MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z MON 4 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 147 SFC 997 174 20.4 16.4 78 4.0 17.8 131 9 293.8 295.9 291.0 327.6 11.85 2 950 587 16.1 15.1 94 0.9 15.5 136 16 293.5 295.5 290.6 326.2 11.46 3 900 1048 16.9 16.6 98 0.3 16.7 122 4 299.0 301.4 293.7 337.8 13.32 4 850 1536 15.5 14.7 95 0.8 15.0 98 12 302.4 304.7 294.1 339.2 12.45 5 800 2049 13.6 12.2 91 1.4 12.7 138 10 305.7 307.8 294.1 339.4 11.24 6 750 2591 10.0 7.7 86 2.3 8.6 172 11 307.5 309.1 292.9 334.3 8.85 7 700 3162 7.5 -2.7 48 10.2 2.4 213 9 310.8 311.7 290.2 324.8 4.47 8 650 3769 4.3 -5.8 48 10.1 -0.4 242 11 313.8 314.6 290.6 326.0 3.82 9 600 4415 0.6 -9.6 47 10.1 -3.8 260 12 316.8 317.4 290.8 326.8 3.08 10 550 5108 -3.7 -14.1 44 10.4 -7.7 270 15 319.6 320.1 291.0 327.4 2.33 11 500 5853 -8.3 -26.0 23 17.7 -13.2 266 18 322.9 323.0 290.6 326.1 0.91 12 450 6662 -13.2 -25.8 34 12.5 -16.5 274 17 326.6 326.8 291.8 330.3 1.04 13 400 7550 -18.4 -34.8 22 16.4 -21.5 286 30 331.0 331.1 292.5 332.9 0.50 14 350 8533 -24.0 -34.6 37 10.6 -25.9 267 48 336.4 336.5 294.0 338.6 0.58 15 300 9641 -31.9 -44.0 29 12.1 -33.3 269 51 340.4 340.4 294.7 341.4 0.26 16 250 10902 -42.5 -51.4 37 8.9 -43.0 279 52 342.8 342.9 295.1 343.4 0.13 17 200 12364 -55.5 -60.3 55 4.8 -55.6 289 69 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14179 -59.4 -73.1 15 13.7 -59.6 273 50 367.7 367.7 300.2 367.8 0.01 19 100 16677 -66.3 -87.0 4 20.7 -66.4 277 20 399.7 399.7 305.2 399.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.71 m Freezing level: 593.55 mb = 4504.51 m = 14778.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.98 mb = 3668.98 m = 12037.18 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.60 % Est. max temperature: 29.17 C = 84.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.14 mb = 675.76 m = 2217.03 ft T: 16.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 14.55 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.75 mb = 2115.25 m = 6939.73 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.45 C = 90.42 F Cap Strength: 3.81 C Lifted Index: 2.94 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 8.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Showalter Index: -1.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.86 C Cross Totals Index: 23.02 C K Index: 28.29 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 217.49 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 23.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6529.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.09 mb = 804.08 m = 2638.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.2 at 12.0 knts Storm direction: 251.2 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.5 neg: -34.9 tot: 40.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.21 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.62 Bulk Shear: 37.99 m/s