MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.6,-80.6 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -80.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 146 1 950 593 SFC 940 685 23.2 12.3 50 10.9 16.2 284 7 301.6 303.4 291.7 330.0 9.59 3 900 1060 17.9 9.7 59 8.2 12.9 284 11 299.9 301.4 290.2 324.6 8.40 4 850 1545 13.0 8.6 75 4.4 10.4 284 11 299.8 301.3 290.0 324.2 8.29 5 800 2050 8.1 7.4 95 0.8 7.7 284 12 299.8 301.3 289.9 323.6 8.08 6 750 2580 4.4 -3.6 56 8.0 0.7 289 19 301.4 302.1 286.5 313.3 3.91 7 700 3140 4.3 -21.4 13 25.7 -3.8 283 16 307.2 307.4 285.5 310.5 0.99 8 650 3740 1.3 -22.9 14 24.2 -6.1 274 17 310.4 310.6 286.6 313.6 0.93 9 600 4377 -3.2 -20.9 24 17.7 -8.7 265 19 312.4 312.6 287.6 316.4 1.20 10 550 5060 -6.5 -32.1 11 25.7 -12.3 273 19 316.4 316.5 288.1 318.1 0.47 11 500 5801 -9.6 -28.4 20 18.8 -14.2 283 23 321.4 321.5 290.0 324.0 0.74 12 450 6606 -15.2 -36.6 14 21.4 -19.1 284 31 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.6 0.37 13 400 7482 -22.6 -37.7 24 15.1 -24.9 285 34 325.7 325.8 290.9 327.1 0.37 14 350 8446 -30.1 -47.6 16 17.6 -31.7 286 39 328.2 328.3 291.4 328.8 0.15 15 300 9523 -38.9 -52.1 23 13.2 -39.6 283 48 330.6 330.6 292.0 331.0 0.10 16 250 10746 -49.4 -58.5 34 9.1 -49.7 275 57 332.6 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 17 200 12173 -57.3 -66.7 29 9.5 -57.4 276 63 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.02 18 150 13981 -59.3 -80.4 5 21.0 -59.6 290 53 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16511 -60.6 -87.9 2 27.2 -60.9 290 14 410.5 410.5 306.6 410.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5655.19 m Freezing level: 635.61 mb = 3923.06 m = 12870.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 742.09 mb = 2665.62 m = 8745.38 ft Precipitable water: 0.74 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.25 % Est. max temperature: 21.71 C = 71.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 800.71 mb = 2042.89 m = 6702.31 ft T: 8.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.46 mb = 2035.06 m = 6676.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.40 C = 70.52 F Cap Strength: 2.11 C Lifted Index: 3.90 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.62 C Showalter Index: 4.54 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.80 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 18.19 C K Index: 5.57 Risk: None Sweat Index: 149.69 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.05 mb = 2080.57 m = 6825.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 792.05 mb = 2132.17 m = 6995.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 722.05 mb = 2887.96 m = 9474.82 ft B at Equ Level: 28.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 672.05 mb = 3469.65 m = 11383.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.6 neg: -9.5 tot: 9.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.95 Bulk Shear: 10.18 m/s