MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 37.46,-82.09 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -82.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 132 SFC 963 454 19.2 16.5 85 2.7 17.4 13 5 295.4 297.7 292.0 330.9 12.35 2 950 575 18.3 15.9 86 2.4 16.7 15 10 295.8 298.0 291.9 330.5 12.05 3 900 1036 15.0 13.0 88 1.9 13.7 20 12 296.9 298.8 291.0 327.5 10.54 4 850 1519 12.2 11.0 92 1.3 11.4 331 6 299.0 300.7 291.0 327.4 9.72 5 800 2024 8.8 8.1 95 0.8 8.3 274 10 300.6 302.1 290.5 325.6 8.47 6 750 2556 5.4 4.2 92 1.2 4.7 287 18 302.4 303.7 289.6 323.0 6.89 7 700 3117 2.0 -0.8 82 2.8 0.6 285 21 304.7 305.6 288.9 320.4 5.16 8 650 3713 0.7 -10.3 44 11.0 -3.8 277 17 309.7 310.2 288.2 318.3 2.68 9 600 4351 -2.7 -25.5 15 22.9 -9.0 266 20 313.1 313.2 287.3 315.8 0.80 10 550 5036 -5.8 -34.6 8 28.8 -12.1 257 21 317.2 317.3 288.3 318.6 0.37 11 500 5776 -9.3 -40.0 6 30.7 -15.0 260 22 321.7 321.7 289.5 322.6 0.24 12 450 6581 -15.2 -33.1 20 17.9 -18.8 273 32 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.0 0.52 13 400 7458 -22.6 -41.0 17 18.4 -25.2 273 38 325.6 325.6 290.7 326.6 0.26 14 350 8422 -29.5 -52.3 9 22.7 -31.4 269 40 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.3 0.09 15 300 9507 -36.7 -49.7 25 13.0 -37.6 269 50 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.14 16 250 10741 -47.5 -55.8 38 8.2 -47.9 266 55 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.7 0.08 17 200 12175 -57.9 -65.0 40 7.1 -58.0 258 55 341.1 341.1 294.6 341.2 0.03 18 150 13976 -59.5 -80.9 5 21.3 -59.7 276 48 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16509 -60.4 -87.7 2 27.3 -60.7 278 19 411.0 411.0 306.6 411.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5643.89 m Freezing level: 639.88 mb = 3841.88 m = 12604.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 693.11 mb = 3196.35 m = 10486.57 ft Precipitable water: 1.10 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.09 % Est. max temperature: 23.79 C = 74.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 926.42 mb = 789.42 m = 2589.92 ft T: 16.78 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.24 C/km ThetaE index: 15.15 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 865.43 mb = 1366.99 m = 4484.83 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.02 C = 71.63 F Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lifted Index: 2.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.51 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 3.22 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.81 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.54 C Cross Totals Index: 20.27 C K Index: 29.73 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 166.74 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 82.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 885.42 mb = 1174.21 m = 3852.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 820.42 mb = 1814.22 m = 5952.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 640.42 mb = 3831.05 m = 12568.91 ft B at Equ Level: 81.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 500.42 mb = 5769.65 m = 18929.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.0 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 307.0 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 138.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.6 neg: -24.9 tot: 13.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 61.68 m/s