MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 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 211 SFC 981 376 22.0 15.7 68 6.3 17.8 109 4 296.7 298.8 291.7 330.0 11.50 2 950 655 19.8 13.9 69 6.0 16.0 116 11 297.3 299.2 291.1 327.8 10.53 3 900 1119 16.3 14.7 90 1.6 15.3 136 7 298.3 300.5 292.4 332.6 11.77 4 850 1604 13.5 13.1 97 0.5 13.2 131 5 300.3 302.3 292.6 333.1 11.18 5 800 2114 11.4 9.5 88 1.9 10.3 171 6 303.3 305.1 292.0 331.2 9.37 6 750 2652 9.8 3.7 66 6.1 6.3 184 5 307.2 308.4 291.0 327.5 6.66 7 700 3223 7.1 -2.5 51 9.6 2.3 227 3 310.4 311.2 290.2 324.6 4.56 8 650 3828 4.0 -12.5 29 16.5 -2.7 245 7 313.5 313.9 289.0 320.8 2.25 9 600 4474 0.1 -13.8 34 13.9 -5.3 248 12 316.3 316.7 289.8 323.5 2.19 10 550 5165 -4.0 -21.9 23 17.9 -9.6 248 14 319.3 319.6 289.8 323.5 1.20 11 500 5910 -8.0 -28.3 18 20.3 -13.3 246 17 323.2 323.4 290.5 325.9 0.74 12 450 6720 -13.0 -34.9 14 21.9 -17.5 246 21 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.44 13 400 7608 -18.5 -42.5 10 24.0 -22.1 251 24 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.9 0.23 14 350 8590 -24.2 -47.2 10 23.1 -26.9 242 39 336.2 336.2 293.5 336.8 0.15 15 300 9696 -32.5 -46.0 25 13.5 -33.8 234 32 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.4 0.21 16 250 10951 -43.1 -49.3 50 6.3 -43.5 238 40 342.1 342.1 295.0 342.7 0.17 17 200 12419 -53.0 -65.2 21 12.2 -53.2 239 35 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.03 18 150 14225 -60.8 -73.8 17 13.0 -61.0 244 36 365.3 365.3 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16735 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 277 12 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.97 m Freezing level: 598.34 mb = 4496.85 m = 14753.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 676.86 mb = 3497.60 m = 11474.92 ft Precipitable water: 1.25 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.94 % Est. max temperature: 26.63 C = 79.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.39 mb = 1172.24 m = 3845.89 ft T: 16.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.64 C/km ThetaE index: 12.30 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.03 mb = 1784.00 m = 5852.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.58 C = 79.84 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 3.04 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.69 C Showalter Index: 1.72 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.64 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.55 C Cross Totals Index: 21.09 C K Index: 25.03 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.39 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6267.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 876.66 mb = 1342.20 m = 4403.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 225.0 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 255.0 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 11.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.2 neg: -7.5 tot: 18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.24 Bulk Shear: 27.48 m/s