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: 36.13,-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 154 SFC 998 174 26.4 18.1 61 8.2 20.7 26 7 299.7 302.1 293.9 338.4 13.22 2 950 604 22.1 16.6 71 5.4 18.4 31 13 299.6 301.9 293.4 336.4 12.62 3 900 1071 17.5 15.7 89 1.8 16.3 34 13 299.6 301.8 293.4 336.3 12.57 4 850 1557 14.5 9.1 70 5.4 11.2 56 5 301.3 302.9 290.7 326.7 8.57 5 800 2068 13.1 7.5 69 5.7 9.7 128 1 305.1 306.6 291.6 329.6 8.13 6 750 2610 12.6 -18.9 9 31.5 1.1 212 1 310.2 310.5 286.8 314.1 1.14 7 700 3184 8.5 -5.9 35 14.4 1.7 253 4 311.9 312.6 289.7 323.1 3.51 8 650 3791 4.8 -10.2 33 15.0 -1.7 256 6 314.3 314.9 289.7 323.1 2.71 9 600 4438 0.7 -9.4 47 10.1 -3.7 258 11 316.9 317.5 290.9 327.0 3.12 10 550 5134 -1.8 -25.6 14 23.8 -8.8 258 12 322.0 322.1 290.3 325.0 0.86 11 500 5884 -6.8 -23.0 26 16.2 -11.8 276 14 324.7 325.0 291.4 328.9 1.20 12 450 6698 -12.0 -27.8 26 15.8 -16.0 267 18 328.2 328.3 292.0 331.3 0.86 13 400 7589 -17.5 -32.5 26 15.0 -20.7 256 27 332.2 332.3 292.9 334.5 0.62 14 350 8575 -24.3 -36.6 31 12.4 -26.3 268 26 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.9 0.47 15 300 9679 -32.8 -47.4 22 14.6 -34.2 256 40 339.1 339.1 294.3 339.8 0.18 16 250 10934 -43.5 -52.9 35 9.4 -44.0 258 43 341.4 341.4 294.8 341.9 0.11 17 200 12399 -52.6 -66.4 17 13.8 -52.9 266 56 349.5 349.5 296.5 349.6 0.03 18 150 14230 -59.5 -82.7 3 23.2 -59.7 285 43 367.6 367.6 300.1 367.6 0.00 19 100 16698 -66.9 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.0 294 20 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5729.81 m Freezing level: 586.56 mb = 4625.33 m = 15174.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 675.14 mb = 3480.09 m = 11417.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.24 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.43 % Est. max temperature: 28.14 C = 82.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 884.79 mb = 1215.73 m = 3988.56 ft T: 16.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 15.55 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 862.70 mb = 1430.80 m = 4694.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.52 C = 81.54 F Cap Strength: 3.14 C Lifted Index: 1.30 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.79 C Showalter Index: 6.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 37.24 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.31 C Cross Totals Index: 15.93 C K Index: 16.02 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 133.55 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.56 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 0.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 1.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4313.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.83 mb = 1273.14 m = 4176.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.7 at 8.3 knts Storm direction: 317.7 at 6.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -6.8 tot: 37.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.02 Bulk Shear: 28.29 m/s