MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 145 SFC 997 174 21.5 18.8 85 2.7 19.6 19 4 294.9 297.4 292.9 334.6 13.85 2 950 590 20.7 19.6 94 1.0 19.9 152 8 298.2 300.9 295.0 342.7 15.33 3 900 1056 17.6 17.2 97 0.4 17.3 184 9 299.6 302.2 294.3 340.1 13.84 4 850 1544 15.1 13.3 89 1.8 13.9 184 9 302.0 304.0 293.2 335.5 11.37 5 800 2055 11.7 8.5 81 3.2 9.7 198 12 303.6 305.2 291.6 329.7 8.73 6 750 2595 11.5 -2.3 38 13.8 4.5 205 7 309.1 309.9 289.5 322.6 4.31 7 700 3167 7.6 -4.1 43 11.7 1.9 213 9 310.9 311.7 289.9 323.6 4.04 8 650 3774 4.2 -8.0 41 12.2 -1.3 228 8 313.7 314.3 290.0 324.0 3.22 9 600 4419 0.9 -16.4 26 17.3 -5.5 253 8 317.2 317.5 289.7 323.1 1.77 10 550 5113 -3.4 -15.4 39 12.0 -7.9 261 11 320.1 320.5 290.9 327.1 2.09 11 500 5858 -9.0 -16.0 57 7.1 -11.5 249 15 322.1 322.5 291.6 329.5 2.19 12 450 6665 -14.8 -29.2 28 14.4 -18.1 254 21 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.4 0.76 13 400 7542 -21.7 -29.5 49 7.8 -23.3 260 28 326.8 327.0 291.6 329.8 0.83 14 350 8519 -25.6 -52.6 6 27.0 -28.2 249 43 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.6 0.08 15 300 9622 -32.5 -63.6 3 31.1 -34.3 252 45 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.02 16 250 10880 -42.9 -61.5 11 18.6 -43.7 255 48 342.2 342.3 294.9 342.4 0.04 17 200 12350 -51.7 -70.5 9 18.8 -52.1 253 57 350.9 350.9 296.8 351.0 0.01 18 150 14186 -60.1 -79.7 6 19.6 -60.3 252 37 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16665 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 296 17 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.61 m Freezing level: 589.51 mb = 4564.75 m = 14976.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.06 mb = 3524.88 m = 11564.42 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.73 mb = 510.52 m = 1674.91 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 20.13 C Layer 900.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.79 mb = 972.36 m = 3190.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Cap Strength: 1.08 C Lifted Index: -2.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.10 C Showalter Index: -0.27 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.35 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.07 C Cross Totals Index: 22.28 C K Index: 25.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 193.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.22 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 405.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 929.35 mb = 779.32 m = 2556.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 864.35 mb = 1401.24 m = 4597.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 764.35 mb = 2436.29 m = 7992.99 ft B at Equ Level: 34.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 204.35 mb = 12208.01 m = 40052.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.1 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 254.1 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 62.4 neg: -5.0 tot: 57.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 24.34 Bulk Shear: 16.67 m/s