MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 20.7 15.8 74 4.9 17.5 24 7 293.8 295.9 290.6 326.3 11.36 1 1000 176 20.6 15.7 73 4.9 17.4 24 6 293.8 295.8 290.6 326.1 11.31 2 950 618 19.3 16.5 84 2.9 17.4 72 19 296.8 299.1 292.5 332.9 12.50 3 900 1082 17.1 12.7 75 4.4 14.3 77 15 299.1 301.0 291.5 329.2 10.29 4 850 1568 13.6 12.3 92 1.3 12.8 49 11 300.4 302.4 292.2 331.8 10.66 5 800 2081 14.0 8.9 71 5.1 10.8 65 7 306.1 307.7 292.6 333.1 8.96 6 750 2624 13.4 -10.9 17 24.3 2.9 14 3 311.2 311.6 288.2 318.4 2.23 7 700 3199 9.1 -6.2 33 15.3 1.9 349 5 312.6 313.3 289.9 323.6 3.44 8 650 3808 4.4 -3.1 58 7.5 0.7 333 5 314.0 314.9 291.4 328.9 4.70 9 600 4455 2.0 -16.8 23 18.8 -5.0 302 8 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.2 1.71 10 550 5154 -0.8 -22.7 17 21.9 -7.9 281 12 323.1 323.4 290.9 327.1 1.12 11 500 5907 -5.3 -24.3 21 18.9 -11.1 278 13 326.5 326.7 291.8 330.3 1.07 12 450 6724 -11.1 -24.9 31 13.8 -15.0 283 16 329.3 329.5 292.6 333.3 1.12 13 400 7617 -16.9 -30.8 29 13.8 -20.1 286 23 333.0 333.1 293.2 335.7 0.74 14 350 8607 -23.8 -32.6 44 8.8 -25.5 281 23 336.7 336.8 294.1 339.3 0.71 15 300 9713 -32.2 -47.9 20 15.7 -33.7 252 26 339.9 340.0 294.4 340.6 0.17 16 250 10974 -41.9 -52.5 31 10.6 -42.5 248 40 343.8 343.9 295.4 344.3 0.12 17 200 12447 -52.8 -67.3 16 14.4 -53.1 254 46 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.02 18 150 14254 -63.7 -80.9 8 17.2 -63.8 275 43 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16697 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 304 14 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.60 m Freezing level: 564.34 mb = 4953.25 m = 16250.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.10 mb = 3881.60 m = 12734.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.29 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.45 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 930.64 mb = 794.94 m = 2608.04 ft T: 18.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.35 C/km ThetaE index: 14.70 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.78 mb = 1559.84 m = 5117.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Cap Strength: 6.09 C Lifted Index: 5.70 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.72 C Showalter Index: 5.06 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.99 C Cross Totals Index: 17.69 C K Index: 16.01 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 182.75 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.18 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6295.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 898.42 mb = 1096.93 m = 3598.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 357.8 at 9.3 knts Storm direction: 27.8 at 7.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -15.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.3 neg: -7.9 tot: 24.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.98 Bulk Shear: 20.64 m/s