MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 163 SFC 975 376 20.0 13.7 67 6.3 16.0 265 5 295.2 297.0 290.1 324.4 10.13 2 950 602 16.4 12.0 75 4.4 13.7 266 7 293.8 295.5 288.9 320.6 9.34 3 900 1059 11.9 11.0 94 0.9 11.3 269 8 293.7 295.4 288.8 320.0 9.17 4 850 1535 7.6 7.0 96 0.6 7.3 283 15 294.1 295.5 287.2 315.5 7.40 5 800 2032 4.8 -2.5 59 7.3 1.4 282 21 296.3 297.0 284.6 308.1 3.97 6 750 2558 4.7 -21.5 13 26.2 -3.3 282 22 301.7 301.9 283.2 304.7 0.91 7 700 3117 2.5 -22.9 13 25.4 -5.0 285 20 305.3 305.5 284.6 308.2 0.87 8 650 3712 -0.9 -11.0 46 10.1 -4.8 289 20 308.0 308.4 287.4 316.0 2.54 9 600 4346 -4.0 -21.6 24 17.6 -9.2 291 23 311.5 311.7 287.2 315.3 1.14 10 550 5028 -8.0 -19.1 40 11.1 -11.5 292 27 314.6 314.9 288.6 319.7 1.53 11 500 5760 -12.3 -27.2 28 14.8 -15.9 288 30 318.0 318.2 289.0 320.9 0.83 12 450 6558 -17.7 -31.0 30 13.3 -20.4 287 38 321.0 321.1 289.8 323.3 0.64 13 400 7426 -24.4 -38.9 25 14.5 -26.4 287 46 323.3 323.4 290.1 324.5 0.33 14 350 8383 -31.9 -46.5 22 14.6 -33.2 289 53 325.8 325.8 290.7 326.4 0.17 15 300 9452 -40.9 -48.1 46 7.2 -41.3 294 58 327.8 327.8 291.3 328.4 0.16 16 250 10666 -50.8 -55.0 61 4.2 -51.0 292 65 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.09 17 200 12092 -56.0 -71.7 12 15.7 -56.2 292 60 344.0 344.1 295.3 344.1 0.01 18 150 13921 -55.1 -83.6 2 28.4 -55.5 292 38 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16478 -58.8 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 295 20 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5597.61 m Freezing level: 662.92 mb = 3558.20 m = 11673.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 784.98 mb = 2186.20 m = 7172.49 ft Precipitable water: 0.78 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.21 % Est. max temperature: 19.94 C = 67.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 888.75 mb = 1164.07 m = 3819.07 ft T: 10.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.63 C/km ThetaE index: 19.71 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1172.12 m = 3845.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.61 C = 65.50 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: 3.79 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.93 C Showalter Index: 6.63 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.27 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.96 C Cross Totals Index: 19.31 C K Index: 1.54 Risk: None Sweat Index: 144.63 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 51.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.16 mb = 1188.38 m = 3898.83 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 881.16 mb = 1235.44 m = 4053.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 761.16 mb = 2437.50 m = 7996.94 ft B at Equ Level: 49.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 671.16 mb = 3454.80 m = 11334.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.4 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 316.4 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 42.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.71 Bulk Shear: 29.95 m/s