MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509251200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 26 SEP 25 Station: 38.91,-77.08 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -77.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1003 68 27.2 14.9 47 12.3 19.1 325 4 300.1 302.1 292.1 331.4 10.66 1 1000 95 26.4 14.5 48 11.9 18.6 324 4 299.5 301.4 291.7 330.1 10.42 2 950 543 21.8 13.3 59 8.5 16.3 322 5 299.3 301.1 291.5 329.0 10.16 3 900 1009 17.2 12.4 73 4.9 14.1 319 5 299.3 301.1 291.4 328.8 10.09 4 850 1494 13.9 8.8 72 5.0 10.9 307 12 300.7 302.2 290.4 325.5 8.41 5 800 2003 11.0 6.5 74 4.5 8.4 286 17 302.9 304.3 290.5 325.7 7.63 6 750 2539 8.1 3.5 73 4.6 5.5 273 21 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.3 6.57 7 700 3106 6.2 -5.0 45 11.2 0.9 266 22 309.3 310.0 289.1 321.1 3.76 8 650 3711 3.8 -14.7 25 18.4 -3.3 261 24 313.2 313.6 288.6 319.4 1.89 9 600 4355 -0.2 -17.3 26 17.1 -6.2 258 27 315.9 316.2 289.2 321.3 1.64 10 550 5046 -4.2 -27.7 14 23.4 -10.5 256 30 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.6 0.72 11 500 5790 -8.6 -33.4 11 24.9 -14.1 253 35 322.6 322.7 290.0 324.3 0.45 12 450 6598 -13.8 -37.1 12 23.3 -18.1 250 36 325.9 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.35 13 400 7481 -19.6 -38.4 17 18.8 -22.7 251 46 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.8 0.35 14 350 8462 -25.1 -40.4 23 15.3 -27.3 247 79 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.2 0.32 15 300 9562 -33.4 -45.3 29 11.9 -34.6 240 81 338.3 338.4 294.1 339.2 0.22 16 250 10815 -43.9 -52.0 40 8.2 -44.3 232 83 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.4 0.12 17 200 12271 -55.4 -65.0 29 9.6 -55.6 229 79 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.03 18 150 14073 -62.5 -78.0 11 15.4 -62.6 242 54 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16541 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 252 26 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.17 m Freezing level: 602.81 mb = 4319.22 m = 14170.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 689.20 mb = 3233.36 m = 10608.01 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.00 % Est. max temperature: 27.69 C = 81.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.53 mb = 1618.25 m = 5309.16 ft T: 13.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.48 C/km ThetaE index: 6.28 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2068.31 m = 6785.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.32 C = 86.57 F Cap Strength: 2.94 C Lifted Index: 3.02 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Showalter Index: 4.90 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.42 C Cross Totals Index: 17.39 C K Index: 20.08 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.13 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5666.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.76 mb = 1605.94 m = 5268.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: -9.9 tot: -7.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.00 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 45.77 m/s