MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 157 SFC 974 376 13.8 11.1 83 2.8 12.2 203 2 289.1 290.6 286.4 313.1 8.52 2 950 592 14.7 12.2 85 2.5 13.2 267 12 292.1 293.8 288.4 319.0 9.46 3 900 1048 12.1 10.4 89 1.7 11.1 292 10 293.9 295.5 288.5 319.3 8.82 4 850 1524 9.2 7.4 88 1.8 8.2 277 15 295.8 297.1 288.0 317.8 7.59 5 800 2024 5.9 3.6 85 2.3 4.7 276 19 297.5 298.6 287.3 315.8 6.21 6 750 2550 3.3 -5.4 53 8.7 -0.5 288 20 300.1 300.8 285.5 310.5 3.40 7 700 3107 1.6 -13.0 33 14.6 -3.8 292 24 304.2 304.6 285.5 310.6 2.00 8 650 3700 -1.8 -6.9 68 5.1 -4.0 289 28 306.9 307.5 288.0 317.8 3.49 9 600 4334 -4.6 -22.8 23 18.2 -9.8 301 30 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.2 1.02 10 550 5014 -8.5 -31.1 14 22.6 -13.5 304 30 314.0 314.1 287.3 315.8 0.52 11 500 5743 -13.8 -38.1 11 24.4 -17.9 302 31 316.3 316.3 287.9 317.3 0.28 12 450 6536 -19.0 -36.9 19 17.9 -21.9 299 32 319.3 319.4 288.9 320.6 0.36 13 400 7399 -26.2 -36.0 39 9.8 -27.6 300 35 320.9 321.0 289.5 322.5 0.44 14 350 8347 -34.5 -42.6 43 8.1 -35.2 306 38 322.3 322.3 289.8 323.2 0.26 15 300 9407 -41.6 -54.6 23 12.9 -42.2 317 49 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.0 0.08 16 250 10624 -49.2 -60.6 25 11.5 -49.5 325 73 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.04 17 200 12059 -55.4 -67.2 22 11.8 -55.6 321 64 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.1 0.02 18 150 13897 -55.1 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.5 304 42 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16464 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.2 -56.9 305 24 418.6 418.6 307.6 418.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5585.93 m Freezing level: 676.89 mb = 3381.45 m = 11093.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 754.87 mb = 2497.45 m = 8193.64 ft Precipitable water: 0.87 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.10 % Est. max temperature: 21.30 C = 70.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 934.67 mb = 728.99 m = 2391.68 ft T: 13.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 8.79 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1397.02 m = 4583.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.96 C = 67.92 F Cap Strength: 3.69 C Lifted Index: 3.56 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.86 C Showalter Index: 3.85 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 44.07 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 15.69 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 16.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8609.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.59 mb = 1097.88 m = 3601.92 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 294.1 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 324.1 at 17.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.1 neg: -4.6 tot: 98.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.52 Bulk Shear: 30.97 m/s