MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 157 SFC 997 186 28.5 17.1 50 11.4 20.7 25 9 301.9 304.2 294.0 338.6 12.41 2 950 608 22.6 15.7 65 6.8 18.0 26 11 300.1 302.3 293.0 335.0 11.91 3 900 1075 17.9 14.8 82 3.1 15.9 26 12 300.0 302.2 293.0 334.7 11.86 4 850 1561 14.1 9.8 75 4.3 11.4 31 7 300.9 302.6 291.0 327.4 8.96 5 800 2073 13.2 8.2 72 4.9 10.2 324 2 305.2 306.8 292.0 331.0 8.59 6 750 2614 12.6 -18.4 10 30.9 1.1 324 2 310.2 310.5 286.8 314.2 1.20 7 700 3188 8.5 -6.3 34 14.8 1.6 271 4 311.9 312.6 289.6 322.8 3.42 8 650 3796 4.9 -9.8 34 14.7 -1.5 259 6 314.5 315.0 289.8 323.5 2.78 9 600 4444 1.4 -11.4 38 12.8 -4.0 253 9 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.5 2.66 10 550 5141 -1.4 -25.4 14 24.0 -8.6 267 12 322.4 322.5 290.4 325.5 0.88 11 500 5892 -6.5 -23.8 24 17.2 -11.7 280 17 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.0 1.12 12 450 6706 -12.3 -18.1 62 5.8 -14.2 272 21 327.8 328.2 293.0 334.9 2.05 13 400 7595 -18.0 -31.2 30 13.3 -20.8 263 26 331.6 331.7 292.9 334.2 0.70 14 350 8578 -25.5 -44.4 15 18.9 -27.9 263 25 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.1 0.21 15 300 9680 -33.1 -52.4 13 19.3 -34.6 254 28 338.7 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.10 16 250 10937 -42.5 -55.8 22 13.3 -43.2 261 42 342.8 342.8 295.1 343.1 0.08 17 200 12408 -52.2 -66.3 17 14.2 -52.5 249 53 350.2 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.03 18 150 14238 -59.6 -82.8 3 23.2 -59.8 283 37 367.4 367.4 300.1 367.4 0.00 19 100 16698 -68.8 -86.1 7 17.3 -68.9 283 19 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5734.07 m Freezing level: 575.58 mb = 4784.12 m = 15695.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.44 mb = 3493.31 m = 11460.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 42.54 % Est. max temperature: 27.77 C = 81.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 844.65 mb = 1614.70 m = 5297.50 ft T: 14.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.56 C/km ThetaE index: 16.80 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.20 mb = 1559.49 m = 5116.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.51 C = 81.52 F Cap Strength: 3.47 C Lifted Index: 2.06 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.22 C Showalter Index: 5.99 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 20.65 C Cross Totals Index: 16.30 C K Index: 15.65 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 148.01 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.44 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 7.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4828.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 856.03 mb = 1501.26 m = 4925.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 297.9 at 8.5 knts Storm direction: 327.9 at 6.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.2 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 15.2 neg: -2.7 tot: 12.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.33 Bulk Shear: 23.08 m/s