MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 194 SFC 979 375 23.7 13.2 52 10.4 17.0 40 5 298.6 300.4 290.9 327.2 9.79 2 950 638 19.6 10.7 57 8.9 14.1 43 6 297.0 298.6 289.3 321.9 8.54 3 900 1100 14.9 9.6 70 5.3 11.7 47 7 296.9 298.4 289.1 321.3 8.37 4 850 1580 10.2 8.5 89 1.7 9.2 51 7 296.9 298.4 289.0 320.9 8.24 5 800 2082 8.9 -12.4 21 21.3 0.7 88 4 300.7 301.0 284.0 306.5 1.85 6 750 2615 8.6 -30.6 4 39.2 -2.0 12 5 305.9 306.0 284.3 307.3 0.40 7 700 3183 6.1 -27.6 7 33.7 -3.6 332 8 309.3 309.4 285.8 311.2 0.56 8 650 3784 2.7 -30.3 7 32.9 -6.0 303 14 312.0 312.1 286.6 313.7 0.48 9 600 4426 -0.7 -38.0 4 37.3 -8.8 291 17 315.3 315.3 287.5 316.1 0.24 10 550 5114 -4.6 -46.1 2 41.6 -11.8 289 17 318.7 318.7 288.5 319.1 0.11 11 500 5856 -10.0 -39.3 7 29.4 -15.4 276 20 320.9 320.9 289.3 321.8 0.25 12 450 6660 -15.4 -41.0 9 25.6 -19.5 270 28 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.24 13 400 7538 -21.0 -32.4 35 11.4 -23.2 267 38 327.7 327.8 291.7 330.0 0.63 14 350 8509 -28.6 -36.6 46 8.0 -29.8 260 46 330.1 330.2 292.2 331.9 0.48 15 300 9597 -35.6 -39.0 71 3.3 -36.0 255 60 335.2 335.2 293.5 336.8 0.44 16 250 10838 -45.8 -50.6 58 4.8 -46.1 251 80 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.5 0.15 17 200 12289 -54.5 -66.8 21 12.3 -54.8 258 83 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14118 -58.8 -82.4 3 23.6 -59.0 255 65 368.8 368.8 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16626 -64.0 -88.1 2 24.1 -64.1 257 41 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.44 m Freezing level: 610.79 mb = 4287.11 m = 14065.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 787.68 mb = 2210.28 m = 7251.48 ft Precipitable water: 0.64 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.53 % Est. max temperature: 23.49 C = 74.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 839.85 mb = 1679.57 m = 5510.34 ft T: 9.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.01 C/km ThetaE index: 20.71 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.40 mb = 3084.39 m = 10119.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.69 C = 92.64 F Cap Strength: 5.55 C Lifted Index: 5.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.74 C Showalter Index: 5.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.72 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.21 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: -4.97 Risk: None Sweat Index: 136.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.33 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8456.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.19 mb = 1745.52 m = 5726.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.3 at 11.8 knts Storm direction: 333.3 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 13.5 neg: -10.3 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 26.54 m/s