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: 40.63,-80.31 Latitude: 40.63 Longitude: -80.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 205 SFC 987 318 23.4 8.3 38 15.1 14.4 41 6 297.6 298.9 288.1 318.0 6.95 2 950 648 18.6 5.0 41 13.6 11.0 43 8 296.0 297.1 286.4 312.9 5.75 3 900 1107 14.0 3.9 51 10.1 8.6 44 9 295.9 296.9 286.2 312.4 5.63 4 850 1585 9.3 2.9 64 6.4 6.0 45 9 295.9 296.9 286.1 312.2 5.55 5 800 2085 7.6 -21.1 11 28.6 -1.4 56 14 299.2 299.4 282.2 302.1 0.89 6 750 2615 6.8 -26.1 7 33.0 -2.7 27 10 304.0 304.1 283.8 306.0 0.60 7 700 3178 4.7 -29.3 6 34.0 -4.4 342 9 307.7 307.8 285.1 309.4 0.48 8 650 3778 2.1 -33.9 5 36.0 -6.5 312 12 311.4 311.4 286.2 312.5 0.33 9 600 4419 -1.3 -39.2 4 38.0 -9.2 304 12 314.7 314.7 287.2 315.4 0.21 10 550 5106 -6.1 -37.4 6 31.3 -12.4 295 15 316.8 316.9 288.1 317.9 0.28 11 500 5842 -11.9 -41.3 7 29.4 -16.8 282 21 318.6 318.6 288.5 319.3 0.21 12 450 6639 -17.4 -46.1 6 28.7 -21.2 278 25 321.3 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.14 13 400 7509 -23.6 -50.4 7 26.8 -26.3 275 32 324.4 324.4 290.2 324.7 0.09 14 350 8471 -30.5 -44.9 23 14.4 -32.0 269 46 327.6 327.6 291.3 328.4 0.20 15 300 9548 -38.3 -45.7 46 7.4 -38.9 263 59 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.2 0.21 16 250 10777 -47.4 -56.6 34 9.3 -47.7 260 71 335.7 335.7 293.3 336.0 0.07 17 200 12226 -53.7 -71.6 9 17.9 -54.0 261 73 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14063 -56.4 -80.1 4 23.7 -56.8 264 61 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16596 -60.8 -88.0 2 27.2 -61.0 263 37 410.3 410.3 306.6 410.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5636.40 m Freezing level: 618.69 mb = 4179.25 m = 13711.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 809.43 mb = 1988.13 m = 6522.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.45 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 18.26 % Est. max temperature: 22.49 C = 72.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.19 mb = 2196.39 m = 7205.93 ft T: 7.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.92 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.10 mb = 4364.35 m = 14318.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 40.06 C = 104.11 F Cap Strength: 8.86 C Lifted Index: 8.20 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.87 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 7.13 C Showalter Index: 9.08 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.98 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 14.79 C K Index: -9.93 Risk: None Sweat Index: 74.48 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.64 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 10.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10704.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 8.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 777.20 mb = 2322.03 m = 7618.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.5 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 357.5 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.2 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: -13.7 tot: -12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.48 Bulk Shear: 21.93 m/s