MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F081.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 81 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.52,-77.37 Latitude: 40.52 Longitude: -77.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 203 SFC 994 256 21.4 15.4 68 6.1 17.5 240 2 295.1 297.1 290.9 327.0 11.10 2 950 650 22.2 13.7 59 8.5 16.7 150 6 299.7 301.6 291.8 330.3 10.43 3 900 1117 17.8 13.2 74 4.6 14.8 107 7 299.9 301.8 292.0 331.2 10.68 4 850 1603 13.6 11.6 88 1.9 12.4 90 9 300.4 302.2 291.8 330.3 10.17 5 800 2111 10.3 1.6 55 8.7 5.7 94 16 302.1 303.1 288.2 318.3 5.38 6 750 2645 8.7 -19.8 11 28.4 -1.0 134 13 306.0 306.2 285.1 309.5 1.06 7 700 3212 6.3 -33.0 4 39.3 -3.8 151 11 309.5 309.5 285.5 310.7 0.34 8 650 3815 3.3 -35.1 4 38.4 -5.9 152 8 312.8 312.8 286.7 313.8 0.30 9 600 4459 0.2 -31.2 7 31.3 -7.9 196 4 316.3 316.4 288.1 318.0 0.47 10 550 5148 -4.6 -41.6 4 37.0 -11.7 252 9 318.6 318.7 288.5 319.3 0.18 11 500 5890 -9.3 -46.7 3 37.4 -15.2 255 13 321.7 321.7 289.4 322.2 0.11 12 450 6697 -13.7 -48.2 4 34.4 -18.6 257 18 326.0 326.0 290.7 326.4 0.11 13 400 7582 -19.7 -35.9 22 16.2 -22.6 255 22 329.4 329.4 292.0 331.0 0.44 14 350 8557 -27.3 -31.4 68 4.1 -28.1 257 31 331.9 332.0 293.0 334.8 0.79 15 300 9652 -33.9 -46.2 28 12.3 -35.1 257 45 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.20 16 250 10905 -43.5 -48.5 58 5.0 -43.8 262 67 341.4 341.5 294.8 342.2 0.19 17 200 12366 -54.7 -62.1 40 7.3 -54.9 259 88 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.3 0.05 18 150 14174 -60.2 -79.6 6 19.3 -60.4 258 55 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16679 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 265 27 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5687.80 m Freezing level: 598.18 mb = 4483.82 m = 14710.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 757.31 mb = 2564.83 m = 8414.69 ft Precipitable water: 0.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.62 % Est. max temperature: 26.89 C = 80.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 908.52 mb = 1035.58 m = 3397.54 ft T: 18.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.83 C/km ThetaE index: 21.72 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.24 mb = 1870.76 m = 6137.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.62 C = 81.71 F Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lifted Index: 2.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.02 C Showalter Index: 1.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 20.93 C K Index: -4.82 Risk: None Sweat Index: 170.37 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 18.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6256.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 853.56 mb = 1567.32 m = 5142.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 158.3 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 188.3 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.1 neg: -3.7 tot: 47.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 5.26 Bulk Shear: 3.43 m/s