MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 37.39,-80.34 Latitude: 37.39 Longitude: -80.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 154 1 950 598 SFC 938 705 19.6 10.2 54 9.5 13.8 303 5 298.1 299.7 289.5 322.5 8.32 3 900 1061 15.9 8.0 60 7.9 11.3 303 8 297.9 299.3 288.7 319.9 7.51 4 850 1542 11.2 7.1 76 4.1 8.9 302 9 297.9 299.2 288.6 319.8 7.48 5 800 2044 6.2 5.7 97 0.5 5.9 300 9 297.7 299.0 288.3 318.8 7.19 6 750 2570 2.2 -1.2 78 3.4 0.5 262 10 299.0 299.8 286.4 312.9 4.67 7 700 3124 0.3 -10.5 44 10.8 -3.8 271 15 302.8 303.3 285.5 310.5 2.46 8 650 3717 -0.9 -27.0 12 26.2 -7.8 279 24 308.0 308.1 285.4 310.2 0.64 9 600 4350 -5.2 -27.5 15 22.4 -10.8 270 29 310.2 310.3 286.2 312.4 0.66 10 550 5027 -9.4 -25.9 25 16.5 -13.5 263 34 312.9 313.1 287.3 315.8 0.84 11 500 5758 -13.2 -30.8 21 17.6 -16.9 256 43 317.0 317.1 288.4 319.1 0.59 12 450 6553 -18.1 -29.9 35 11.8 -20.5 253 52 320.5 320.7 289.7 323.0 0.71 13 400 7420 -24.8 -36.7 32 11.9 -26.5 254 58 322.8 322.9 290.0 324.3 0.41 14 350 8378 -31.0 -47.9 18 16.8 -32.5 253 75 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.14 15 300 9462 -36.4 -44.7 42 8.3 -37.1 241 101 334.1 334.1 293.0 335.0 0.24 16 250 10697 -47.6 -51.6 63 4.0 -47.7 235 100 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 17 200 12144 -52.6 -70.7 10 18.1 -52.9 246 93 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.5 0.01 18 150 13987 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.7 250 80 373.0 373.0 301.1 373.0 0.00 19 100 16545 -59.1 -86.7 2 27.6 -59.5 246 39 413.5 413.5 306.9 413.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5603.54 m Freezing level: 686.58 mb = 3283.39 m = 10772.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 743.78 mb = 2636.90 m = 8651.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.17 % Est. max temperature: 19.49 C = 67.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 815.13 mb = 1889.35 m = 6198.58 ft T: 7.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.12 C/km ThetaE index: 12.33 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 804.39 mb = 1999.10 m = 6558.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.24 C = 66.62 F Cap Strength: 2.02 C Lifted Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Showalter Index: 3.34 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.66 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.36 C Cross Totals Index: 20.30 C K Index: 20.70 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 146.00 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.14 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 36.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.51 mb = 2018.52 m = 6622.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 797.51 mb = 2069.85 m = 6790.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 687.51 mb = 3268.32 m = 10722.71 ft B at Equ Level: 35.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 627.51 mb = 3995.80 m = 13109.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.2 at 25.0 knts Storm direction: 295.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.7 neg: -1.8 tot: 39.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.72 Bulk Shear: 50.81 m/s