MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.06,-84.07 Latitude: 40.06 Longitude: -84.07 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 172 SFC 984 306 15.5 13.9 90 1.6 14.5 39 8 289.9 291.7 288.3 318.6 10.18 2 950 604 11.9 11.7 98 0.2 11.8 43 12 289.3 290.9 287.1 314.9 9.12 3 900 1059 12.3 9.4 82 2.9 10.6 335 7 294.2 295.7 288.1 318.0 8.26 4 850 1536 11.3 -16.3 13 27.7 1.5 303 11 298.0 298.3 282.2 302.0 1.26 5 800 2039 8.8 -22.3 9 31.1 -0.9 292 15 300.5 300.6 282.6 303.1 0.80 6 750 2569 5.8 -24.2 9 29.9 -3.0 294 18 302.8 303.0 283.5 305.2 0.72 7 700 3129 3.2 -21.2 15 24.5 -4.4 300 19 306.1 306.3 285.1 309.4 1.00 8 650 3726 -0.2 -15.8 30 15.7 -5.7 304 21 308.8 309.1 286.8 314.3 1.71 9 600 4361 -3.5 -20.0 26 16.5 -8.7 309 23 312.1 312.4 287.6 316.5 1.30 10 550 5045 -6.6 -24.7 22 18.1 -11.6 306 26 316.2 316.4 288.6 319.4 0.94 11 500 5782 -10.9 -31.2 17 20.3 -15.4 300 33 319.8 319.9 289.3 321.8 0.57 12 450 6584 -15.7 -41.1 9 25.4 -19.7 296 40 323.5 323.6 290.1 324.4 0.23 13 400 7460 -22.4 -47.9 8 25.4 -25.3 297 44 325.8 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.13 14 350 8423 -30.8 -48.1 17 17.3 -32.3 296 47 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.14 15 300 9496 -40.0 -50.9 30 11.0 -40.6 298 51 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.12 16 250 10714 -50.2 -55.6 52 5.5 -50.3 304 54 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.08 17 200 12138 -57.6 -68.5 24 10.9 -57.8 302 54 341.5 341.5 294.7 341.6 0.02 18 150 13955 -57.5 -81.0 4 23.5 -57.8 302 47 371.0 371.0 300.7 371.0 0.00 19 100 16494 -60.1 -87.4 2 27.3 -60.4 314 29 411.6 411.6 306.7 411.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5610.66 m Freezing level: 652.65 mb = 3694.04 m = 12119.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 819.10 mb = 1843.30 m = 6047.51 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.89 % Est. max temperature: 24.29 C = 75.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 961.50 mb = 502.98 m = 1650.18 ft T: 13.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.32 C/km ThetaE index: 15.99 C Layer 850.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2143.89 m = 7033.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.45 C = 79.61 F Cap Strength: 6.72 C Lifted Index: 7.67 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.45 C Showalter Index: 16.69 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 16.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.23 C Cross Totals Index: -5.43 C K Index: -18.56 Risk: None Sweat Index: 55.49 Risk: None Energy Index: 4.16 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9548.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.19 mb = 1010.38 m = 3314.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 305.2 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 335.2 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 54.1 neg: -13.5 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 70.97 m/s