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: 38.94,-77.03 Latitude: 38.94 Longitude: -77.03 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 27.2 14.8 46 12.5 19.0 323 4 300.1 302.1 292.0 331.2 10.59 1 1000 95 26.4 14.4 48 11.9 18.5 323 4 299.5 301.4 291.7 329.9 10.38 2 950 543 21.8 13.3 58 8.5 16.3 319 5 299.3 301.1 291.4 328.9 10.13 3 900 1009 17.2 12.2 73 4.9 14.1 316 5 299.2 301.0 291.3 328.5 10.00 4 850 1494 13.9 8.8 72 5.0 10.9 306 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 5.5 272 21 305.4 306.6 290.3 325.3 6.58 7 700 3106 6.1 -5.2 44 11.3 0.8 266 22 309.2 309.9 289.0 320.8 3.69 8 650 3711 3.8 -16.0 22 19.7 -3.6 261 24 313.2 313.5 288.3 318.8 1.69 9 600 4355 -0.2 -17.8 25 17.6 -6.4 259 27 315.9 316.2 289.1 321.1 1.56 10 550 5045 -4.2 -28.0 14 23.8 -10.6 257 30 319.0 319.2 289.2 321.5 0.69 11 500 5789 -8.6 -33.9 11 25.3 -14.2 254 35 322.6 322.6 290.0 324.2 0.44 12 450 6597 -13.7 -37.2 12 23.4 -18.1 251 37 326.0 326.0 290.9 327.3 0.35 13 400 7481 -19.7 -38.5 17 18.9 -22.8 252 47 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.7 0.34 14 350 8461 -25.0 -40.6 22 15.6 -27.3 247 79 335.0 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.31 15 300 9561 -33.3 -45.3 29 11.9 -34.5 240 81 338.4 338.4 294.1 339.3 0.22 16 250 10814 -43.9 -51.9 41 8.0 -44.3 232 83 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.13 17 200 12270 -55.4 -65.2 29 9.8 -55.6 230 79 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.03 18 150 14073 -62.5 -77.9 11 15.4 -62.6 242 55 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.5 0.01 19 100 16540 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.8 253 26 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.65 m Freezing level: 602.70 mb = 4320.09 m = 14173.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 690.99 mb = 3211.87 m = 10537.52 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.68 C = 81.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.81 mb = 1635.42 m = 5365.48 ft T: 13.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.47 C/km ThetaE index: 6.87 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 792.58 mb = 2080.39 m = 6825.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.17 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.34 C = 86.61 F Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lifted Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: 4.86 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.88 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.45 C Cross Totals Index: 17.43 C K Index: 19.95 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 164.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.15 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.62 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5779.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.04 mb = 1613.03 m = 5292.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.8 at 20.6 knts Storm direction: 295.8 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.4 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -8.5 tot: -5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.03 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 0.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 45.58 m/s