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,-77.40 Latitude: 38.91 Longitude: -77.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1000 92 26.9 14.9 48 12.0 18.9 335 4 300.0 302.0 292.1 331.4 10.69 1 1000 95 26.2 14.6 49 11.6 18.6 335 4 299.3 301.3 291.7 330.1 10.52 2 950 544 21.6 13.4 60 8.1 16.3 334 5 299.1 301.0 291.5 329.1 10.25 3 900 1009 17.0 12.3 74 4.7 14.0 334 5 299.0 300.9 291.3 328.4 10.05 4 850 1494 14.0 8.5 69 5.5 10.7 312 11 300.9 302.4 290.3 325.2 8.23 5 800 2003 11.2 6.2 72 4.9 8.3 286 17 303.1 304.4 290.4 325.4 7.48 6 750 2539 8.0 2.6 69 5.4 5.0 272 22 305.2 306.4 289.9 323.9 6.15 7 700 3106 6.4 -8.6 33 15.0 -0.2 269 22 309.6 310.1 288.3 318.6 2.85 8 650 3711 3.8 -16.9 20 20.6 -3.7 262 23 313.2 313.5 288.2 318.4 1.57 9 600 4355 -0.2 -18.5 24 18.3 -6.5 257 25 315.9 316.2 289.0 320.9 1.48 10 550 5046 -4.2 -28.4 13 24.2 -10.6 256 27 319.1 319.2 289.2 321.4 0.67 11 500 5790 -8.6 -32.0 13 23.4 -14.0 254 32 322.6 322.7 290.1 324.5 0.52 12 450 6598 -13.9 -36.5 13 22.6 -18.3 251 34 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.37 13 400 7480 -19.9 -38.2 18 18.4 -22.9 251 44 329.2 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.35 14 350 8460 -25.0 -47.7 10 22.7 -27.6 247 78 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.7 0.15 15 300 9560 -33.5 -45.0 31 11.5 -34.7 240 81 338.1 338.2 294.1 339.0 0.23 16 250 10812 -44.4 -51.9 43 7.5 -44.7 234 81 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.6 0.13 17 200 12267 -55.2 -65.8 26 10.6 -55.4 228 78 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 18 150 14071 -62.4 -77.9 11 15.5 -62.6 241 54 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16540 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 252 26 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.50 m Freezing level: 602.45 mb = 4323.81 m = 14185.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 701.50 mb = 3088.71 m = 10133.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.72 C = 81.90 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.22 mb = 1601.49 m = 5254.17 ft T: 13.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.58 C/km ThetaE index: 7.01 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.77 mb = 2078.68 m = 6819.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.27 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.25 C = 86.46 F Cap Strength: 2.99 C Lifted Index: 3.07 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: 5.07 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 17.09 C K Index: 16.12 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.16 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6294.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 842.25 mb = 1571.24 m = 5154.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.7 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 296.7 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.5 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 126.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -13.9 tot: -12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.10 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 45.24 m/s