MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 36.26,-84.12 Latitude: 36.26 Longitude: -84.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 164 SFC 970 433 22.4 18.9 81 3.4 20.0 163 4 298.1 300.7 294.3 339.8 14.36 2 950 610 20.9 18.5 86 2.5 19.2 154 8 298.4 301.0 294.3 339.7 14.20 3 900 1077 17.7 16.4 92 1.3 16.8 107 9 299.8 302.2 293.9 338.1 13.12 4 850 1565 15.2 14.2 94 1.0 14.6 114 9 302.1 304.3 293.8 337.8 12.09 5 800 2078 13.1 12.1 94 0.9 12.4 109 10 305.1 307.1 294.0 338.6 11.19 6 750 2619 10.6 8.4 86 2.2 9.2 144 8 308.1 309.8 293.4 336.2 9.26 7 700 3191 7.4 2.8 73 4.6 4.8 159 10 310.7 311.9 292.1 331.4 6.71 8 650 3797 3.5 -1.7 68 5.2 0.8 154 7 312.9 313.9 291.5 329.2 5.18 9 600 4443 0.1 -0.7 94 0.8 -0.3 185 8 316.3 317.5 293.2 335.5 6.07 10 550 5136 -4.2 -5.3 92 1.1 -4.7 201 12 319.1 320.0 292.9 334.3 4.71 11 500 5884 -6.4 -7.4 93 0.9 -6.9 194 18 325.2 326.1 294.3 339.8 4.40 12 450 6700 -11.3 -12.6 90 1.3 -11.9 195 25 329.0 329.7 294.3 340.0 3.22 13 400 7595 -16.9 -18.6 86 1.8 -17.4 194 33 333.1 333.5 294.5 340.8 2.20 14 350 8583 -24.1 -26.6 79 2.5 -24.6 199 34 336.3 336.6 294.5 340.9 1.24 15 300 9691 -32.1 -35.0 75 2.9 -32.5 195 40 340.2 340.3 295.0 342.7 0.65 16 250 10949 -42.8 -47.2 62 4.4 -43.0 203 50 342.5 342.5 295.1 343.4 0.22 17 200 12417 -53.2 -63.6 27 10.4 -53.5 216 55 348.5 348.5 296.3 348.7 0.04 18 150 14227 -61.1 -83.8 3 22.7 -61.3 214 26 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16707 -66.7 -87.1 4 20.4 -66.8 254 4 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5719.31 m Freezing level: 598.34 mb = 4466.11 m = 14652.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.52 mb = 4250.20 m = 13944.07 ft Precipitable water: 1.84 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.81 % Est. max temperature: 28.05 C = 82.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 922.36 mb = 865.06 m = 2838.09 ft T: 19.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.13 C/km ThetaE index: 9.33 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 872.27 mb = 1343.85 m = 4408.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.51 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.42 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: 0.81 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Showalter Index: 1.28 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 42.31 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.64 C Cross Totals Index: 20.66 C K Index: 31.30 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 207.33 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.27 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 73.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.60 mb = 1137.62 m = 3732.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.60 mb = 3325.63 m = 10910.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.60 mb = 5749.91 m = 18864.30 ft B at Equ Level: 70.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.60 mb = 7620.83 m = 25002.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 167.0 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 197.0 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 50.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.3 neg: -8.8 tot: 9.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.43 Bulk Shear: 3.28 m/s