MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 174 SFC 1000 174 26.4 20.2 69 6.2 22.1 18 8 299.6 302.3 295.2 343.6 15.09 2 950 623 21.2 19.0 87 2.2 19.6 19 11 298.7 301.3 294.7 341.4 14.67 3 900 1089 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 18 11 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.1 13.60 4 850 1577 15.3 14.9 97 0.4 15.0 8 4 302.2 304.5 294.2 339.5 12.62 5 800 2091 14.7 9.5 71 5.2 11.4 292 8 306.8 308.6 293.1 335.1 9.34 6 750 2635 11.8 9.1 84 2.7 10.1 286 8 309.4 311.2 294.1 339.1 9.74 7 700 3210 8.6 4.5 76 4.1 6.2 279 8 312.0 313.4 293.2 335.5 7.59 8 650 3820 4.8 1.0 77 3.8 2.7 265 10 314.4 315.6 292.9 334.3 6.34 9 600 4469 1.8 -5.7 57 7.5 -1.8 263 15 318.2 319.0 292.2 331.7 4.16 10 550 5166 -1.9 -9.6 56 7.7 -5.3 268 17 321.9 322.5 292.5 333.0 3.36 11 500 5919 -5.4 -10.1 70 4.7 -7.5 273 16 326.4 327.1 293.9 338.3 3.54 12 450 6739 -9.4 -16.1 58 6.7 -11.9 271 17 331.4 331.9 294.3 339.8 2.42 13 400 7639 -15.4 -29.3 29 13.9 -18.8 264 16 335.0 335.1 293.9 338.1 0.85 14 350 8632 -22.9 -37.5 25 14.6 -25.4 259 22 337.9 338.0 294.2 339.6 0.43 15 300 9742 -31.6 -39.8 44 8.2 -32.7 256 30 340.8 340.9 294.9 342.3 0.40 16 250 11007 -40.6 -48.1 44 7.5 -41.1 250 38 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.6 0.20 17 200 12486 -52.5 -61.0 35 8.5 -52.7 244 39 349.7 349.7 296.6 349.9 0.05 18 150 14288 -65.2 -77.8 16 12.6 -65.3 245 30 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16730 -68.6 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.7 271 19 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.87 m Freezing level: 575.52 mb = 4809.99 m = 15780.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.91 mb = 4203.87 m = 13792.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.99 % Est. max temperature: 29.03 C = 84.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 913.68 mb = 958.81 m = 3145.66 ft T: 18.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.19 C/km ThetaE index: 7.41 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 1005.11 m = 3297.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.15 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lifted Index: 0.74 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.49 C Showalter Index: 1.56 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 41.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.76 C Cross Totals Index: 20.33 C K Index: 31.57 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.84 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.30 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.36 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 912.02 mb = 974.49 m = 3197.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 907.02 mb = 1021.88 m = 3352.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 837.02 mb = 1707.28 m = 5601.25 ft B at Equ Level: 5.70 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 807.02 mb = 2016.84 m = 6616.85 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.8 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 316.8 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 130.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 14.9 neg: -7.2 tot: 7.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.40 Bulk Shear: 31.07 m/s