MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z MON 1 SEP 25 Station: 37.46,-82.01 Latitude: 37.46 Longitude: -82.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 169 SFC 966 468 20.0 17.3 84 2.8 18.2 109 5 296.1 298.4 292.6 333.4 12.95 2 950 611 19.0 16.8 87 2.1 17.5 113 11 296.4 298.7 292.6 333.4 12.80 3 900 1074 15.7 14.1 90 1.6 14.7 121 10 297.7 299.8 291.9 330.6 11.31 4 850 1557 12.3 10.1 86 2.2 11.0 59 4 299.0 300.7 290.5 325.9 9.17 5 800 2063 8.7 4.6 75 4.1 6.5 269 5 300.5 301.7 288.8 320.3 6.67 6 750 2594 5.9 -7.3 38 13.2 0.2 266 10 303.0 303.5 286.1 312.1 2.95 7 700 3155 2.2 -2.5 71 4.6 -0.0 271 9 304.9 305.7 288.3 318.9 4.56 8 650 3748 -2.4 -5.9 77 3.5 -3.9 266 11 306.3 307.0 288.1 318.1 3.80 9 600 4382 -4.6 -22.5 23 17.9 -9.8 270 15 310.8 311.0 286.8 314.3 1.05 10 550 5060 -9.6 -20.0 42 10.4 -12.6 264 20 312.7 313.0 287.9 317.5 1.42 11 500 5788 -14.0 -32.6 19 18.6 -17.7 263 22 315.9 316.0 288.0 317.7 0.49 12 450 6580 -19.8 -34.0 27 14.3 -22.2 260 24 318.4 318.5 288.8 320.1 0.48 13 400 7441 -26.4 -30.1 71 3.7 -27.1 257 28 320.7 320.9 289.8 323.5 0.79 14 350 8393 -32.4 -35.8 72 3.3 -32.9 253 42 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.52 15 300 9460 -41.9 -45.0 72 3.1 -42.1 244 43 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.2 0.23 16 250 10668 -50.1 -59.5 32 9.5 -50.3 248 43 331.7 331.7 292.2 331.9 0.05 17 200 12116 -51.6 -72.1 7 20.5 -52.0 264 43 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 13981 -53.0 -82.0 2 28.9 -53.5 272 44 378.7 378.7 302.1 378.7 0.00 19 100 16544 -59.8 -87.2 2 27.4 -60.1 272 19 412.2 412.2 306.8 412.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5619.78 m Freezing level: 676.05 mb = 3439.16 m = 11283.21 ft Wetbulb zero: 708.28 mb = 3059.21 m = 10036.67 ft Precipitable water: 1.07 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.06 % Est. max temperature: 23.89 C = 75.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.58 mb = 815.85 m = 2676.64 ft T: 17.55 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 21.31 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 876.76 mb = 1295.32 m = 4249.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.66 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.24 C = 72.03 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.31 C Cross Totals Index: 24.12 C K Index: 31.76 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.65 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 912.29 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.51 mb = 1173.21 m = 3849.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 854.51 mb = 1512.58 m = 4962.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.51 mb = 10549.15 m = 34609.66 ft B at Equ Level: 906.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 184.51 mb = 12638.30 m = 41463.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.9 at 13.3 knts Storm direction: 291.9 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.3 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.4 neg: -33.7 tot: -11.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.09 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 13.99 Bulk Shear: 65.20 m/s