MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 186 SFC 978 374 20.3 16.4 78 3.9 17.7 44 5 295.3 297.5 291.7 330.0 12.09 2 950 627 17.4 15.2 87 2.2 16.0 49 9 294.8 296.9 291.1 327.8 11.48 3 900 1087 14.6 12.4 87 2.1 13.2 70 19 296.5 298.3 290.5 325.7 10.10 4 850 1570 13.0 11.4 90 1.6 12.0 48 17 299.8 301.6 291.5 329.2 10.03 5 800 2078 10.6 9.9 95 0.7 10.2 43 9 302.5 304.3 292.0 331.1 9.62 6 750 2616 8.7 8.5 99 0.2 8.6 300 3 306.0 307.7 292.8 334.1 9.34 7 700 3186 7.9 -1.1 53 9.0 3.2 308 8 311.2 312.2 290.9 327.1 5.06 8 650 3794 5.3 -18.4 16 23.8 -3.2 295 14 315.0 315.3 288.6 319.6 1.37 9 600 4441 0.3 -13.8 34 14.1 -5.1 278 17 316.5 316.9 289.9 323.8 2.20 10 550 5133 -3.1 -33.8 7 30.7 -10.4 276 20 320.4 320.5 289.3 321.9 0.40 11 500 5880 -7.8 -31.2 13 23.4 -13.4 270 24 323.6 323.7 290.5 325.6 0.57 12 450 6692 -11.8 -32.8 16 21.0 -16.5 261 36 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.54 13 400 7583 -18.1 -33.7 24 15.6 -21.2 248 39 331.5 331.6 292.7 333.6 0.55 14 350 8567 -24.7 -30.0 61 5.3 -25.8 250 47 335.5 335.6 294.0 338.8 0.90 15 300 9672 -32.3 -35.6 72 3.3 -32.7 239 53 339.9 340.0 294.8 342.3 0.62 16 250 10932 -42.3 -45.8 69 3.4 -42.6 237 59 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.25 17 200 12403 -52.7 -60.4 39 7.7 -52.9 240 69 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.06 18 150 14206 -63.7 -78.6 11 14.9 -63.8 249 64 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16680 -65.8 -84.3 6 18.5 -66.0 257 33 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.59 m Freezing level: 594.98 mb = 4510.43 m = 14797.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.85 mb = 3486.33 m = 11437.97 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.56 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 923.98 mb = 863.42 m = 2832.72 ft T: 15.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 838.67 mb = 1682.35 m = 5519.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Cap Strength: 5.25 C Lifted Index: 4.81 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.60 C Showalter Index: 3.88 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.77 C Cross Totals Index: 19.19 C K Index: 23.24 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.97 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7183.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.30 mb = 1131.21 m = 3711.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 299.4 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 329.4 at 11.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -44.2 tot: -5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.16 Bulk Shear: 56.82 m/s