MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509231200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 37.16,-77.14 Latitude: 37.16 Longitude: -77.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1013 24 29.0 19.0 55 9.9 22.0 205 6 301.0 303.5 294.7 341.5 13.80 1 1000 141 26.6 17.5 57 9.1 20.4 207 6 299.7 302.1 293.5 336.8 12.67 2 950 592 22.1 16.4 70 5.7 18.2 212 8 299.6 301.8 293.3 335.9 12.43 3 900 1059 18.0 12.7 71 5.3 14.6 234 12 300.0 301.9 291.8 330.3 10.30 4 850 1546 14.8 6.1 56 8.7 9.7 235 15 301.6 302.9 289.5 322.3 6.94 5 800 2056 12.5 2.4 50 10.2 7.0 234 18 304.5 305.6 289.3 321.7 5.68 6 750 2595 9.6 3.5 66 6.1 6.2 234 22 307.0 308.2 290.9 327.1 6.59 7 700 3164 5.8 3.6 86 2.2 4.6 230 26 308.9 310.3 291.9 330.7 7.10 8 650 3767 2.1 -6.8 52 8.9 -1.9 233 26 311.4 312.0 289.6 322.6 3.55 9 600 4408 -1.8 -13.9 39 12.1 -6.3 240 22 314.1 314.5 289.1 321.2 2.18 10 550 5095 -5.3 -21.8 26 16.5 -10.3 242 21 317.9 318.1 289.3 322.0 1.21 11 500 5838 -9.0 -18.6 46 9.5 -12.2 234 25 322.0 322.4 291.2 328.0 1.77 12 450 6644 -14.4 -21.2 56 6.9 -16.4 226 27 325.2 325.5 291.9 330.6 1.56 13 400 7526 -20.9 -28.1 52 7.3 -22.5 219 28 327.9 328.1 292.0 331.3 0.94 14 350 8498 -27.8 -36.1 45 8.3 -29.0 210 31 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.2 0.50 15 300 9586 -36.6 -42.1 57 5.5 -37.1 207 36 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.1 0.31 16 250 10824 -45.9 -49.4 68 3.5 -46.1 213 41 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.5 0.17 17 200 12271 -54.1 -68.5 15 14.4 -54.3 228 44 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.2 0.02 18 150 14106 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 238 32 370.8 370.8 300.7 370.8 0.00 19 100 16604 -66.2 -85.6 5 19.4 -66.3 244 23 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.64 m Freezing level: 622.59 mb = 4118.07 m = 13510.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.39 mb = 3588.54 m = 11773.27 ft Precipitable water: 1.41 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.66 % Est. max temperature: 29.18 C = 84.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 877.46 mb = 1274.99 m = 4183.00 ft T: 16.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 19.75 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.45 mb = 1650.67 m = 5415.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.21 C = 86.38 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: 6.12 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.90 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.80 C Cross Totals Index: 15.10 C K Index: 27.64 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 128.25 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 45.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 869.38 mb = 1353.64 m = 4441.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 714.38 mb = 2996.15 m = 9829.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 304.38 mb = 9483.67 m = 31114.02 ft B at Equ Level: 178.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.38 mb = 11525.02 m = 37811.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.3 at 19.5 knts Storm direction: 264.3 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 7.08 Bulk Shear: 25.33 m/s