MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 21.9 19.4 86 2.5 20.2 93 3 295.4 298.0 293.5 336.7 14.39 2 950 590 19.9 18.8 94 1.1 19.2 153 14 297.4 300.0 294.2 339.5 14.54 3 900 1055 17.4 17.3 99 0.1 17.3 161 8 299.4 302.0 294.3 340.0 13.90 4 850 1543 15.1 13.7 91 1.4 14.2 162 7 302.0 304.1 293.4 336.6 11.70 5 800 2055 12.3 9.6 84 2.6 10.6 189 11 304.2 306.0 292.4 332.5 9.45 6 750 2594 10.9 3.6 60 7.4 6.8 215 7 308.4 309.7 291.3 328.7 6.60 7 700 3166 7.7 -4.6 41 12.3 1.8 219 9 311.1 311.8 289.8 323.4 3.90 8 650 3773 4.1 -6.3 47 10.4 -0.7 228 9 313.6 314.3 290.4 325.4 3.68 9 600 4419 0.9 -9.1 47 10.0 -3.5 265 8 317.1 317.7 291.0 327.5 3.20 10 550 5112 -4.2 -10.3 63 6.1 -6.8 254 12 319.1 319.7 291.6 329.5 3.17 11 500 5855 -9.6 -15.5 62 5.9 -11.7 240 14 321.3 321.8 291.5 329.0 2.29 12 450 6660 -15.3 -28.8 31 13.5 -18.4 235 12 324.0 324.2 290.8 326.9 0.79 13 400 7536 -21.9 -35.7 28 13.8 -24.2 244 22 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.2 0.45 14 350 8511 -25.9 -55.0 5 29.2 -28.5 241 42 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.1 0.06 15 300 9610 -33.4 -56.0 9 22.6 -35.0 240 52 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.06 16 250 10864 -42.2 -63.0 9 20.8 -43.0 247 56 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 17 200 12344 -49.8 -71.7 6 21.9 -50.3 252 54 353.9 353.9 297.5 354.0 0.01 18 150 14187 -59.1 -81.0 4 21.9 -59.3 267 40 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16670 -67.0 -86.3 5 19.3 -67.1 281 17 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.00 m Freezing level: 591.51 mb = 4536.92 m = 14884.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.72 mb = 3589.48 m = 11776.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.82 mb = 491.42 m = 1612.25 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.45 C/km ThetaE index: 16.69 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 910.35 mb = 956.63 m = 3138.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.56 C = 78.00 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.39 C Showalter Index: -1.36 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.06 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.72 C Cross Totals Index: 23.34 C K Index: 26.17 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 191.95 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.52 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.35 mb = 769.49 m = 2524.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.35 mb = 1791.27 m = 5876.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 775.35 mb = 2316.34 m = 7599.44 ft B at Equ Level: 17.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 685.35 mb = 3339.25 m = 10955.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 217.3 at 9.7 knts Storm direction: 247.3 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 63.3 neg: -8.9 tot: 54.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 18.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 21.80 Bulk Shear: 16.89 m/s