MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 18.6 14.1 75 4.5 15.7 23 6 291.7 293.5 288.9 320.4 10.13 1 1000 181 18.1 13.9 76 4.2 15.5 23 4 291.3 293.0 288.6 319.7 10.03 2 950 621 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.4 73 19 295.4 297.6 291.5 329.4 11.80 3 900 1084 17.2 12.3 73 4.8 14.1 66 10 299.2 301.1 291.3 328.7 10.06 4 850 1571 15.1 11.2 78 3.9 12.6 57 10 301.9 303.7 292.0 331.1 9.87 5 800 2084 13.5 8.2 70 5.3 10.3 83 4 305.5 307.1 292.0 331.2 8.53 6 750 2626 13.3 -9.3 20 22.6 3.2 320 3 311.0 311.5 288.5 319.1 2.52 7 700 3201 8.8 -4.9 37 13.8 2.2 316 5 312.3 313.0 290.0 324.3 3.79 8 650 3810 4.6 -7.5 41 12.0 -0.9 307 6 314.1 314.8 290.2 324.9 3.36 9 600 4457 1.7 -15.8 26 17.5 -4.9 308 10 318.1 318.4 290.0 324.3 1.86 10 550 5153 -1.7 -19.9 23 18.2 -7.9 291 16 322.1 322.4 290.9 327.0 1.43 11 500 5905 -6.3 -24.2 23 17.9 -11.6 277 16 325.4 325.6 291.5 329.2 1.08 12 450 6719 -12.0 -22.1 43 10.1 -15.0 270 16 328.2 328.5 292.6 333.3 1.45 13 400 7610 -17.7 -24.9 53 7.2 -19.6 277 21 332.0 332.2 293.4 336.5 1.27 14 350 8596 -24.1 -35.0 36 10.8 -26.1 259 26 336.2 336.4 293.9 338.4 0.56 15 300 9700 -32.7 -42.2 38 9.5 -33.8 246 34 339.2 339.3 294.4 340.4 0.31 16 250 10958 -42.1 -48.8 48 6.6 -42.6 252 42 343.4 343.5 295.3 344.2 0.18 17 200 12431 -53.1 -65.6 21 12.5 -53.4 251 43 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.8 0.03 18 150 14245 -62.3 -85.3 3 23.0 -62.4 281 34 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16701 -67.8 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.9 312 12 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.52 m Freezing level: 575.00 mb = 4804.86 m = 15763.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.78 mb = 3625.13 m = 11893.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.33 % Est. max temperature: 28.80 C = 83.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 936.07 mb = 747.86 m = 2453.57 ft T: 17.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.60 C/km ThetaE index: 12.13 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.48 mb = 3042.47 m = 9981.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.85 C = 101.93 F Cap Strength: 7.21 C Lifted Index: 6.53 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.65 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.71 C Showalter Index: 4.42 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.83 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.35 C Cross Totals Index: 17.47 C K Index: 18.79 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 170.46 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.28 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 30.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7978.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 7.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 902.62 mb = 1059.51 m = 3476.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 327.8 at 9.9 knts Storm direction: 357.8 at 7.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.6 neg: -7.7 tot: 33.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.82 Bulk Shear: 36.88 m/s