MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1000 174 25.0 19.9 73 5.2 21.4 8 8 298.2 300.9 294.6 341.1 14.77 1 1000 174 24.3 19.8 76 4.5 21.2 8 6 297.5 300.1 294.3 340.0 14.68 2 950 621 19.6 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 10 11 297.1 299.7 294.0 338.7 14.37 3 900 1086 18.2 18.1 99 0.2 18.1 15 7 300.3 303.0 295.1 343.2 14.64 4 850 1575 16.1 15.0 93 1.1 15.4 325 6 303.0 305.4 294.5 340.8 12.75 5 800 2091 15.7 9.7 68 5.9 11.9 284 11 307.8 309.6 293.5 336.7 9.51 6 750 2637 12.6 8.8 77 3.8 10.2 278 10 310.3 312.1 294.2 339.5 9.53 7 700 3213 8.9 5.9 81 3.0 7.1 269 11 312.4 314.0 293.9 338.2 8.36 8 650 3824 5.0 1.9 80 3.1 3.3 264 14 314.7 316.0 293.3 335.9 6.77 9 600 4472 0.9 0.2 95 0.7 0.5 256 18 317.1 318.4 293.7 337.7 6.48 10 550 5168 -2.8 -3.4 96 0.5 -3.1 252 20 320.7 321.8 293.9 338.3 5.43 11 500 5919 -6.5 -7.9 90 1.4 -7.1 246 21 325.1 326.0 294.1 339.1 4.23 12 450 6736 -10.8 -12.3 89 1.4 -11.4 243 19 329.6 330.3 294.6 340.9 3.31 13 400 7633 -16.0 -21.9 60 5.9 -17.8 256 12 334.2 334.6 294.4 340.2 1.66 14 350 8624 -23.4 -31.3 48 7.9 -25.0 269 14 337.2 337.4 294.4 340.2 0.80 15 300 9733 -31.7 -37.5 56 5.8 -32.6 257 24 340.7 340.8 295.0 342.6 0.50 16 250 10999 -40.4 -48.5 41 8.2 -40.9 250 34 346.1 346.1 295.9 346.8 0.19 17 200 12481 -51.8 -63.1 24 11.3 -52.1 247 36 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.04 18 150 14288 -64.6 -75.1 22 10.5 -64.7 252 30 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 19 100 16730 -69.2 -85.2 8 16.0 -69.2 262 17 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.71 m Freezing level: 588.16 mb = 4637.24 m = 15213.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.28 mb = 4562.61 m = 14969.00 ft Precipitable water: 2.09 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.88 C = 85.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 927.52 mb = 826.67 m = 2712.13 ft T: 19.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.70 C/km ThetaE index: 6.48 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.89 mb = 1201.77 m = 3942.77 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.80 C = 82.03 F Cap Strength: 2.73 C Lifted Index: 0.22 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Showalter Index: -0.04 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.15 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.61 C Cross Totals Index: 21.53 C K Index: 34.63 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 212.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 32.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 147.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.52 mb = 836.00 m = 2742.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 631.52 mb = 4057.60 m = 13312.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 511.52 mb = 5739.44 m = 18829.96 ft B at Equ Level: 32.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 431.52 mb = 7055.60 m = 23148.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.4 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 299.4 at 10.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.0 neg: -8.7 tot: 5.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.84 Bulk Shear: 38.78 m/s