MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 39.56,-78.90 Latitude: 39.56 Longitude: -78.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 155 SFC 964 469 17.1 9.5 61 7.6 12.6 237 1 293.3 294.7 287.2 315.5 7.73 2 950 595 17.9 7.9 52 10.0 12.1 251 6 295.4 296.6 287.4 315.9 7.06 3 900 1055 14.6 5.8 55 8.8 9.7 255 11 296.6 297.7 287.2 315.4 6.43 4 850 1534 10.0 4.9 70 5.2 7.2 253 13 296.7 297.8 287.2 315.4 6.39 5 800 2035 6.2 -2.2 55 8.4 2.2 242 18 297.7 298.5 285.2 309.9 4.06 6 750 2560 4.2 -19.0 17 23.2 -3.3 265 18 301.1 301.3 283.3 304.8 1.13 7 700 3118 1.0 -16.6 25 17.6 -5.0 275 21 303.6 303.8 284.7 308.3 1.49 8 650 3709 -2.3 -8.9 61 6.5 -5.0 279 23 306.3 306.9 287.3 315.8 3.01 9 600 4342 -5.1 -12.4 56 7.3 -7.8 281 26 310.3 310.7 288.1 318.2 2.46 10 550 5020 -9.3 -17.9 50 8.6 -12.1 279 27 313.0 313.3 288.3 318.6 1.69 11 500 5749 -14.1 -24.8 40 10.7 -16.7 273 27 315.9 316.1 288.5 319.4 1.02 12 450 6541 -19.7 -33.2 29 13.6 -22.1 267 25 318.5 318.6 288.9 320.4 0.52 13 400 7403 -26.1 -41.7 22 15.5 -28.0 263 28 321.0 321.1 289.3 321.9 0.25 14 350 8352 -34.1 -49.6 20 15.4 -35.3 258 30 322.7 322.7 289.7 323.2 0.12 15 300 9410 -43.5 -48.4 58 4.9 -43.7 262 35 324.0 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.16 16 250 10609 -52.8 -57.2 59 4.4 -52.9 272 44 327.6 327.6 291.1 327.8 0.07 17 200 12036 -53.0 -71.0 9 18.0 -53.3 276 44 348.8 348.9 296.4 348.9 0.01 18 150 13887 -55.0 -83.5 2 28.5 -55.4 275 40 375.3 375.3 301.5 375.3 0.00 19 100 16471 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 264 23 420.2 420.2 307.7 420.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5594.98 m Freezing level: 685.33 mb = 3291.54 m = 10798.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 779.61 mb = 2244.96 m = 7365.28 ft Precipitable water: 0.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.17 % Est. max temperature: 21.18 C = 70.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.17 mb = 1434.75 m = 4707.13 ft T: 10.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.72 C/km ThetaE index: 11.11 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.62 mb = 2662.05 m = 8733.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Cap Strength: 4.36 C Lifted Index: 4.82 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.40 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.47 C Showalter Index: 4.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 24.13 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 11.42 Risk: None Sweat Index: 110.93 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.82 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9829.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.15 mb = 2012.52 m = 6602.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 20.8 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 15.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 77.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 26.22 m/s