MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 36.13,-86.68 Latitude: 36.13 Longitude: -86.68 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 171 SFC 1000 174 24.1 21.2 84 2.9 22.1 8 7 297.3 300.2 295.3 343.9 16.09 2 950 617 19.5 19.4 99 0.1 19.5 21 13 297.0 299.8 294.5 340.7 15.12 3 900 1082 18.1 17.9 99 0.1 18.0 10 5 300.2 302.8 295.0 342.7 14.53 4 850 1572 16.4 15.5 94 1.0 15.8 295 7 303.3 305.8 294.8 342.2 13.10 5 800 2090 16.2 9.8 66 6.5 12.1 272 11 308.4 310.2 293.7 337.4 9.52 6 750 2636 13.0 9.3 78 3.7 10.6 261 11 310.6 312.5 294.5 340.8 9.83 7 700 3213 9.0 6.6 85 2.4 7.6 259 11 312.5 314.2 294.2 339.6 8.77 8 650 3824 5.1 3.0 86 2.1 3.9 257 13 314.7 316.1 293.7 337.6 7.31 9 600 4473 0.8 0.4 97 0.4 0.6 257 16 317.1 318.4 293.9 338.1 6.61 10 550 5169 -2.7 -4.2 89 1.5 -3.4 252 16 320.9 321.9 293.7 337.4 5.09 11 500 5919 -6.5 -10.7 72 4.3 -8.2 243 16 325.2 325.8 293.4 336.5 3.38 12 450 6736 -10.9 -15.8 67 4.9 -12.7 235 14 329.6 330.1 293.9 338.1 2.48 13 400 7632 -16.1 -22.2 60 6.0 -17.9 268 11 334.0 334.3 294.3 339.8 1.62 14 350 8623 -23.1 -29.6 56 6.4 -24.5 293 15 337.6 337.7 294.6 341.1 0.94 15 300 9733 -31.4 -37.5 55 6.0 -32.3 276 24 341.1 341.2 295.0 343.1 0.51 16 250 10999 -40.6 -46.7 52 6.1 -41.1 257 30 345.7 345.8 295.9 346.7 0.23 17 200 12478 -52.5 -60.5 37 8.0 -52.7 251 31 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.06 18 150 14280 -65.1 -72.8 34 7.6 -65.2 251 29 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16717 -69.4 -85.9 7 16.5 -69.5 245 15 393.7 393.7 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.50 m Freezing level: 588.07 mb = 4638.88 m = 15219.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.51 mb = 4573.26 m = 15003.97 ft Precipitable water: 2.11 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.75 % Est. max temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.54 mb = 538.84 m = 1767.83 ft T: 20.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 5.35 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.00 mb = 616.69 m = 2023.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Cap Strength: 2.77 C Lifted Index: -0.50 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.76 C Showalter Index: -0.56 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.77 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 21.91 C K Index: 35.88 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 214.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 87.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 938.08 mb = 725.46 m = 2380.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 933.08 mb = 771.50 m = 2531.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 923.08 mb = 864.31 m = 2835.63 ft B at Equ Level: 12.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 833.08 mb = 1743.81 m = 5721.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: -10.5 tot: 7.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.96 Bulk Shear: 44.86 m/s