MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.01,-81.48 Latitude: 39.01 Longitude: -81.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 170 SFC 990 259 22.9 9.4 42 13.5 14.8 221 5 296.9 298.3 288.3 318.8 7.49 2 950 611 17.9 6.6 48 11.3 11.5 222 6 295.3 296.5 286.8 314.1 6.43 3 900 1070 13.3 5.7 60 7.6 9.1 224 7 295.2 296.4 286.7 313.9 6.40 4 850 1547 8.6 4.7 76 4.0 6.5 226 7 295.2 296.3 286.6 313.5 6.30 5 800 2045 5.2 -2.5 57 7.7 1.6 309 5 296.7 297.4 284.7 308.5 3.96 6 750 2570 3.5 -8.5 41 12.0 -1.4 321 10 300.4 300.9 284.8 308.6 2.67 7 700 3126 0.7 -9.6 46 10.3 -3.4 309 14 303.2 303.7 285.8 311.5 2.64 8 650 3718 -2.2 -10.6 53 8.4 -5.4 314 16 306.5 307.0 287.0 314.8 2.63 9 600 4350 -5.3 -13.9 51 8.6 -8.4 296 16 310.0 310.4 287.8 317.0 2.17 10 550 5028 -9.8 -15.7 62 5.8 -11.8 287 16 312.4 312.8 288.5 319.1 2.05 11 500 5755 -15.2 -18.9 74 3.7 -16.3 289 18 314.5 314.9 288.8 320.2 1.72 12 450 6543 -20.2 -29.2 44 9.0 -22.0 299 20 317.9 318.1 288.9 320.6 0.76 13 400 7405 -26.2 -38.5 30 12.4 -27.8 303 23 321.0 321.1 289.5 322.3 0.34 14 350 8353 -34.3 -48.7 22 14.4 -35.4 310 25 322.5 322.5 289.7 323.0 0.13 15 300 9411 -43.7 -58.9 17 15.2 -44.2 313 29 323.8 323.8 290.0 324.0 0.05 16 250 10609 -51.7 -63.7 23 11.9 -52.0 294 43 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.3 0.03 17 200 12052 -52.5 -71.3 9 18.8 -52.8 289 64 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.8 0.01 18 150 13893 -55.4 -83.8 2 28.4 -55.8 276 46 374.6 374.6 301.4 374.6 0.00 19 100 16471 -56.2 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.6 278 23 419.2 419.2 307.6 419.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5584.65 m Freezing level: 688.04 mb = 3267.84 m = 10721.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 773.20 mb = 2321.73 m = 7617.12 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.70 % Est. max temperature: 21.48 C = 70.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.42 mb = 1938.28 m = 6359.12 ft T: 5.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 10.32 C Layer 950.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 756.64 mb = 2497.83 m = 8194.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.83 C = 78.50 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: 4.13 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Showalter Index: 4.95 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.69 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.82 C Cross Totals Index: 19.86 C K Index: 18.23 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 87.88 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.00 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.69 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9658.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.19 mb = 2001.65 m = 6567.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.7 at 12.4 knts Storm direction: 321.7 at 9.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.6 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.1 neg: -4.2 tot: 5.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.60 Bulk Shear: 18.26 m/s