MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.00,-80.58 Latitude: 38.00 Longitude: -80.58 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 208 1 950 633 SFC 926 850 4.5 3.9 96 0.6 4.2 339 2 283.9 284.8 281.0 299.1 5.46 3 900 1085 10.8 6.9 77 3.9 8.7 333 9 292.7 293.9 286.3 312.7 6.96 4 850 1559 7.3 2.6 72 4.7 4.9 324 13 293.8 294.7 285.1 309.5 5.41 5 800 2055 4.0 -3.9 56 8.0 0.5 321 12 295.5 296.1 283.8 306.1 3.57 6 750 2576 0.9 -9.5 46 10.4 -3.1 306 13 297.5 298.0 283.4 305.0 2.47 7 700 3128 -1.2 -22.9 17 21.7 -7.2 285 17 301.2 301.3 283.0 304.0 0.87 8 650 3716 -2.6 -38.1 5 35.6 -9.5 288 18 306.1 306.1 284.1 306.8 0.22 9 600 4345 -7.3 -24.2 24 16.9 -11.6 289 19 307.7 307.9 285.6 310.7 0.90 10 550 5016 -12.4 -30.4 21 17.9 -16.2 295 23 309.3 309.4 285.8 311.2 0.55 11 500 5739 -15.9 -46.3 5 30.3 -19.8 306 25 313.6 313.6 286.8 314.0 0.12 12 450 6523 -21.7 -46.2 9 24.5 -24.5 304 31 315.9 315.9 287.6 316.4 0.13 13 400 7379 -27.3 -54.7 6 27.4 -29.3 302 48 319.5 319.5 288.6 319.7 0.06 14 350 8329 -33.0 -56.6 8 23.7 -34.4 304 65 324.3 324.3 290.1 324.5 0.05 15 300 9398 -40.2 -62.1 8 21.9 -41.1 300 76 328.7 328.7 291.4 328.8 0.03 16 250 10620 -47.6 -62.5 16 15.0 -48.0 297 79 335.4 335.4 293.2 335.5 0.03 17 200 12071 -52.7 -69.6 11 16.9 -53.0 289 73 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13932 -53.8 -82.6 2 28.8 -54.2 283 48 377.4 377.4 301.8 377.4 0.00 19 100 16505 -57.6 -85.5 2 27.9 -58.0 271 33 416.4 416.4 307.3 416.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5530.88 m Freezing level: 729.06 mb = 2807.28 m = 9210.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 792.59 mb = 2130.30 m = 6989.09 ft Precipitable water: 0.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.43 % Est. max temperature: 16.81 C = 62.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 916.87 mb = 929.14 m = 3048.32 ft T: 6.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 8.69 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 925.52 mb = 850.05 m = 2788.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 4.90 C = 40.81 F Cap Strength: 5.73 C Lifted Index: 6.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 14.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.30 C Showalter Index: 6.65 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.23 C Cross Totals Index: 18.51 C K Index: 4.10 Risk: None Sweat Index: 81.75 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.00 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12194.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 822.34 mb = 1829.91 m = 6003.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.0 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 331.0 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.6 neg: -1.5 tot: 13.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.47 Bulk Shear: 21.77 m/s