MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 1001 174 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 25 6 295.8 298.4 293.6 337.2 14.41 1 1000 179 22.4 19.6 84 2.8 20.5 25 5 295.6 298.2 293.6 337.3 14.53 2 950 624 20.2 17.3 83 2.9 18.2 48 23 297.7 300.1 293.3 335.8 13.15 3 900 1089 16.8 16.1 96 0.7 16.3 52 24 298.8 301.1 293.4 336.2 12.86 4 850 1576 15.0 14.3 95 0.7 14.6 46 12 301.9 304.1 293.7 337.8 12.15 5 800 2089 13.9 10.1 78 3.8 11.5 41 6 306.0 307.8 293.1 335.2 9.73 6 750 2634 13.2 1.1 44 12.0 6.6 22 5 310.9 311.9 291.2 328.1 5.54 7 700 3209 8.8 2.8 66 6.0 5.4 22 5 312.2 313.5 292.6 333.1 6.71 8 650 3819 5.2 -0.8 65 6.0 2.0 12 5 314.9 315.9 292.4 332.5 5.56 9 600 4469 2.8 -6.5 50 9.3 -1.6 341 8 319.4 320.1 292.3 332.2 3.93 10 550 5171 0.4 -23.8 14 24.2 -7.4 323 11 324.5 324.7 291.2 328.1 1.02 11 500 5926 -4.8 -22.8 23 18.0 -10.5 329 14 327.2 327.4 292.1 331.5 1.22 12 450 6747 -9.7 -29.3 19 19.6 -14.8 301 15 331.0 331.2 292.7 333.8 0.75 13 400 7645 -15.7 -29.3 30 13.6 -19.0 280 25 334.6 334.7 293.7 337.7 0.84 14 350 8638 -21.9 -54.0 4 32.1 -25.4 288 28 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.5 0.07 15 300 9750 -31.1 -49.3 15 18.2 -32.9 282 30 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.1 0.14 16 250 11014 -41.5 -57.8 15 16.3 -42.3 273 33 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.6 0.06 17 200 12490 -52.3 -66.6 16 14.3 -52.6 252 39 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.02 18 150 14297 -63.8 -78.5 12 14.7 -63.9 246 36 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16741 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 285 17 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5747.23 m Freezing level: 546.58 mb = 5222.27 m = 17133.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 622.31 mb = 4172.79 m = 13690.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.09 % Est. max temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 955.33 mb = 575.70 m = 1888.75 ft T: 20.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.66 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.83 mb = 1100.17 m = 3609.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Cap Strength: 4.26 C Lifted Index: 3.54 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: 2.89 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 38.99 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 19.85 C Cross Totals Index: 19.13 C K Index: 28.21 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.10 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.17 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4758.23 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.65 mb = 922.15 m = 3025.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 15.9 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 45.9 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 3.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.7 neg: -4.1 tot: 18.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.76 Bulk Shear: 6.93 m/s