MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 188 SFC 979 375 22.2 16.1 69 6.1 18.2 10 4 297.2 299.3 292.2 331.5 11.87 2 950 633 20.5 14.2 67 6.3 16.4 20 11 298.0 299.9 291.5 329.3 10.79 3 900 1097 16.1 13.0 82 3.2 14.1 25 14 298.1 300.0 291.3 328.7 10.50 4 850 1580 12.0 11.3 95 0.7 11.5 33 14 298.7 300.5 291.0 327.6 9.91 5 800 2087 9.8 8.2 90 1.6 8.8 74 7 301.6 303.2 290.8 326.9 8.54 6 750 2621 6.7 4.4 85 2.3 5.4 313 3 303.9 305.2 290.3 324.9 7.01 7 700 3189 8.2 -24.1 8 32.3 -2.1 331 7 311.6 311.7 286.8 314.2 0.78 8 650 3794 3.8 -30.1 6 34.0 -5.4 314 10 313.3 313.4 287.1 315.0 0.48 9 600 4439 0.2 -32.5 6 32.6 -7.9 295 14 316.3 316.4 288.1 317.8 0.42 10 550 5130 -3.9 -33.8 8 29.8 -10.9 288 19 319.4 319.5 289.0 320.9 0.40 11 500 5875 -8.1 -40.3 6 32.2 -14.3 282 27 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.0 0.23 12 450 6684 -13.2 -34.6 15 21.4 -17.6 278 37 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.3 0.45 13 400 7571 -18.3 -45.4 7 27.0 -22.2 267 46 331.1 331.2 292.2 331.8 0.17 14 350 8553 -25.4 -36.5 35 11.1 -27.2 259 51 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.3 0.48 15 300 9651 -33.7 -50.1 18 16.4 -35.1 253 58 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.4 0.13 16 250 10904 -42.9 -58.8 16 15.9 -43.6 247 72 342.3 342.3 294.9 342.5 0.05 17 200 12375 -52.8 -64.3 23 11.5 -53.1 242 78 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.03 18 150 14188 -61.5 -77.8 10 16.3 -61.6 246 68 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16681 -64.4 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 268 29 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5686.16 m Freezing level: 597.65 mb = 4471.49 m = 14670.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 713.93 mb = 3026.84 m = 9930.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 895.36 mb = 1140.95 m = 3743.22 ft T: 15.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.31 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 858.01 mb = 1500.95 m = 4924.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.62 C = 74.51 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 3.44 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.15 C Showalter Index: 4.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.49 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.10 C Cross Totals Index: 19.39 C K Index: -0.95 Risk: None Sweat Index: 190.04 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.61 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.11 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.96 mb = 1423.03 m = 4668.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 840.96 mb = 1669.57 m = 5477.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 830.96 mb = 1769.57 m = 5805.60 ft B at Equ Level: 3.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 730.96 mb = 2832.83 m = 9293.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 311.4 at 13.7 knts Storm direction: 341.4 at 10.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.6 neg: -15.4 tot: 33.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.20 Bulk Shear: 24.23 m/s