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: 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 144 SFC 997 174 22.0 19.4 85 2.6 20.2 143 8 295.4 298.0 293.5 336.8 14.40 2 950 587 17.7 17.4 98 0.4 17.5 144 14 295.2 297.6 292.6 333.2 13.25 3 900 1049 16.1 15.9 99 0.2 16.0 177 13 298.1 300.4 293.1 335.1 12.73 4 850 1536 15.6 15.5 99 0.1 15.6 157 6 302.5 305.0 294.7 341.5 13.18 5 800 2050 13.0 12.4 96 0.6 12.6 139 7 305.0 307.1 294.1 339.0 11.36 6 750 2590 10.1 8.6 90 1.5 9.2 175 9 307.5 309.2 293.3 335.9 9.37 7 700 3162 6.9 4.9 87 2.1 5.8 208 13 310.2 311.6 292.8 334.1 7.78 8 650 3769 3.7 -1.2 71 4.8 1.1 233 13 313.1 314.1 291.7 330.1 5.41 9 600 4414 -0.3 -6.6 62 6.3 -3.3 234 16 315.7 316.5 291.2 328.2 3.88 10 550 5105 -3.9 -17.1 35 13.2 -8.5 242 19 319.5 319.8 290.5 325.6 1.82 11 500 5851 -8.3 -30.5 15 22.3 -13.6 251 20 323.0 323.1 290.3 325.2 0.60 12 450 6658 -14.3 -28.6 29 14.3 -17.7 273 21 325.2 325.4 291.2 328.1 0.80 13 400 7541 -19.8 -34.3 26 14.5 -22.5 286 28 329.2 329.3 292.0 331.2 0.52 14 350 8518 -26.0 -49.6 9 23.6 -28.5 280 46 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.12 15 300 9617 -33.6 -53.1 12 19.5 -35.1 275 52 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.09 16 250 10874 -42.2 -54.8 24 12.6 -42.9 295 59 343.3 343.4 295.2 343.7 0.09 17 200 12345 -52.0 -61.1 33 9.1 -52.2 291 69 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.7 0.05 18 150 14170 -57.1 -84.1 2 26.9 -57.4 277 45 371.6 371.6 300.8 371.6 0.00 19 100 16670 -66.1 -86.7 4 20.6 -66.2 267 19 400.0 400.0 305.2 400.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.27 m Freezing level: 604.35 mb = 4357.69 m = 14296.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.11 mb = 3930.09 m = 12893.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.72 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.21 % Est. max temperature: 29.25 C = 84.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 960.00 mb = 496.92 m = 1630.30 ft T: 18.66 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.65 C/km ThetaE index: 16.36 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 936.33 mb = 710.99 m = 2332.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.51 C = 72.52 F Cap Strength: 1.97 C Lifted Index: 0.87 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.01 C Showalter Index: -2.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.68 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 37.37 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 219.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.21 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 12.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 5.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 934.72 mb = 725.65 m = 2380.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 929.72 mb = 771.41 m = 2530.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 919.72 mb = 863.67 m = 2833.52 ft B at Equ Level: 12.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 859.72 mb = 1438.97 m = 4720.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.8 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 245.8 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.1 neg: -24.1 tot: 44.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.47 Bulk Shear: 27.64 m/s