MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 148 SFC 997 174 23.6 19.7 79 3.8 20.9 143 6 297.0 299.6 294.1 339.4 14.67 2 950 592 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.5 147 10 296.3 298.9 293.6 337.1 14.14 3 900 1057 17.7 17.5 99 0.2 17.6 170 11 299.8 302.4 294.6 341.1 14.13 4 850 1545 15.5 15.0 96 0.6 15.2 152 8 302.4 304.8 294.3 340.0 12.71 5 800 2058 12.6 11.1 91 1.5 11.7 179 13 304.6 306.5 293.3 335.8 10.45 6 750 2598 9.4 6.2 80 3.2 7.5 185 12 306.8 308.3 292.0 331.0 7.97 7 700 3168 7.2 -1.1 55 8.3 2.9 203 10 310.5 311.5 290.6 326.3 5.05 8 650 3774 3.7 -3.3 60 7.0 0.2 218 10 313.1 314.0 291.0 327.7 4.61 9 600 4420 0.2 -7.0 59 7.2 -3.1 221 8 316.3 317.1 291.3 328.5 3.77 10 550 5111 -4.4 -12.6 53 8.2 -7.7 228 12 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.6 2.63 11 500 5853 -10.5 -14.4 73 3.8 -11.9 229 15 320.2 320.7 291.3 328.6 2.52 12 450 6656 -15.8 -30.6 27 14.8 -19.0 230 13 323.4 323.6 290.5 325.8 0.66 13 400 7530 -22.8 -32.4 41 9.6 -24.5 247 19 325.4 325.5 291.0 327.6 0.63 14 350 8499 -27.9 -54.7 6 26.8 -30.1 241 37 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.4 0.07 15 300 9590 -35.0 -60.7 5 25.8 -36.4 241 46 336.1 336.1 293.4 336.2 0.04 16 250 10842 -41.6 -65.6 6 23.9 -42.5 251 44 344.2 344.2 295.3 344.3 0.02 17 200 12331 -47.8 -73.1 4 25.3 -48.4 254 55 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 18 150 14181 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 271 40 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16671 -66.7 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.8 276 16 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.21 m Freezing level: 598.04 mb = 4446.69 m = 14588.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.02 mb = 3810.99 m = 12503.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.70 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.14 C = 84.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.89 mb = 657.02 m = 2155.56 ft T: 18.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 14.85 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 896.88 mb = 1086.46 m = 3564.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.54 C = 79.78 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -3.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.05 C Showalter Index: -3.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.52 C K Index: 32.75 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 262.79 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.06 mb = 774.61 m = 2541.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 795.06 mb = 2110.01 m = 6922.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.06 mb = 9703.74 m = 31836.02 ft B at Equ Level: 549.32 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.06 mb = 12164.62 m = 39909.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 199.6 at 10.9 knts Storm direction: 229.6 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 65.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.3 neg: -9.7 tot: 31.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 50.87 Bulk Shear: 10.84 m/s