MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 147 SFC 997 174 21.3 18.7 85 2.6 19.5 9 5 294.8 297.2 292.8 334.1 13.75 2 950 592 19.9 19.0 94 0.9 19.4 93 12 297.4 300.1 294.3 340.1 14.74 3 900 1057 17.4 16.7 96 0.7 17.0 140 7 299.4 301.9 294.0 338.7 13.43 4 850 1546 15.4 14.3 93 1.1 14.7 145 8 302.3 304.5 293.9 338.3 12.16 5 800 2058 12.0 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 177 10 303.9 305.6 292.3 332.2 9.48 6 750 2597 12.0 -9.7 21 21.7 2.5 197 6 309.6 310.1 287.9 317.4 2.44 7 700 3170 7.8 -5.0 40 12.8 1.7 214 6 311.1 311.8 289.7 323.0 3.77 8 650 3777 4.4 -9.6 35 14.0 -1.6 232 7 314.0 314.5 289.7 323.2 2.84 9 600 4424 1.0 -17.0 25 18.0 -5.5 255 7 317.3 317.6 289.6 322.9 1.68 10 550 5118 -2.5 -18.3 29 15.8 -8.1 263 10 321.1 321.4 290.7 326.7 1.64 11 500 5866 -8.2 -15.1 57 6.9 -10.8 246 13 323.0 323.5 292.0 331.0 2.36 12 450 6676 -14.1 -26.2 35 12.1 -17.2 250 22 325.5 325.7 291.5 329.1 1.00 13 400 7559 -19.1 -44.4 9 25.3 -22.7 260 31 330.1 330.2 291.9 330.9 0.18 14 350 8540 -24.4 -61.0 2 36.5 -27.4 250 38 335.8 335.8 293.3 335.9 0.03 15 300 9644 -32.8 -56.8 7 24.0 -34.5 251 50 339.1 339.1 294.1 339.3 0.06 16 250 10899 -43.1 -60.2 14 17.0 -43.8 255 49 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.1 0.05 17 200 12371 -52.3 -74.5 5 22.2 -52.7 262 64 349.9 349.9 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14203 -59.8 -81.4 4 21.6 -60.0 268 30 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16678 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.6 307 18 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.60 m Freezing level: 585.64 mb = 4623.10 m = 15167.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 674.70 mb = 3471.73 m = 11390.04 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.27 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 959.33 mb = 506.96 m = 1663.22 ft T: 20.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 22.69 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 904.30 mb = 1016.12 m = 3333.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lifted Index: -0.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.64 C Showalter Index: -0.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.64 C Cross Totals Index: 22.54 C K Index: 25.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 201.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.48 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.24 mb = 781.79 m = 2564.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 814.24 mb = 1908.57 m = 6261.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 784.24 mb = 2223.99 m = 7296.46 ft B at Equ Level: 19.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 744.24 mb = 2661.42 m = 8731.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.1 at 8.6 knts Storm direction: 245.1 at 6.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.6 neg: -2.2 tot: 80.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 2.88 Bulk Shear: 33.97 m/s