MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.29,-80.31 Latitude: 39.29 Longitude: -80.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 197 SFC 980 371 18.8 14.5 76 4.3 16.0 246 3 293.7 295.6 290.0 324.0 10.62 2 950 634 14.4 12.1 86 2.2 13.0 243 3 291.8 293.4 288.2 318.5 9.39 3 900 1088 11.1 4.3 63 6.8 7.5 261 6 292.9 294.0 285.2 309.7 5.80 4 850 1562 7.0 2.5 73 4.5 4.7 276 11 293.5 294.5 285.0 309.2 5.40 5 800 2057 3.3 -2.2 67 5.5 0.8 281 14 294.6 295.4 284.0 306.6 4.06 6 750 2577 0.6 -11.5 40 12.1 -3.8 286 14 297.2 297.6 282.9 303.7 2.12 7 700 3129 -0.4 -30.7 8 30.3 -7.5 297 16 302.0 302.1 282.8 303.5 0.42 8 650 3719 -1.7 -37.9 4 36.2 -9.0 294 18 307.0 307.1 284.5 307.8 0.22 9 600 4351 -5.3 -28.5 14 23.2 -10.9 297 20 310.0 310.1 286.1 312.0 0.61 10 550 5027 -10.1 -34.8 11 24.7 -14.9 306 22 312.1 312.2 286.5 313.4 0.36 11 500 5753 -15.2 -43.1 7 27.9 -19.2 302 26 314.5 314.5 287.1 315.1 0.17 12 450 6541 -20.1 -48.6 6 28.5 -23.2 302 33 318.0 318.0 288.2 318.4 0.10 13 400 7404 -25.7 -52.9 6 27.2 -28.0 304 38 321.6 321.6 289.3 321.9 0.07 14 350 8356 -33.0 -47.2 23 14.3 -34.1 304 44 324.3 324.3 290.2 324.9 0.15 15 300 9424 -40.5 -52.8 26 12.2 -41.2 300 51 328.2 328.3 291.3 328.6 0.10 16 250 10639 -50.2 -59.8 32 9.5 -50.5 292 51 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.6 0.05 17 200 12069 -54.8 -70.0 14 15.2 -55.0 283 46 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 13920 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.1 272 43 377.6 377.6 301.9 377.6 0.00 19 100 16494 -57.2 -85.2 2 28.0 -57.6 280 26 417.2 417.2 307.4 417.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5556.71 m Freezing level: 720.15 mb = 2906.32 m = 9535.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 791.45 mb = 2143.42 m = 7032.13 ft Precipitable water: 0.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 34.18 % Est. max temperature: 19.11 C = 66.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.83 mb = 914.31 m = 2999.68 ft T: 12.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 20.54 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.38 mb = 1432.53 m = 4699.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.51 C = 65.31 F Cap Strength: 3.97 C Lifted Index: 3.95 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Showalter Index: 7.64 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.23 C Cross Totals Index: 17.71 C K Index: -5.52 Risk: None Sweat Index: 79.47 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.31 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 39.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 872.99 mb = 1340.76 m = 4398.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 847.99 mb = 1581.25 m = 5187.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 717.99 mb = 2925.74 m = 9598.76 ft B at Equ Level: 38.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 657.99 mb = 3621.77 m = 11882.30 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.1 at 17.1 knts Storm direction: 325.1 at 12.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 45.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.34 Bulk Shear: 29.70 m/s