MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.95,-82.05 Latitude: 39.95 Longitude: -82.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 990 272 24.4 14.6 54 9.8 18.0 25 8 298.4 300.3 291.5 329.3 10.61 2 950 633 20.2 12.0 59 8.2 15.0 28 10 297.7 299.4 290.2 324.7 9.28 3 900 1096 15.7 10.9 73 4.8 12.7 30 10 297.7 299.3 290.0 324.2 9.12 4 850 1578 11.0 9.8 92 1.2 10.3 32 10 297.6 299.2 289.9 323.7 8.97 5 800 2081 9.3 -3.5 41 12.7 3.2 60 3 301.0 301.7 286.1 312.2 3.70 6 750 2615 8.3 -25.5 7 33.9 -1.8 41 4 305.6 305.7 284.5 307.8 0.64 7 700 3181 6.3 -29.2 6 35.4 -3.6 352 4 309.4 309.5 285.7 311.1 0.49 8 650 3784 3.3 -35.1 4 38.4 -6.0 331 4 312.7 312.8 286.6 313.8 0.30 9 600 4427 -0.8 -44.6 2 43.9 -9.1 320 3 315.2 315.2 287.3 315.7 0.12 10 550 5115 -5.3 -43.3 3 38.1 -12.1 296 5 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.4 0.15 11 500 5854 -10.6 -45.1 4 34.6 -16.0 277 9 320.1 320.2 288.9 320.6 0.14 12 450 6655 -16.5 -38.4 13 22.0 -20.1 278 17 322.5 322.6 289.9 323.7 0.31 13 400 7529 -22.5 -28.3 59 5.8 -23.7 268 26 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.0 0.93 14 350 8497 -28.7 -32.5 70 3.8 -29.4 259 42 330.0 330.1 292.4 332.6 0.71 15 300 9581 -37.2 -43.4 52 6.2 -37.8 253 50 332.9 332.9 292.8 333.9 0.27 16 250 10813 -46.1 -52.6 48 6.5 -46.4 246 62 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.0 0.12 17 200 12280 -50.9 -67.1 13 16.2 -51.3 254 64 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.02 18 150 14126 -56.7 -78.9 4 22.2 -57.0 262 61 372.4 372.4 301.0 372.4 0.01 19 100 16641 -64.4 -88.8 2 24.4 -64.6 267 34 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5666.33 m Freezing level: 609.48 mb = 4304.91 m = 14123.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 767.83 mb = 2420.49 m = 7941.16 ft Precipitable water: 0.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.11 % Est. max temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.89 mb = 1500.11 m = 4921.56 ft T: 11.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 21.52 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 827.34 mb = 1802.12 m = 5912.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.48 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.16 C = 77.28 F Cap Strength: 4.01 C Lifted Index: 2.92 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.65 C Showalter Index: 3.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.91 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.36 C K Index: -4.09 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.66 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.49 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7623.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 843.40 mb = 1642.60 m = 5389.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 350.9 at 6.2 knts Storm direction: 20.9 at 4.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -134.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.2 neg: -0.4 tot: 7.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.07 Bulk Shear: 4.50 m/s