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: 36.13,-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 24.2 17.1 64 7.2 19.4 36 8 297.3 299.6 292.5 333.0 12.31 1 1000 180 22.9 17.0 69 5.9 18.9 36 7 296.0 298.2 292.0 331.3 12.24 2 950 624 18.1 15.6 85 2.5 16.5 40 11 295.6 297.7 291.6 329.6 11.83 3 900 1087 17.2 11.2 68 6.0 13.4 44 13 299.2 300.9 290.7 326.5 9.30 4 850 1573 14.6 9.4 71 5.1 11.4 49 10 301.4 303.0 291.0 327.3 8.76 5 800 2084 12.8 8.9 77 4.0 10.4 85 3 304.8 306.5 292.2 331.7 8.97 6 750 2625 12.4 -7.4 24 19.8 3.2 318 3 310.0 310.6 288.5 319.3 2.92 7 700 3199 8.4 -4.1 41 12.5 2.2 305 4 311.8 312.6 290.1 324.5 4.02 8 650 3807 4.3 -7.9 41 12.2 -1.2 290 4 313.8 314.4 290.0 324.2 3.25 9 600 4454 1.6 -15.9 26 17.6 -5.0 305 5 318.0 318.4 290.0 324.2 1.84 10 550 5149 -1.7 -20.5 22 18.8 -8.1 286 12 322.0 322.3 290.7 326.7 1.36 11 500 5901 -6.2 -27.2 17 21.0 -12.0 256 14 325.5 325.7 291.3 328.4 0.82 12 450 6716 -11.6 -23.3 37 11.7 -15.0 247 18 328.7 328.9 292.6 333.3 1.30 13 400 7608 -17.5 -20.6 77 3.1 -18.4 258 25 332.3 332.6 294.0 338.8 1.86 14 350 8594 -24.3 -31.5 51 7.2 -25.8 252 29 336.0 336.1 294.0 338.9 0.78 15 300 9699 -33.0 -39.6 52 6.6 -33.8 253 37 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.4 0.41 16 250 10955 -42.4 -50.3 42 7.9 -42.9 252 43 343.0 343.0 295.2 343.6 0.15 17 200 12425 -53.2 -65.3 22 12.1 -53.4 253 48 348.6 348.6 296.4 348.7 0.03 18 150 14241 -61.1 -81.3 5 20.2 -61.3 278 37 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16698 -68.3 -85.6 7 17.4 -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: 5720.75 m Freezing level: 575.77 mb = 4790.83 m = 15717.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 667.51 mb = 3588.81 m = 11774.16 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.82 % Est. max temperature: 28.28 C = 82.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.72 mb = 1079.66 m = 3542.13 ft T: 17.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.41 C/km ThetaE index: 12.43 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.45 mb = 2833.77 m = 9297.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 37.57 C = 99.63 F Cap Strength: 5.41 C Lifted Index: 5.39 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 7.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.35 C Showalter Index: 6.33 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.38 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.76 C Cross Totals Index: 15.63 C K Index: 17.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.06 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.36 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7108.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 892.88 mb = 1154.02 m = 3786.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 322.4 at 8.0 knts Storm direction: 352.4 at 6.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 133.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.4 neg: -4.5 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.80 Bulk Shear: 14.84 m/s