MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 39.29,-80.29 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 171 SFC 977 374 17.8 15.8 88 1.9 16.5 40 6 292.9 295.0 290.6 326.1 11.66 2 950 609 15.8 14.8 94 1.0 15.2 52 14 293.2 295.2 290.3 325.2 11.22 3 900 1068 15.3 14.4 94 0.9 14.7 76 12 297.3 299.3 291.9 330.6 11.51 4 850 1555 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.4 346 9 301.4 303.6 293.6 337.2 12.16 5 800 2066 12.1 11.9 99 0.1 12.0 317 5 304.0 306.0 293.5 336.8 11.02 6 750 2606 9.3 9.0 98 0.3 9.2 275 7 306.7 308.5 293.3 335.9 9.67 7 700 3176 6.9 5.1 88 1.8 5.8 277 13 310.1 311.6 292.9 334.4 7.90 8 650 3783 5.1 -2.7 57 7.7 1.1 278 16 314.7 315.6 291.7 330.1 4.84 9 600 4432 0.8 -7.2 55 8.0 -2.9 270 17 317.0 317.8 291.5 329.1 3.72 10 550 5126 -3.4 -17.4 33 14.0 -8.3 263 23 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.1 1.78 11 500 5873 -6.6 -35.3 8 28.6 -13.0 267 25 324.9 325.0 290.7 326.3 0.38 12 450 6688 -11.3 -34.7 13 23.4 -16.3 262 30 329.1 329.1 291.9 330.7 0.45 13 400 7581 -16.9 -41.1 10 24.3 -20.9 264 31 333.1 333.1 292.8 334.1 0.26 14 350 8569 -24.0 -40.7 20 16.7 -26.5 260 41 336.4 336.5 293.7 337.7 0.31 15 300 9675 -32.5 -42.1 38 9.6 -33.6 249 48 339.6 339.7 294.6 340.9 0.32 16 250 10935 -41.7 -45.1 69 3.5 -41.9 246 57 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.27 17 200 12408 -53.0 -56.9 62 4.0 -53.1 244 63 348.9 348.9 296.5 349.2 0.09 18 150 14209 -64.4 -73.2 29 8.8 -64.4 252 65 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16680 -65.7 -85.5 5 19.8 -65.8 252 32 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.82 m Freezing level: 590.49 mb = 4564.20 m = 14974.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.78 mb = 3962.78 m = 13001.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.51 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.06 % Est. max temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.14 mb = 616.95 m = 2024.08 ft T: 15.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.02 C/km ThetaE index: 11.08 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 813.67 mb = 1923.13 m = 6309.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.07 C = 82.52 F Cap Strength: 4.59 C Lifted Index: 5.41 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.19 C Showalter Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.15 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.18 C Cross Totals Index: 20.97 C K Index: 33.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7353.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 911.24 mb = 962.81 m = 3158.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.3 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 308.3 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 3.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.9 neg: -46.6 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 83.76 m/s