MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 164 SFC 997 186 27.1 16.7 53 10.4 20.1 24 9 300.4 302.6 293.3 335.9 12.07 2 950 612 21.3 15.3 69 6.0 17.4 26 11 298.8 300.9 292.4 332.6 11.59 3 900 1078 16.8 14.0 84 2.8 15.0 29 11 298.8 300.8 292.1 331.5 11.22 4 850 1563 14.8 8.2 65 6.6 10.9 63 6 301.7 303.2 290.5 325.6 8.06 5 800 2076 14.1 6.4 60 7.6 9.6 320 1 306.1 307.6 291.5 329.1 7.57 6 750 2619 13.1 -13.1 15 26.2 2.2 319 4 310.8 311.2 287.7 316.9 1.86 7 700 3193 8.8 -6.1 34 14.9 1.8 287 5 312.2 312.9 289.8 323.3 3.47 8 650 3802 5.1 -9.2 35 14.3 -1.2 276 5 314.7 315.2 290.0 324.2 2.93 9 600 4450 2.1 -16.8 23 18.9 -4.9 275 7 318.5 318.9 290.0 324.3 1.71 10 550 5148 -1.6 -23.7 17 22.2 -8.5 281 13 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.8 1.02 11 500 5899 -6.1 -37.2 6 31.1 -12.8 264 17 325.6 325.6 290.8 326.7 0.31 12 450 6714 -12.4 -15.2 80 2.8 -13.4 257 23 327.7 328.2 293.5 336.7 2.62 13 400 7605 -17.4 -25.1 51 7.7 -19.5 259 27 332.3 332.6 293.5 336.8 1.24 14 350 8588 -25.2 -34.3 42 9.1 -26.8 260 32 334.8 335.0 293.6 337.1 0.60 15 300 9689 -33.6 -48.5 21 15.0 -34.8 257 35 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.7 0.16 16 250 10944 -42.5 -65.4 6 22.9 -43.3 250 45 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.02 17 200 12415 -52.3 -71.5 8 19.3 -52.6 255 48 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14238 -60.3 -81.3 5 21.0 -60.5 269 33 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16702 -68.4 -85.8 7 17.4 -68.5 286 15 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.76 m Freezing level: 571.23 mb = 4851.59 m = 15917.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.26 mb = 3549.80 m = 11646.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.19 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 38.97 % Est. max temperature: 28.54 C = 83.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.55 mb = 1487.86 m = 4881.38 ft T: 15.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.51 C/km ThetaE index: 12.19 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.93 mb = 2867.54 m = 9407.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Cap Strength: 4.91 C Lifted Index: 3.69 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.37 C Showalter Index: 7.26 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.33 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.97 C Cross Totals Index: 14.36 C K Index: 14.34 Risk: None Sweat Index: 128.23 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 5.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5769.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 865.32 mb = 1411.26 m = 4630.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 300.4 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 330.4 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 129.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.3 neg: -2.3 tot: 22.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.29 Bulk Shear: 20.29 m/s