MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 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 154 SFC 996 186 26.5 17.8 59 8.8 20.5 27 8 300.0 302.4 293.8 337.9 12.94 2 950 604 22.2 16.5 70 5.7 18.4 31 13 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.4 12.55 3 900 1071 17.7 15.6 87 2.1 16.3 33 13 299.7 302.0 293.3 336.1 12.45 4 850 1557 14.3 9.4 72 4.9 11.3 51 7 301.1 302.7 290.8 326.9 8.73 5 800 2068 13.2 6.5 64 6.6 9.3 111 1 305.2 306.6 291.2 328.2 7.63 6 750 2610 12.7 -20.2 8 32.9 1.0 231 1 310.4 310.6 286.6 313.8 1.02 7 700 3184 8.4 -5.6 36 14.0 1.8 257 5 311.8 312.5 289.8 323.3 3.60 8 650 3791 4.8 -9.8 34 14.6 -1.6 258 7 314.3 314.9 289.8 323.4 2.79 9 600 4439 0.7 -10.3 43 11.0 -4.0 259 11 316.9 317.5 290.7 326.5 2.91 10 550 5134 -1.8 -25.6 14 23.8 -8.8 260 12 322.0 322.2 290.3 325.1 0.87 11 500 5884 -6.8 -23.3 26 16.5 -11.8 277 14 324.7 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.17 12 450 6698 -12.0 -26.8 28 14.9 -15.9 267 18 328.2 328.4 292.2 331.6 0.94 13 400 7589 -17.5 -33.2 24 15.6 -20.8 256 26 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.4 0.58 14 350 8575 -24.3 -36.2 33 11.8 -26.3 269 26 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.9 0.50 15 300 9679 -32.8 -46.9 23 14.1 -34.1 257 40 339.1 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 16 250 10935 -43.4 -53.4 32 10.0 -44.0 258 43 341.5 341.5 294.8 341.9 0.11 17 200 12400 -52.6 -66.8 16 14.2 -52.9 266 56 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14231 -59.5 -83.6 3 24.1 -59.7 286 42 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16698 -67.0 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.1 295 20 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.12 m Freezing level: 585.50 mb = 4640.33 m = 15223.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 673.39 mb = 3501.49 m = 11487.70 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.58 % Est. max temperature: 27.91 C = 82.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.63 mb = 1294.71 m = 4247.69 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 14.42 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.91 mb = 1438.70 m = 4720.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.29 C = 81.13 F Cap Strength: 3.31 C Lifted Index: 1.37 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.80 C Showalter Index: 5.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.26 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.07 C Cross Totals Index: 16.19 C K Index: 16.43 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 139.36 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.51 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4745.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 874.20 mb = 1318.27 m = 4324.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.3 at 8.4 knts Storm direction: 321.3 at 6.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 42.8 neg: -5.8 tot: 37.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.03 Bulk Shear: 27.84 m/s