MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.09,-83.62 Latitude: 38.09 Longitude: -83.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 156 SFC 986 278 22.0 12.8 56 9.2 16.2 294 2 296.4 298.1 289.9 323.7 9.44 2 950 601 20.7 10.1 51 10.6 14.3 303 6 298.2 299.7 289.5 322.3 8.21 3 900 1064 16.5 9.2 62 7.2 12.1 273 7 298.5 300.0 289.5 322.4 8.15 4 850 1547 11.8 8.3 79 3.5 9.7 267 9 298.5 300.0 289.5 322.3 8.12 5 800 2051 7.3 6.3 93 1.0 6.7 286 12 298.9 300.3 289.0 321.0 7.49 6 750 2580 4.4 3.6 94 0.9 3.9 317 21 301.4 302.6 289.0 321.1 6.60 7 700 3140 1.6 0.5 92 1.1 1.1 325 24 304.3 305.4 289.2 321.5 5.68 8 650 3734 -1.0 -4.3 78 3.3 -2.6 316 25 307.8 308.6 289.0 321.1 4.27 9 600 4369 -4.6 -9.2 70 4.6 -6.5 305 24 310.8 311.4 289.0 320.9 3.17 10 550 5048 -9.2 -16.0 58 6.8 -11.5 302 26 313.1 313.5 288.6 319.7 2.00 11 500 5778 -13.9 -25.1 38 11.2 -16.7 305 30 316.1 316.3 288.6 319.5 1.00 12 450 6567 -20.2 -31.9 34 11.7 -22.3 305 28 317.9 318.0 288.7 320.0 0.59 13 400 7428 -26.3 -47.3 12 20.9 -28.4 319 34 320.8 320.8 289.1 321.3 0.13 14 350 8381 -32.2 -56.0 8 23.8 -33.7 332 49 325.3 325.3 290.4 325.5 0.06 15 300 9453 -39.1 -59.9 9 20.8 -40.0 323 58 330.3 330.3 291.8 330.4 0.04 16 250 10690 -43.0 -64.6 8 21.6 -43.7 300 92 342.2 342.2 294.8 342.3 0.03 17 200 12162 -53.3 -68.5 14 15.2 -53.7 295 85 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 13989 -57.2 -80.7 4 23.6 -57.5 311 63 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16526 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.2 301 37 412.1 412.1 306.7 412.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5622.01 m Freezing level: 669.28 mb = 3504.86 m = 11498.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 685.21 mb = 3310.89 m = 10862.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.15 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.40 % Est. max temperature: 24.27 C = 75.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.27 mb = 1445.78 m = 4743.32 ft T: 12.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 1.42 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.30 mb = 1965.11 m = 6447.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.53 C = 76.15 F Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lifted Index: 1.08 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.16 C Showalter Index: 1.25 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 47.91 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.69 C Cross Totals Index: 22.23 C K Index: 32.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 147.93 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.57 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 818.56 mb = 1860.28 m = 6103.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 793.56 mb = 2117.09 m = 6945.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 723.56 mb = 2871.03 m = 9419.26 ft B at Equ Level: 9.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 653.56 mb = 3690.32 m = 12107.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 306.5 at 19.9 knts Storm direction: 336.5 at 14.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 75.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 31.80 m/s