MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 38.43,-81.63 Latitude: 38.43 Longitude: -81.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 216 SFC 994 265 18.6 14.9 79 3.7 16.3 127 6 292.2 294.2 289.6 322.9 10.79 2 950 652 14.0 13.2 95 0.8 13.5 130 10 291.4 293.2 288.7 319.9 10.08 3 900 1107 13.2 12.9 98 0.2 13.0 155 9 295.1 297.0 290.3 325.1 10.46 4 850 1590 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 85 14 299.5 301.4 292.0 331.0 10.78 5 800 2098 10.9 8.7 86 2.2 9.6 109 11 302.8 304.4 291.5 329.1 8.84 6 750 2636 9.6 4.0 68 5.6 6.4 130 6 307.0 308.2 291.0 327.7 6.82 7 700 3206 6.9 0.7 64 6.3 3.6 155 5 310.1 311.2 291.2 328.0 5.74 8 650 3812 3.7 -2.1 66 5.8 0.7 224 6 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.0 5.05 9 600 4457 -0.1 -7.9 55 7.9 -3.6 266 9 316.1 316.7 291.0 327.4 3.51 10 550 5148 -4.3 -6.8 83 2.5 -5.5 261 18 319.0 319.8 292.4 332.5 4.18 11 500 5894 -7.7 -8.5 94 0.8 -8.0 229 22 323.7 324.5 293.6 337.1 4.04 12 450 6707 -12.7 -15.9 77 3.2 -13.8 221 33 327.3 327.8 293.2 335.7 2.46 13 400 7596 -18.4 -21.0 80 2.6 -19.1 214 37 331.1 331.5 293.7 337.4 1.79 14 350 8580 -24.9 -27.3 81 2.3 -25.5 202 42 335.1 335.4 294.1 339.4 1.17 15 300 9683 -32.6 -36.6 68 4.0 -33.2 219 59 339.4 339.5 294.7 341.5 0.55 16 250 10942 -42.3 -45.9 68 3.5 -42.6 225 64 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.25 17 200 12409 -54.1 -60.8 43 6.8 -54.2 233 65 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.4 0.05 18 150 14228 -58.1 -74.9 10 16.8 -58.3 241 24 370.0 370.0 300.6 370.1 0.01 19 100 16727 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 236 11 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5678.98 m Freezing level: 600.75 mb = 4446.99 m = 14589.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.55 mb = 3917.08 m = 12851.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.70 % Est. max temperature: 26.18 C = 79.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 941.46 mb = 728.44 m = 2389.86 ft T: 13.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 3.26 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 805.47 mb = 2040.72 m = 6695.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.74 C = 83.72 F Cap Strength: 5.85 C Lifted Index: 7.50 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.55 C Showalter Index: 3.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.52 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.16 C K Index: 26.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 200.19 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.11 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 15.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9105.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.98 mb = 867.96 m = 2847.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 204.0 at 11.5 knts Storm direction: 234.0 at 8.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 39.2 neg: -46.3 tot: -7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: -0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.79 Bulk Shear: 19.94 m/s