MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 36.10,-86.79 Latitude: 36.10 Longitude: -86.79 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 180 SFC 999 186 24.4 16.7 62 7.7 19.2 36 8 297.6 299.8 292.4 332.5 12.03 2 950 624 18.2 15.4 84 2.8 16.4 41 11 295.7 297.8 291.5 329.2 11.65 3 900 1087 17.2 11.3 68 5.9 13.5 44 13 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.6 9.36 4 850 1573 14.5 9.6 73 4.9 11.5 49 11 301.3 302.9 291.0 327.5 8.87 5 800 2084 12.9 9.0 77 4.0 10.5 83 3 304.9 306.6 292.3 332.0 9.02 6 750 2626 12.4 -7.4 24 19.8 3.2 323 4 310.0 310.6 288.5 319.3 2.92 7 700 3200 8.4 -4.6 39 13.0 2.1 307 4 311.8 312.5 290.0 324.1 3.87 8 650 3807 4.3 -7.9 41 12.1 -1.2 292 4 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.3 3.25 9 600 4454 1.7 -15.8 26 17.5 -4.9 305 6 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.3 1.86 10 550 5150 -1.8 -20.3 23 18.5 -8.0 285 12 322.0 322.2 290.8 326.8 1.38 11 500 5901 -6.2 -28.5 15 22.3 -12.2 256 14 325.4 325.6 291.2 328.1 0.73 12 450 6716 -11.6 -22.6 39 11.1 -14.9 247 18 328.7 329.0 292.7 333.6 1.38 13 400 7609 -17.4 -20.9 74 3.5 -18.4 258 26 332.4 332.7 294.0 338.8 1.81 14 350 8595 -24.4 -30.8 56 6.4 -25.7 253 29 335.9 336.0 294.1 339.0 0.84 15 300 9700 -33.0 -40.0 50 7.0 -33.8 254 37 338.9 338.9 294.4 340.4 0.39 16 250 10955 -42.4 -50.0 43 7.6 -42.9 252 43 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.7 0.16 17 200 12425 -53.1 -65.5 21 12.4 -53.4 254 48 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.03 18 150 14242 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.2 278 37 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16698 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 304 10 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5721.08 m Freezing level: 575.81 mb = 4790.58 m = 15716.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.45 mb = 3577.49 m = 11737.02 ft Precipitable water: 1.26 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.31 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.75 mb = 1155.33 m = 3790.41 ft T: 16.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.42 C/km ThetaE index: 12.67 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.64 mb = 2877.41 m = 9440.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.60 C = 99.68 F Cap Strength: 5.39 C Lifted Index: 5.30 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Showalter Index: 6.23 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.70 C Cross Totals Index: 15.83 C K Index: 17.25 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 151.30 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.25 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6984.25 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 883.93 mb = 1239.77 m = 4067.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 324.5 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 354.5 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.1 neg: -4.0 tot: 23.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.39 Bulk Shear: 16.16 m/s