MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 151 SFC 997 174 19.0 15.7 81 3.3 16.9 135 7 292.4 294.4 290.2 324.6 11.34 2 950 589 15.3 14.2 93 1.2 14.6 147 22 292.8 294.7 289.8 323.4 10.76 3 900 1050 16.8 16.6 99 0.2 16.7 117 13 298.8 301.3 293.7 337.6 13.32 4 850 1538 15.0 14.5 97 0.5 14.7 129 14 301.9 304.1 293.9 338.2 12.33 5 800 2051 13.8 10.7 82 3.1 11.9 148 9 305.9 307.8 293.4 336.5 10.18 6 750 2592 9.9 6.3 78 3.6 7.8 171 9 307.3 308.8 292.2 331.7 8.01 7 700 3164 7.9 -2.6 47 10.5 2.6 197 7 311.3 312.1 290.4 325.4 4.51 8 650 3771 4.4 -9.7 35 14.2 -1.7 221 7 314.0 314.5 289.7 323.1 2.81 9 600 4418 0.9 -15.1 29 16.0 -5.1 245 7 317.2 317.6 289.9 323.8 1.97 10 550 5111 -3.3 -24.5 18 21.2 -9.6 249 10 320.2 320.4 289.8 323.5 0.95 11 500 5857 -8.1 -26.4 21 18.3 -13.1 248 14 323.1 323.3 290.6 326.2 0.88 12 450 6668 -12.0 -40.9 7 29.0 -17.2 258 16 328.2 328.2 291.5 329.1 0.24 13 400 7559 -17.8 -43.7 8 25.9 -21.7 276 26 331.9 331.9 292.4 332.6 0.20 14 350 8543 -24.2 -43.0 16 18.9 -26.7 248 42 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.1 0.24 15 300 9651 -32.3 -44.4 29 12.1 -33.6 237 48 339.9 339.9 294.5 340.9 0.25 16 250 10910 -42.0 -48.3 50 6.3 -42.5 244 53 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.4 0.19 17 200 12376 -55.0 -59.3 59 4.3 -55.1 269 55 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.06 18 150 14186 -60.1 -79.3 6 19.2 -60.3 263 47 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16678 -66.6 -86.0 5 19.4 -66.7 295 19 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5706.27 m Freezing level: 588.86 mb = 4572.25 m = 15000.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.63 mb = 3527.38 m = 11572.62 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.89 mb = 589.82 m = 1935.07 ft T: 15.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 15.17 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 950.28 mb = 586.31 m = 1923.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.38 C = 66.88 F Cap Strength: 4.72 C Lifted Index: 4.21 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.46 C Showalter Index: -0.59 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.79 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.66 C K Index: 27.11 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 216.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7138.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 927.66 mb = 791.79 m = 2597.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 187.2 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 217.2 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 6.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 57.2 neg: -58.4 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.05 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.84 Bulk Shear: 15.02 m/s