MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 28 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 164 SFC 976 371 21.9 9.4 45 12.5 14.4 215 6 297.1 298.5 288.5 319.3 7.60 2 950 606 18.1 7.1 48 11.1 11.8 216 8 295.6 296.8 287.1 314.9 6.64 3 900 1065 13.5 5.9 60 7.6 9.3 218 9 295.4 296.6 286.8 314.3 6.48 4 850 1542 8.9 4.9 76 4.0 6.7 220 9 295.4 296.6 286.8 314.1 6.40 5 800 2040 4.1 2.6 90 1.5 3.4 227 9 295.6 296.6 286.2 312.4 5.77 6 750 2562 2.2 -13.0 32 15.2 -3.3 263 13 299.0 299.3 283.3 304.8 1.88 7 700 3119 1.5 -27.7 9 29.2 -6.1 267 17 304.2 304.3 283.8 306.1 0.56 8 650 3710 -1.9 -29.7 10 27.8 -8.7 268 21 306.8 306.9 284.7 308.5 0.50 9 600 4341 -5.2 -30.0 12 24.8 -11.1 273 20 310.1 310.2 286.0 311.9 0.53 10 550 5019 -9.4 -23.4 31 14.0 -13.2 277 19 312.9 313.1 287.6 316.4 1.05 11 500 5747 -14.8 -23.4 48 8.6 -17.0 274 20 315.0 315.2 288.4 318.9 1.16 12 450 6536 -20.5 -29.3 45 8.8 -22.2 276 21 317.5 317.7 288.8 320.2 0.75 13 400 7396 -26.8 -37.2 37 10.4 -28.2 287 22 320.2 320.2 289.2 321.6 0.39 14 350 8344 -34.3 -47.3 26 13.0 -35.3 292 27 322.5 322.6 289.7 323.1 0.15 15 300 9402 -43.4 -54.0 30 10.6 -43.8 288 31 324.2 324.2 290.2 324.5 0.08 16 250 10601 -52.3 -58.8 45 6.5 -52.5 284 40 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.5 0.05 17 200 12038 -52.8 -73.3 7 20.6 -53.1 285 51 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.01 18 150 13887 -53.9 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 273 40 377.2 377.2 301.8 377.2 0.00 19 100 16473 -55.8 -84.1 2 28.3 -56.3 276 22 419.9 419.9 307.7 419.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5582.72 m Freezing level: 677.83 mb = 3381.29 m = 11093.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 774.63 mb = 2300.79 m = 7548.44 ft Precipitable water: 0.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.38 % Est. max temperature: 20.33 C = 68.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.14 mb = 1926.63 m = 6320.88 ft T: 5.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.22 C/km ThetaE index: 14.46 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 806.35 mb = 1975.27 m = 6480.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.38 C = 68.68 F Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lifted Index: 4.34 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.22 C Showalter Index: 4.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 43.36 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 23.66 C Cross Totals Index: 19.70 C K Index: -0.67 Risk: None Sweat Index: 96.92 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.99 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.59 mb = 1993.21 m = 6539.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 799.59 mb = 2044.32 m = 6707.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.59 mb = 2249.20 m = 7379.16 ft B at Equ Level: 11.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 729.59 mb = 2784.88 m = 9136.65 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.6 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 293.6 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 36.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 18.79 m/s