MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F066.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F066.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 66 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 149 SFC 997 174 18.7 15.2 80 3.5 16.4 135 5 292.1 294.0 289.7 323.1 10.92 2 950 586 15.1 13.8 92 1.3 14.3 152 19 292.5 294.4 289.5 322.3 10.47 3 900 1048 16.5 16.3 99 0.2 16.4 131 14 298.5 300.9 293.4 336.6 13.07 4 850 1535 15.0 14.6 98 0.4 14.7 147 13 301.8 304.1 293.9 338.3 12.38 5 800 2048 13.2 11.1 87 2.1 11.9 166 11 305.2 307.1 293.4 336.5 10.45 6 750 2588 9.6 6.9 83 2.7 8.0 164 10 307.0 308.5 292.3 332.3 8.36 7 700 3160 7.6 -1.1 54 8.7 3.1 180 9 310.9 311.8 290.7 326.6 5.04 8 650 3766 4.4 -10.7 33 15.1 -2.0 208 8 313.9 314.4 289.5 322.4 2.61 9 600 4413 0.9 -15.3 29 16.2 -5.2 238 7 317.2 317.6 289.9 323.6 1.94 10 550 5105 -3.8 -18.3 31 14.5 -8.8 247 11 319.6 319.9 290.3 325.2 1.64 11 500 5850 -8.3 -29.8 16 21.5 -13.6 237 14 322.9 323.0 290.3 325.2 0.65 12 450 6662 -11.6 -46.6 4 35.0 -17.1 242 16 328.6 328.6 291.5 329.1 0.13 13 400 7553 -18.5 -32.6 28 14.1 -21.4 255 21 331.0 331.1 292.6 333.3 0.62 14 350 8534 -24.3 -53.7 5 29.4 -27.2 241 42 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.07 15 300 9642 -31.8 -52.2 11 20.4 -33.6 227 51 340.5 340.5 294.6 340.9 0.10 16 250 10906 -41.2 -52.2 29 11.0 -41.9 251 43 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.3 0.12 17 200 12376 -54.4 -58.0 65 3.6 -54.5 258 44 346.6 346.7 296.0 347.0 0.08 18 150 14180 -59.1 -82.3 3 23.2 -59.3 264 41 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.3 0.00 19 100 16673 -66.8 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 289 15 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5701.94 m Freezing level: 590.20 mb = 4548.62 m = 14923.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.57 mb = 3523.45 m = 11559.72 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.84 % Est. max temperature: 28.60 C = 83.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 946.24 mb = 620.24 m = 2034.88 ft T: 15.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.90 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.40 mb = 2223.44 m = 7294.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.36 C = 90.25 F Cap Strength: 4.86 C Lifted Index: 4.61 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.49 C Showalter Index: -0.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.18 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.27 C Cross Totals Index: 22.91 C K Index: 29.20 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 215.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.56 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 27.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7813.77 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.92 mb = 805.43 m = 2642.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 188.6 at 11.2 knts Storm direction: 218.6 at 8.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 39.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.1 neg: -34.6 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.22 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.70 Bulk Shear: 10.05 m/s