MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 39.27,-80.29 Latitude: 39.27 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 219 SFC 982 377 22.6 16.2 67 6.4 18.3 120 4 297.3 299.5 292.2 331.7 11.86 2 950 662 18.7 14.3 75 4.4 15.9 124 6 296.2 298.2 291.0 327.5 10.84 3 900 1124 15.4 14.9 97 0.4 15.1 147 6 297.4 299.5 292.3 332.0 11.95 4 850 1609 13.6 12.8 95 0.8 13.1 179 6 300.4 302.4 292.4 332.6 10.98 5 800 2118 11.0 9.5 90 1.5 10.1 202 9 302.9 304.7 291.9 330.8 9.38 6 750 2656 9.7 6.7 81 3.0 7.9 214 6 307.1 308.7 292.3 332.1 8.24 7 700 3226 6.8 -0.2 61 7.0 3.1 225 5 310.0 311.0 290.8 326.7 5.38 8 650 3832 4.1 -11.8 30 15.9 -2.4 236 7 313.6 314.0 289.2 321.3 2.38 9 600 4478 0.5 -18.1 23 18.6 -6.0 237 10 316.7 317.0 289.3 321.9 1.53 10 550 5170 -3.7 -20.2 26 16.5 -9.1 236 12 319.7 320.0 290.1 324.5 1.40 11 500 5915 -7.8 -25.4 23 17.6 -12.7 241 19 323.6 323.8 290.9 327.0 0.97 12 450 6726 -12.8 -34.2 15 21.3 -17.3 231 24 327.1 327.2 291.4 328.8 0.47 13 400 7614 -18.3 -47.2 6 28.9 -22.2 230 24 331.2 331.2 292.2 331.7 0.14 14 350 8597 -24.4 -52.4 6 28.0 -27.2 229 26 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.2 0.09 15 300 9701 -33.3 -50.2 17 16.8 -34.7 244 25 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.9 0.13 16 250 10954 -43.0 -54.4 27 11.4 -43.6 238 35 342.2 342.2 294.9 342.6 0.09 17 200 12420 -53.5 -67.1 17 13.6 -53.7 253 35 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14232 -61.0 -75.0 14 14.0 -61.2 231 28 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.1 0.01 19 100 16729 -65.2 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.4 263 13 401.7 401.7 305.5 401.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5696.56 m Freezing level: 593.84 mb = 4562.79 m = 14969.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 671.93 mb = 3560.66 m = 11681.82 ft Precipitable water: 1.30 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.55 C = 79.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.41 mb = 1186.42 m = 3892.41 ft T: 15.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 10.85 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1651.32 m = 5417.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.85 C = 78.54 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 3.40 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.85 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.45 C Showalter Index: 2.23 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.89 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.33 C Cross Totals Index: 20.56 C K Index: 27.08 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.08 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6796.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 890.71 mb = 1212.08 m = 3976.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 223.0 at 9.2 knts Storm direction: 253.0 at 6.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 27.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.8 neg: -4.1 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.31 Bulk Shear: 16.94 m/s