MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 160 SFC 975 376 14.6 12.2 85 2.4 13.1 217 3 289.9 291.5 287.3 315.8 9.19 2 950 593 13.5 13.0 97 0.5 13.2 262 9 290.9 292.7 288.5 319.1 9.96 3 900 1048 11.8 11.5 98 0.3 11.6 268 7 293.7 295.4 289.0 320.9 9.52 4 850 1525 8.6 7.1 90 1.5 7.7 277 14 295.1 296.5 287.6 316.7 7.44 5 800 2023 5.6 1.5 75 4.1 3.5 282 19 297.1 298.0 286.3 312.8 5.33 6 750 2550 5.0 -27.3 7 32.3 -3.7 298 23 302.1 302.2 283.0 303.9 0.54 7 700 3110 2.8 -19.6 17 22.3 -4.4 303 27 305.5 305.8 285.1 309.3 1.16 8 650 3706 0.4 -26.9 11 27.4 -7.0 307 29 309.4 309.6 285.9 311.6 0.65 9 600 4341 -4.2 -20.9 26 16.8 -9.2 300 30 311.3 311.5 287.2 315.3 1.20 10 550 5021 -8.6 -32.0 13 23.4 -13.7 298 33 313.9 314.0 287.3 315.6 0.47 11 500 5752 -13.2 -29.2 25 16.1 -16.7 300 35 317.0 317.1 288.5 319.4 0.68 12 450 6546 -19.0 -29.4 39 10.4 -21.1 301 37 319.3 319.5 289.3 321.9 0.74 13 400 7410 -25.3 -43.1 17 17.8 -27.4 306 42 322.1 322.2 289.6 322.9 0.21 14 350 8365 -31.7 -49.6 15 18.0 -33.1 316 54 326.0 326.1 290.7 326.5 0.12 15 300 9438 -39.6 -47.1 45 7.5 -40.1 317 65 329.6 329.6 291.8 330.3 0.18 16 250 10659 -49.2 -59.8 28 10.7 -49.5 309 68 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.2 0.05 17 200 12089 -57.7 -66.5 32 8.8 -57.9 301 69 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.5 0.02 18 150 13903 -56.8 -80.5 4 23.6 -57.1 302 45 372.1 372.1 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16462 -56.8 -84.9 2 28.1 -57.3 309 21 417.9 417.9 307.4 418.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5592.26 m Freezing level: 645.52 mb = 3762.61 m = 12344.37 ft Wetbulb zero: 775.88 mb = 2273.23 m = 7458.00 ft Precipitable water: 0.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.23 % Est. max temperature: 20.79 C = 69.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.23 mb = 680.15 m = 2231.42 ft T: 13.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 17.05 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 893.55 mb = 1108.22 m = 3635.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.55 C = 65.39 F Cap Strength: 3.73 C Lifted Index: 3.59 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.62 C Showalter Index: 5.11 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.93 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.72 C Cross Totals Index: 20.22 C K Index: 6.44 Risk: None Sweat Index: 148.20 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.59 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 25.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 914.11 mb = 917.36 m = 3009.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 849.11 mb = 1533.22 m = 5030.19 ft Equ Level (EL): 779.11 mb = 2239.33 m = 7346.78 ft B at Equ Level: 24.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 729.11 mb = 2779.11 m = 9117.71 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.2 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 327.2 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.0 neg: -5.6 tot: 113.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 37.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 51.12 m/s