MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 37.48,-82.86 Latitude: 37.48 Longitude: -82.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 144 SFC 976 359 22.1 15.1 65 7.0 17.5 206 1 297.3 299.4 291.6 329.7 11.16 2 950 590 21.6 13.6 60 8.0 16.4 350 5 299.1 301.0 291.6 329.4 10.36 3 900 1056 17.7 10.7 64 7.0 13.4 286 6 299.8 301.4 290.6 326.2 9.01 4 850 1541 13.0 9.3 78 3.7 10.8 276 7 299.8 301.4 290.4 325.4 8.68 5 800 2047 8.2 7.9 98 0.4 8.0 272 7 299.9 301.4 290.1 324.5 8.36 6 750 2576 4.3 -2.0 64 6.3 1.3 289 12 301.2 302.1 286.9 314.6 4.41 7 700 3139 5.9 -22.2 11 28.1 -3.1 305 12 309.0 309.1 286.1 312.0 0.92 8 650 3739 1.4 -16.7 25 18.1 -5.0 292 15 310.5 310.8 287.3 315.7 1.59 9 600 4378 -2.1 -20.6 23 18.5 -8.0 289 16 313.6 313.9 288.0 317.8 1.24 10 550 5064 -5.8 -28.0 15 22.2 -11.5 279 21 317.2 317.3 288.6 319.6 0.70 11 500 5805 -9.4 -40.3 6 31.0 -15.0 274 27 321.6 321.7 289.5 322.5 0.23 12 450 6609 -15.4 -40.4 10 25.0 -19.5 269 31 323.9 323.9 290.2 324.8 0.25 13 400 7485 -22.3 -45.7 10 23.4 -25.1 267 35 326.1 326.1 290.7 326.7 0.16 14 350 8451 -29.3 -36.7 49 7.4 -30.3 270 38 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.0 0.47 15 300 9534 -37.1 -49.6 26 12.5 -38.0 273 35 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.6 0.14 16 250 10768 -47.8 -54.4 46 6.6 -48.1 262 35 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.3 0.09 17 200 12200 -58.1 -64.4 44 6.3 -58.2 284 38 340.8 340.8 294.6 340.9 0.03 18 150 14009 -59.0 -80.1 5 21.1 -59.2 293 45 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.5 0.00 19 100 16529 -61.9 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.1 302 29 408.2 408.2 306.3 408.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5660.46 m Freezing level: 630.49 mb = 3988.29 m = 13084.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 735.30 mb = 2737.44 m = 8980.98 ft Precipitable water: 0.93 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 41.99 % Est. max temperature: 24.61 C = 76.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 880.57 mb = 1240.94 m = 4071.28 ft T: 15.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 17.65 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.83 mb = 1801.72 m = 5911.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.76 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.61 C = 76.30 F Cap Strength: 2.32 C Lifted Index: 2.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.32 C Showalter Index: 4.16 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.05 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.40 C Cross Totals Index: 18.66 C K Index: 3.60 Risk: None Sweat Index: 151.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.50 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 48.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.88 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 831.56 mb = 1723.72 m = 5655.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 816.56 mb = 1875.62 m = 6153.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 716.56 mb = 2947.94 m = 9671.59 ft B at Equ Level: 45.64 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 646.56 mb = 3780.93 m = 12404.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 313.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.9 neg: -8.3 tot: 13.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.48 Bulk Shear: 19.73 m/s