MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 22.7 19.5 82 3.2 20.5 19 6 295.8 298.4 293.6 337.2 14.38 1 1000 176 22.5 19.5 83 3.0 20.5 18 5 295.7 298.3 293.6 337.1 14.43 2 950 621 20.2 16.5 79 3.7 17.7 58 22 297.7 300.0 292.8 333.9 12.50 3 900 1086 16.5 15.5 94 0.9 15.9 67 19 298.5 300.8 293.0 334.7 12.44 4 850 1571 13.5 13.2 98 0.2 13.3 35 10 300.3 302.3 292.7 333.5 11.32 5 800 2084 14.1 9.2 72 4.9 11.0 55 7 306.2 307.9 292.7 333.7 9.14 6 750 2628 13.6 -9.4 19 23.1 3.3 27 6 311.4 311.9 288.5 319.4 2.49 7 700 3204 9.0 -1.3 49 10.3 3.6 17 5 312.4 313.4 291.2 328.1 4.98 8 650 3813 4.9 -1.0 66 5.9 1.8 1 5 314.5 315.6 292.2 331.9 5.49 9 600 4463 2.8 -13.8 28 16.6 -3.8 318 7 319.4 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.20 10 550 5164 0.2 -21.0 19 21.2 -7.1 302 9 324.3 324.6 291.4 328.9 1.30 11 500 5920 -4.7 -27.9 14 23.2 -11.2 305 11 327.3 327.5 291.7 330.1 0.77 12 450 6739 -10.3 -26.6 25 16.3 -14.8 292 16 330.2 330.4 292.7 333.7 0.96 13 400 7635 -16.3 -32.6 23 16.3 -19.8 285 24 333.8 333.9 293.3 336.1 0.62 14 350 8627 -22.3 -59.2 2 36.9 -25.8 287 22 338.7 338.7 294.0 338.8 0.04 15 300 9737 -31.7 -51.0 13 19.2 -33.4 278 21 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.2 0.12 16 250 10998 -41.9 -48.8 47 6.8 -42.4 254 35 343.7 343.8 295.4 344.5 0.18 17 200 12472 -53.0 -68.6 13 15.6 -53.3 257 44 348.9 348.9 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14281 -63.1 -78.9 10 15.8 -63.3 271 38 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16727 -68.6 -85.9 7 17.3 -68.7 291 16 395.2 395.2 304.5 395.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5744.09 m Freezing level: 547.97 mb = 5194.75 m = 17042.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 633.85 mb = 4017.52 m = 13180.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.13 C = 80.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 954.51 mb = 580.02 m = 1902.93 ft T: 20.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.03 C/km ThetaE index: 14.33 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 892.58 mb = 1155.89 m = 3792.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.63 C = 78.14 F Cap Strength: 4.78 C Lifted Index: 4.27 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.44 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.93 C Showalter Index: 4.91 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.08 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.16 C Cross Totals Index: 17.92 C K Index: 21.14 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 190.43 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.54 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.54 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.66 mb = 984.42 m = 3229.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.66 mb = 1415.94 m = 4645.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 845.66 mb = 1614.27 m = 5296.09 ft B at Equ Level: 11.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 815.66 mb = 1919.77 m = 6298.37 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 15.0 at 9.4 knts Storm direction: 45.0 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -16.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 38.4 neg: -15.8 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.11 Bulk Shear: 10.37 m/s