MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 153 SFC 998 174 23.1 18.5 75 4.6 19.9 30 6 296.5 298.9 293.2 335.6 13.56 2 950 599 20.3 17.4 83 3.0 18.4 59 18 297.8 300.2 293.4 336.3 13.26 3 900 1065 16.8 15.8 94 1.0 16.1 82 12 298.8 301.1 293.2 335.7 12.64 4 850 1551 15.3 11.1 76 4.2 12.6 143 7 302.1 303.9 292.0 331.2 9.81 5 800 2064 13.5 7.3 66 6.2 9.8 155 7 305.5 307.0 291.6 329.8 8.06 6 750 2606 13.0 -17.2 11 30.3 1.5 189 4 310.7 311.0 287.1 315.1 1.32 7 700 3181 8.4 -5.4 37 13.8 1.8 230 4 311.7 312.4 289.8 323.3 3.64 8 650 3788 4.9 -9.9 33 14.8 -1.5 250 6 314.5 315.0 289.8 323.5 2.77 9 600 4436 1.0 -15.2 29 16.2 -5.1 268 10 317.3 317.7 289.9 323.8 1.96 10 550 5131 -2.0 -23.8 17 21.8 -8.7 270 12 321.8 322.0 290.3 325.3 1.02 11 500 5880 -7.6 -18.3 42 10.7 -11.3 268 12 323.7 324.1 291.7 329.9 1.81 12 450 6691 -13.1 -23.5 41 10.4 -16.0 253 20 326.7 327.0 292.0 331.3 1.28 13 400 7579 -18.1 -46.9 6 28.8 -22.0 249 29 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.14 14 350 8564 -24.5 -45.9 12 21.4 -27.2 254 30 335.7 335.7 293.4 336.4 0.18 15 300 9667 -33.0 -43.8 33 10.7 -34.1 254 46 338.8 338.9 294.3 339.9 0.26 16 250 10924 -42.7 -61.0 12 18.3 -43.5 257 47 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.04 17 200 12394 -52.7 -64.8 22 12.1 -53.0 268 64 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14222 -59.9 -81.9 4 21.9 -60.1 274 32 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16696 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.3 -66.9 299 21 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.49 m Freezing level: 583.10 mb = 4670.46 m = 15322.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 672.91 mb = 3504.14 m = 11496.38 ft Precipitable water: 1.27 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.92 C = 84.06 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 932.43 mb = 760.04 m = 2493.55 ft T: 19.12 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 21.18 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 870.31 mb = 1350.16 m = 4429.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.15 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.40 C = 81.32 F Cap Strength: 3.87 C Lifted Index: 0.86 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.95 C Showalter Index: 3.05 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 41.59 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.87 C Cross Totals Index: 18.72 C K Index: 20.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 159.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.19 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 9.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4561.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 908.58 mb = 982.96 m = 3224.91 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.5 at 9.1 knts Storm direction: 276.5 at 6.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 70.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.4 neg: -2.7 tot: 96.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.14 Bulk Shear: 63.97 m/s