MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.26,-87.21 Latitude: 35.26 Longitude: -87.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 137 SFC 985 272 21.9 20.0 89 1.9 20.6 105 9 296.4 299.1 294.3 340.0 15.14 2 950 581 18.6 18.3 98 0.3 18.4 112 13 296.0 298.6 293.4 336.5 14.06 3 900 1044 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 217 6 299.4 301.9 294.1 339.1 13.59 4 850 1533 16.0 12.7 80 3.4 13.8 225 7 302.9 305.0 293.1 335.3 10.89 5 800 2047 13.4 8.7 73 4.8 10.5 174 11 305.5 307.1 292.3 332.0 8.83 6 750 2589 12.0 -1.1 40 13.1 5.2 205 11 309.6 310.5 290.0 324.3 4.72 7 700 3163 8.9 -3.5 41 12.4 2.7 234 12 312.3 313.1 290.5 325.6 4.22 8 650 3771 4.5 -5.4 49 9.9 -0.2 242 13 314.1 314.8 290.7 326.6 3.93 9 600 4418 0.9 -11.5 39 12.4 -4.3 247 15 317.1 317.7 290.5 325.8 2.64 10 550 5113 -2.6 -21.4 22 18.8 -8.7 255 17 321.0 321.2 290.3 325.3 1.26 11 500 5860 -8.4 -21.4 34 13.0 -12.4 264 18 322.8 323.1 291.0 327.6 1.39 12 450 6668 -13.2 -37.6 11 24.4 -17.8 284 24 326.7 326.8 291.1 328.0 0.34 13 400 7556 -17.7 -39.5 13 21.8 -21.4 282 38 331.9 332.0 292.6 333.1 0.31 14 350 8544 -23.3 -42.1 16 18.8 -26.0 267 45 337.3 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.27 15 300 9654 -31.9 -49.3 16 17.4 -33.6 273 39 340.4 340.4 294.6 340.9 0.14 16 250 10913 -42.7 -52.0 36 9.3 -43.3 297 51 342.5 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.13 17 200 12380 -52.4 -62.3 29 9.9 -52.7 292 54 349.8 349.8 296.6 350.0 0.04 18 150 14191 -60.9 -68.3 37 7.4 -61.0 270 48 365.1 365.2 299.7 365.3 0.03 19 100 16677 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 262 15 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.85 m Freezing level: 587.40 mb = 4593.45 m = 15070.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.66 mb = 3725.11 m = 12221.35 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.20 C = 84.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.99 mb = 508.32 m = 1667.69 ft T: 19.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 14.77 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 898.44 mb = 1059.16 m = 3474.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.06 F Cap Strength: 2.20 C Lifted Index: -0.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.31 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.82 C Showalter Index: 0.45 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.41 C Cross Totals Index: 21.03 C K Index: 24.69 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.09 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.46 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 47.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 154.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 924.43 mb = 814.62 m = 2672.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 529.43 mb = 5411.63 m = 17754.47 ft Equ Level (EL): 429.43 mb = 7020.95 m = 23034.32 ft B at Equ Level: 46.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 369.43 mb = 8144.49 m = 26720.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.6 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 266.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 1.1 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 76.1 neg: -4.8 tot: 71.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 0.85 Bulk Shear: 55.77 m/s