MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 29 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 161 SFC 975 376 16.1 11.5 74 4.6 13.3 205 2 291.3 292.9 287.5 316.2 8.75 2 950 597 15.9 11.5 75 4.4 13.2 252 8 293.3 294.9 288.4 319.1 8.99 3 900 1055 12.8 8.4 75 4.4 10.3 283 17 294.7 296.1 287.8 317.0 7.72 4 850 1532 9.5 7.0 84 2.5 8.1 267 20 296.1 297.5 288.0 317.7 7.40 5 800 2032 5.7 4.8 94 0.9 5.2 265 23 297.2 298.4 287.8 317.0 6.74 6 750 2558 2.3 1.3 93 1.0 1.8 268 23 299.1 300.1 287.3 315.7 5.62 7 700 3112 -0.6 -3.6 80 3.0 -2.0 276 19 301.8 302.6 286.9 314.5 4.19 8 650 3702 -2.7 -10.7 54 8.0 -5.8 298 19 305.9 306.4 286.8 314.1 2.60 9 600 4332 -5.6 -27.0 17 21.4 -11.0 304 26 309.6 309.8 286.1 312.0 0.70 10 550 5009 -9.6 -31.6 15 22.0 -14.3 308 28 312.7 312.8 286.9 314.5 0.49 11 500 5737 -14.2 -38.4 11 24.2 -18.3 310 28 315.7 315.8 287.6 316.7 0.28 12 450 6527 -19.8 -39.9 15 20.2 -22.7 311 29 318.4 318.5 288.5 319.4 0.26 13 400 7390 -26.0 -42.8 19 16.8 -27.9 319 32 321.2 321.3 289.4 322.0 0.22 14 350 8339 -34.4 -44.4 36 10.0 -35.3 310 34 322.3 322.4 289.7 323.1 0.21 15 300 9397 -43.2 -50.7 44 7.5 -43.6 311 34 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.0 0.12 16 250 10599 -51.6 -58.1 45 6.6 -51.7 313 40 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.06 17 200 12035 -53.1 -73.6 7 20.5 -53.4 316 48 348.7 348.7 296.4 348.7 0.01 18 150 13889 -54.3 -78.8 3 24.5 -54.7 304 41 376.5 376.5 301.7 376.5 0.01 19 100 16467 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.2 -56.5 300 25 419.4 419.4 307.6 419.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.71 m Freezing level: 710.73 mb = 2993.44 m = 9820.89 ft Wetbulb zero: 726.30 mb = 2815.98 m = 9238.66 ft Precipitable water: 0.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.45 % Est. max temperature: 21.38 C = 70.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.91 mb = 962.01 m = 3156.15 ft T: 13.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 5.66 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 834.47 mb = 1684.41 m = 5526.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.17 C = 70.11 F Cap Strength: 2.96 C Lifted Index: 3.47 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Showalter Index: 3.50 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.92 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.74 C Cross Totals Index: 21.19 C K Index: 27.76 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.81 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.16 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 17.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.99 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.06 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 866.38 mb = 1372.76 m = 4503.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 781.38 mb = 2224.14 m = 7296.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 691.38 mb = 3210.97 m = 10534.56 ft B at Equ Level: 17.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 641.38 mb = 3807.02 m = 12490.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.0 at 22.1 knts Storm direction: 322.0 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.1 neg: -5.4 tot: 77.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 34.38 m/s