MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F069.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F069.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 69 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 150 SFC 997 174 18.6 15.0 80 3.6 16.3 128 5 292.0 293.9 289.6 322.6 10.81 2 950 588 14.8 14.1 95 0.7 14.4 152 16 292.2 294.1 289.6 322.7 10.71 3 900 1049 16.6 16.5 99 0.1 16.5 144 11 298.6 301.0 293.6 337.0 13.20 4 850 1536 14.5 14.1 97 0.4 14.3 173 8 301.4 303.6 293.5 336.7 11.98 5 800 2048 12.9 10.1 83 2.7 11.2 190 8 304.9 306.7 292.8 334.1 9.77 6 750 2588 10.0 6.2 77 3.8 7.8 176 10 307.4 308.9 292.2 331.6 7.95 7 700 3160 7.7 -1.9 51 9.6 2.8 189 12 311.0 311.9 290.5 325.9 4.75 8 650 3766 4.0 -7.9 42 11.8 -1.3 206 11 313.4 314.1 289.9 323.9 3.25 9 600 4412 0.3 -14.4 32 14.7 -5.3 220 8 316.5 316.9 289.8 323.4 2.09 10 550 5103 -4.2 -19.5 29 15.3 -9.3 235 9 319.1 319.4 290.0 324.1 1.48 11 500 5846 -9.0 -27.3 21 18.4 -13.7 218 14 322.1 322.3 290.3 325.0 0.81 12 450 6657 -12.4 -44.9 5 32.5 -17.6 211 19 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.3 0.16 13 400 7546 -18.6 -41.8 11 23.1 -22.2 222 25 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.7 0.24 14 350 8526 -25.1 -46.2 12 21.1 -27.6 231 43 335.0 335.0 293.2 335.7 0.17 15 300 9630 -32.1 -46.7 22 14.5 -33.6 230 44 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.19 16 250 10894 -41.1 -50.3 36 9.2 -41.7 240 44 345.0 345.1 295.7 345.7 0.15 17 200 12365 -54.0 -61.4 40 7.3 -54.2 241 43 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.4 0.05 18 150 14172 -58.8 -79.4 5 20.6 -59.0 261 32 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.7 0.00 19 100 16665 -66.8 -87.2 4 20.4 -66.9 287 13 398.7 398.7 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.96 m Freezing level: 596.46 mb = 4460.80 m = 14635.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.19 mb = 3565.10 m = 11696.39 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.30 % Est. max temperature: 28.17 C = 82.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 945.65 mb = 626.93 m = 2056.84 ft T: 14.98 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 13.65 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 954.61 mb = 546.52 m = 1793.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.83 C = 65.89 F Cap Strength: 4.55 C Lifted Index: 3.84 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.55 C Showalter Index: -0.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.56 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.50 C Cross Totals Index: 23.06 C K Index: 27.99 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 199.85 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.28 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 29.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8272.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 930.11 mb = 768.42 m = 2521.03 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 192.8 at 10.5 knts Storm direction: 222.8 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 75.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 44.4 neg: -15.6 tot: 28.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.37 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.13 Bulk Shear: 9.39 m/s