MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 37.51,-80.37 Latitude: 37.51 Longitude: -80.37 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 159 1 950 601 SFC 934 742 16.4 9.1 62 7.3 12.1 281 3 295.2 296.6 288.0 317.7 7.78 3 900 1063 16.2 7.3 56 8.9 11.0 299 11 298.2 299.5 288.5 319.1 7.14 4 850 1545 11.9 5.9 67 6.0 8.5 280 13 298.6 299.9 288.3 318.9 6.88 5 800 2049 7.6 2.6 70 5.0 5.0 266 17 299.3 300.4 287.6 316.5 5.78 6 750 2577 4.0 -4.1 55 8.2 0.3 284 18 300.9 301.6 286.2 312.3 3.75 7 700 3135 0.8 -1.7 83 2.5 -0.4 301 21 303.4 304.2 288.1 318.0 4.82 8 650 3726 -2.9 -5.3 84 2.4 -4.0 293 21 305.7 306.4 288.1 317.9 3.97 9 600 4357 -6.2 -9.7 76 3.5 -7.5 288 22 309.0 309.6 288.3 318.7 3.06 10 550 5033 -10.2 -16.3 61 6.0 -12.2 285 25 312.0 312.3 288.2 318.3 1.95 11 500 5760 -15.2 -21.6 58 6.4 -16.9 285 25 314.5 314.8 288.5 319.1 1.36 12 450 6547 -21.3 -26.9 61 5.6 -22.4 283 28 316.5 316.7 288.6 319.7 0.94 13 400 7403 -28.4 -37.3 42 8.9 -29.5 281 31 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.5 0.39 14 350 8347 -34.9 -48.2 25 13.3 -35.8 285 34 321.7 321.8 289.5 322.3 0.14 15 300 9406 -41.8 -57.0 18 15.2 -42.5 287 38 326.5 326.5 290.7 326.7 0.06 16 250 10625 -46.8 -65.0 11 18.2 -47.3 282 52 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.02 17 200 12090 -50.1 -71.1 7 21.0 -50.5 282 61 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.6 0.01 18 150 13952 -56.0 -81.7 3 25.7 -56.3 271 47 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16508 -58.7 -86.4 2 27.6 -59.1 284 31 414.2 414.2 307.0 414.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5600.75 m Freezing level: 689.40 mb = 3260.59 m = 10697.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 729.47 mb = 2801.60 m = 9191.50 ft Precipitable water: 0.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.67 % Est. max temperature: 20.90 C = 69.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 837.70 mb = 1666.43 m = 5467.22 ft T: 10.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 760.16 mb = 2466.95 m = 8093.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.68 C = 71.03 F Cap Strength: 1.77 C Lifted Index: 1.90 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.88 C Showalter Index: 1.84 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 48.21 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.09 C Cross Totals Index: 21.12 C K Index: 30.51 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 122.43 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.02 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.69 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9113.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 790.30 mb = 2148.73 m = 7049.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.2 at 20.7 knts Storm direction: 316.2 at 15.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 1.6 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.2 neg: -4.1 tot: 45.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 20.43 m/s