MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 23.7 19.5 77 4.2 20.8 33 9 296.8 299.4 293.9 338.4 14.39 1 1000 175 23.3 19.5 79 3.8 20.7 34 8 296.4 299.1 293.9 338.0 14.43 2 950 620 18.8 18.1 96 0.7 18.4 39 15 296.3 298.8 293.4 336.4 13.91 3 900 1085 17.7 16.8 94 0.9 17.1 36 14 299.8 302.2 294.1 339.2 13.49 4 850 1574 15.5 14.1 91 1.4 14.6 17 7 302.4 304.6 293.8 337.9 11.99 5 800 2088 14.6 9.2 70 5.4 11.2 2 5 306.7 308.4 292.9 334.4 9.17 6 750 2632 12.3 7.5 72 4.9 9.4 351 4 310.0 311.6 293.5 336.7 8.70 7 700 3208 8.5 3.9 73 4.6 5.8 340 3 311.9 313.3 292.9 334.4 7.24 8 650 3817 4.8 -0.8 67 5.6 1.9 321 3 314.4 315.5 292.3 332.1 5.58 9 600 4466 2.2 -5.2 58 7.4 -1.4 313 7 318.6 319.5 292.4 332.6 4.32 10 550 5166 -0.7 -8.1 57 7.5 -4.1 320 11 323.3 324.0 293.3 335.7 3.77 11 500 5921 -4.9 -20.5 28 15.6 -10.1 323 16 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.3 1.50 12 450 6740 -10.0 -29.5 19 19.4 -15.0 297 17 330.6 330.8 292.6 333.3 0.74 13 400 7639 -15.5 -33.3 20 17.8 -19.4 271 21 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.0 0.58 14 350 8630 -22.9 -35.6 31 12.7 -25.2 260 29 337.8 337.9 294.3 339.8 0.53 15 300 9740 -31.9 -47.1 21 15.2 -33.4 260 30 340.4 340.5 294.6 341.2 0.18 16 250 11004 -40.8 -52.1 29 11.3 -41.5 250 39 345.4 345.4 295.7 345.9 0.12 17 200 12482 -52.2 -65.2 19 13.0 -52.5 257 38 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14284 -64.4 -77.8 14 13.3 -64.5 248 34 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16728 -69.1 -85.4 8 16.3 -69.2 276 18 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.54 m Freezing level: 562.04 mb = 4997.05 m = 16394.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.63 mb = 4178.51 m = 13708.86 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.22 % Est. max temperature: 29.28 C = 84.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.33 mb = 708.35 m = 2323.95 ft T: 18.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.93 C/km ThetaE index: 4.82 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 883.98 mb = 1238.64 m = 4063.72 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.46 C = 81.42 F Cap Strength: 2.72 C Lifted Index: 2.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.63 C Showalter Index: 2.78 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 39.39 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.41 C Cross Totals Index: 18.97 C K Index: 29.89 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 198.80 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.05 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 13.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4176.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.65 mb = 815.87 m = 2676.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 349.0 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 19.0 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 2.3 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 167.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.1 neg: -6.5 tot: -6.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -2.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: -1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 10.71 m/s