MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.27,-80.29 Latitude: 39.27 Longitude: -80.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 153 SFC 975 376 22.4 9.8 45 12.6 14.8 238 6 297.8 299.2 288.9 320.7 7.83 2 950 597 19.6 7.9 46 11.8 12.7 239 9 297.1 298.4 288.0 317.7 7.03 3 900 1058 15.1 6.6 57 8.4 10.3 242 10 297.0 298.3 287.8 317.0 6.81 4 850 1538 10.4 5.7 73 4.7 7.8 244 11 297.0 298.2 287.7 316.8 6.76 5 800 2039 5.5 4.3 92 1.2 4.8 249 11 297.0 298.2 287.5 316.1 6.50 6 750 2563 1.6 -3.0 72 4.6 -0.5 285 15 298.3 299.0 285.5 310.5 4.08 7 700 3116 -0.4 -10.4 47 10.0 -4.3 292 16 302.0 302.5 285.2 309.7 2.47 8 650 3706 -2.2 -19.2 26 17.1 -7.5 288 16 306.5 306.8 285.6 310.7 1.28 9 600 4337 -5.8 -14.1 52 8.3 -8.7 277 19 309.4 309.8 287.5 316.3 2.14 10 550 5013 -10.2 -17.6 55 7.4 -12.5 279 22 312.0 312.3 288.0 317.7 1.75 11 500 5739 -15.4 -24.5 46 9.0 -17.6 276 24 314.3 314.5 288.1 317.8 1.06 12 450 6527 -20.4 -33.5 30 13.1 -22.7 270 25 317.6 317.7 288.5 319.3 0.50 13 400 7388 -26.4 -39.2 29 12.8 -28.0 278 28 320.7 320.8 289.3 321.9 0.32 14 350 8337 -34.3 -40.3 54 6.0 -34.8 276 36 322.6 322.6 289.9 323.8 0.33 15 300 9394 -44.0 -48.4 62 4.3 -44.3 270 41 323.3 323.3 289.9 323.9 0.16 16 250 10591 -51.6 -58.3 45 6.6 -51.8 265 44 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.5 0.06 17 200 12031 -52.7 -70.1 10 17.4 -53.0 271 48 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.02 18 150 13885 -54.0 -82.7 2 28.7 -54.4 283 42 377.1 377.1 301.8 377.1 0.00 19 100 16473 -55.6 -84.0 2 28.3 -56.1 280 20 420.3 420.3 307.7 420.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5586.25 m Freezing level: 710.83 mb = 2995.90 m = 9828.95 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.76 mb = 2511.31 m = 8239.11 ft Precipitable water: 0.82 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.79 % Est. max temperature: 21.69 C = 71.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.78 mb = 1948.41 m = 6392.35 ft T: 6.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 11.00 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.78 mb = 2071.33 m = 6795.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.77 C = 71.19 F Cap Strength: 2.33 C Lifted Index: 2.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Showalter Index: 2.80 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.86 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.76 C Cross Totals Index: 21.10 C K Index: 21.46 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 113.78 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.20 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.12 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 796.30 mb = 2076.15 m = 6811.43 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 791.30 mb = 2127.30 m = 6979.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 701.30 mb = 3100.71 m = 10172.81 ft B at Equ Level: 23.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 651.30 mb = 3689.68 m = 12105.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.0 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 304.0 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.9 neg: -0.3 tot: 32.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.50 Bulk Shear: 15.72 m/s