MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F078.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F078.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 78 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.66,-86.33 Latitude: 36.66 Longitude: -86.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 90 SFC 984 227 23.0 22.8 99 0.2 22.9 177 5 297.4 300.7 296.5 349.7 18.01 2 950 538 23.7 21.8 89 1.9 22.3 223 13 301.2 304.4 297.3 352.9 17.53 3 900 1010 21.2 16.2 73 4.9 17.8 241 25 303.3 305.7 294.8 341.9 13.00 4 850 1504 18.6 11.2 62 7.4 13.9 254 27 305.6 307.5 293.2 335.4 9.90 5 800 2020 14.0 11.8 87 2.2 12.6 265 29 306.1 308.1 294.1 339.0 10.96 6 750 2562 10.4 8.4 88 1.9 9.2 269 30 307.9 309.6 293.3 336.1 9.30 7 700 3134 6.6 4.6 87 2.0 5.5 274 35 309.8 311.3 292.6 333.3 7.64 8 650 3739 3.7 -2.3 65 6.0 0.7 280 37 313.2 314.1 291.4 328.9 4.99 9 600 4385 0.1 -14.3 33 14.4 -5.4 281 38 316.2 316.6 289.8 323.2 2.11 10 550 5076 -4.0 -24.4 19 20.4 -10.0 275 37 319.3 319.5 289.6 322.6 0.96 11 500 5821 -8.1 -37.9 7 29.7 -14.1 269 41 323.1 323.2 290.0 324.2 0.29 12 450 6630 -13.5 -45.0 5 31.5 -18.4 275 43 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.8 0.15 13 400 7515 -19.2 -50.5 4 31.3 -22.9 274 50 330.0 330.1 291.8 330.4 0.09 14 350 8494 -25.9 -38.8 29 12.9 -27.8 263 50 333.8 333.9 293.2 335.3 0.38 15 300 9588 -35.1 -42.0 50 6.9 -35.8 265 52 335.9 336.0 293.6 337.1 0.32 16 250 10836 -44.0 -50.5 48 6.6 -44.3 254 52 340.7 340.8 294.6 341.3 0.15 17 200 12292 -55.9 -59.7 62 3.9 -56.0 273 64 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.5 0.06 18 150 14080 -64.5 -74.5 24 10.0 -64.6 280 64 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16560 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 287 37 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.06 m Freezing level: 598.71 mb = 4402.89 m = 14444.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.55 mb = 3807.15 m = 12490.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.60 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.27 % Est. max temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.41 mb = 244.88 m = 803.39 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 17.50 C Layer 900.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 844.53 mb = 1558.90 m = 5114.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lifted Index: -4.35 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.30 C Showalter Index: 0.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.73 C Cross Totals Index: 19.37 C K Index: 35.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 230.26 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1629.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.23 mb = 1046.51 m = 3433.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 811.23 mb = 1901.68 m = 6239.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 181.23 mb = 12904.78 m = 42338.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1610.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.23 mb = 15909.02 m = 52194.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.3 at 32.1 knts Storm direction: 299.3 at 24.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 239.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 239.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 7.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.83 Bulk Shear: 91.38 m/s