MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.02,-81.94 Latitude: 40.02 Longitude: -81.94 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 SFC 989 270 26.3 15.4 51 10.8 19.1 90 5 300.3 302.4 292.6 333.2 11.21 2 950 624 21.6 12.5 56 9.1 15.8 91 6 299.1 300.8 290.9 327.2 9.62 3 900 1089 17.0 11.5 70 5.5 13.6 92 6 299.0 300.7 290.8 326.8 9.50 4 850 1573 12.2 10.5 89 1.7 11.2 93 7 299.0 300.7 290.7 326.5 9.42 5 800 2079 11.2 -12.0 18 23.2 1.9 122 10 303.1 303.5 285.0 309.1 1.90 6 750 2616 9.8 -28.1 5 37.9 -1.2 121 8 307.3 307.3 284.9 309.0 0.50 7 700 3185 7.4 -29.9 5 37.3 -3.0 129 7 310.7 310.8 286.1 312.3 0.46 8 650 3789 3.4 -32.3 5 35.7 -5.7 140 8 312.8 312.9 286.8 314.2 0.39 9 600 4432 -0.4 -40.5 3 40.2 -8.7 163 7 315.7 315.7 287.6 316.4 0.19 10 550 5122 -4.4 -38.5 5 34.1 -11.4 186 5 318.9 318.9 288.6 319.8 0.25 11 500 5865 -9.3 -34.3 11 25.0 -14.6 233 7 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.3 0.42 12 450 6669 -15.5 -34.6 18 19.2 -19.1 234 11 323.8 323.9 290.4 325.4 0.45 13 400 7549 -20.0 -50.1 5 30.1 -23.5 241 16 329.0 329.0 291.5 329.4 0.10 14 350 8526 -26.6 -42.6 21 16.0 -28.6 234 27 332.8 332.9 292.7 333.8 0.26 15 300 9621 -33.8 -38.8 60 5.1 -34.4 238 34 337.8 337.9 294.2 339.5 0.44 16 250 10875 -43.8 -47.6 66 3.8 -44.1 243 48 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.7 0.21 17 200 12334 -53.8 -64.5 26 10.8 -54.0 247 70 347.6 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.03 18 150 14161 -58.6 -81.8 3 23.3 -58.8 262 44 369.2 369.2 300.4 369.2 0.00 19 100 16657 -64.2 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 262 19 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5688.61 m Freezing level: 604.70 mb = 4372.05 m = 14343.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 769.49 mb = 2402.31 m = 7881.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 23.94 % Est. max temperature: 25.76 C = 78.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.53 mb = 1627.01 m = 5337.91 ft T: 12.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 24.26 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.64 mb = 2820.24 m = 9252.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.39 C = 93.91 F Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lifted Index: 2.83 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.75 C Showalter Index: 3.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.29 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.51 C Cross Totals Index: 19.78 C K Index: -5.25 Risk: None Sweat Index: 146.63 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.55 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 8.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6993.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.30 mb = 1738.63 m = 5704.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 140.3 at 7.1 knts Storm direction: 170.3 at 5.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.4 neg: -2.5 tot: 11.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.20 Bulk Shear: 3.97 m/s