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: 36.13,-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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0 1000 164 SFC 999 174 26.6 17.1 56 9.5 20.2 24 8 299.9 302.2 293.3 336.1 12.38 2 950 612 21.1 15.7 71 5.4 17.5 26 11 298.6 300.8 292.6 333.2 11.88 3 900 1077 16.7 13.5 81 3.2 14.7 31 11 298.7 300.7 291.9 330.5 10.88 4 850 1563 15.0 8.4 65 6.5 11.0 66 5 301.8 303.3 290.6 326.1 8.18 5 800 2076 14.0 6.8 62 7.2 9.7 299 1 306.0 307.5 291.6 329.5 7.76 6 750 2619 13.1 -12.0 16 25.1 2.5 316 4 310.8 311.2 287.9 317.3 2.02 7 700 3193 8.8 -5.4 36 14.2 2.0 284 5 312.2 312.9 289.9 323.8 3.65 8 650 3802 5.0 -8.9 36 13.9 -1.2 272 5 314.6 315.2 290.0 324.3 3.00 9 600 4450 2.2 -17.2 22 19.4 -5.0 274 7 318.6 318.9 290.0 324.2 1.65 10 550 5147 -1.6 -23.3 17 21.7 -8.4 281 13 322.2 322.4 290.6 326.0 1.06 11 500 5898 -6.2 -35.7 8 29.5 -12.8 264 17 325.5 325.6 290.8 326.8 0.36 12 450 6714 -12.2 -14.8 81 2.6 -13.2 257 23 327.9 328.4 293.6 337.1 2.69 13 400 7605 -17.5 -24.5 55 6.9 -19.4 259 28 332.2 332.4 293.6 336.9 1.32 14 350 8588 -25.2 -34.1 43 8.9 -26.8 260 33 334.8 334.9 293.6 337.1 0.61 15 300 9689 -33.6 -47.6 23 14.0 -34.9 257 36 338.0 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.17 16 250 10943 -42.5 -65.6 6 23.0 -43.3 249 46 342.8 342.8 295.0 342.9 0.02 17 200 12414 -52.2 -72.1 7 19.8 -52.6 255 49 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.1 0.01 18 150 14238 -60.3 -81.5 5 21.2 -60.5 268 33 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16702 -68.4 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.5 285 15 395.6 395.6 304.6 395.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.50 m Freezing level: 570.91 mb = 4855.69 m = 15930.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.38 mb = 3572.72 m = 11721.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.21 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.83 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 869.19 mb = 1373.17 m = 4505.09 ft T: 15.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.54 C/km ThetaE index: 12.18 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 731.05 mb = 2831.66 m = 9290.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.06 C = 100.51 F Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lifted Index: 3.51 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.32 C Showalter Index: 6.97 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 35.79 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.16 C Cross Totals Index: 14.63 C K Index: 15.39 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 129.02 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.35 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.90 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6146.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.45 mb = 1360.81 m = 4464.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 298.6 at 8.2 knts Storm direction: 328.6 at 6.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 1.1 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.4 neg: -2.6 tot: 22.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 20.07 m/s