 m Freezing level: 618.65 mb = 4152.77 m = 13624.42 ft Wetbulb zero: 683.12 mb = 3347.05 m = 10981.00 ft Precipitable water: 1.55 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 885.78 mb = 1181.17 m = 3875.18 ft T: 17.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.25 C/km ThetaE index: 23.87 C Layer 1000.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.57 mb = 1397.99 m = 4586.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Cap Strength: 0.93 C Lifted Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.79 C Showalter Index: 0.86 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.63 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.47 C Cross Totals Index: 21.16 C K Index: 28.06 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.56 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.92 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 662.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.41 mb = 1213.75 m = 3982.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 837.41 mb = 1659.03 m = 5442.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.41 mb = 11418.07 m = 37460.41 ft B at Equ Level: 658.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.41 mb = 13758.09 m = 45137.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: -2.4 tot: 38.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 42.88 Bulk Shear: 15.45 m/s