MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 36.98,-84.7 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -84.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 152 SFC 984 295 21.5 20.7 95 0.8 21.0 70 3 296.1 298.9 294.7 341.7 15.82 2 950 595 18.7 18.5 99 0.1 18.6 131 6 296.1 298.7 293.6 337.3 14.28 3 900 1060 17.4 16.7 96 0.7 16.9 232 15 299.4 301.8 294.0 338.5 13.40 4 850 1547 14.7 14.0 96 0.7 14.3 249 14 301.5 303.7 293.5 336.6 11.91 5 800 2059 12.3 11.1 92 1.2 11.6 257 10 304.3 306.2 293.2 335.5 10.44 6 750 2598 9.2 8.1 92 1.2 8.5 236 9 306.6 308.3 292.8 334.0 9.06 7 700 3168 6.3 4.8 90 1.5 5.5 217 11 309.5 311.0 292.6 333.3 7.74 8 650 3773 3.1 1.0 86 2.1 2.0 206 9 312.5 313.7 292.3 332.3 6.35 9 600 4418 -0.4 -6.9 61 6.5 -3.4 218 9 315.6 316.3 291.1 327.8 3.79 10 550 5109 -4.5 -13.2 51 8.7 -7.9 237 11 318.8 319.2 290.9 327.1 2.51 11 500 5851 -9.4 -22.1 35 12.8 -13.2 240 13 321.6 321.9 290.6 326.1 1.30 12 450 6657 -14.9 -30.6 25 15.7 -18.4 251 18 324.4 324.6 290.8 326.8 0.66 13 400 7534 -22.2 -31.3 44 9.1 -23.9 247 19 326.1 326.2 291.3 328.6 0.70 14 350 8501 -29.0 -51.1 10 22.1 -30.9 250 32 329.7 329.7 291.7 330.1 0.10 15 300 9587 -36.0 -59.1 8 23.1 -37.3 248 43 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 16 250 10835 -41.6 -61.2 10 19.6 -42.5 244 56 344.2 344.2 295.4 344.4 0.04 17 200 12326 -49.4 -67.1 11 17.6 -49.9 256 72 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.6 0.02 18 150 14174 -58.8 -82.7 3 24.0 -59.0 257 49 368.8 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.00 19 100 16666 -66.6 -85.0 6 18.4 -66.7 272 20 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5699.71 m Freezing level: 606.10 mb = 4339.10 m = 14235.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.68 mb = 4003.22 m = 13133.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.69 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.96 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 971.93 mb = 397.97 m = 1305.66 ft T: 20.56 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.86 C/km ThetaE index: 12.42 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 916.41 mb = 904.44 m = 2967.27 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.75 C = 74.74 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -1.95 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.88 C Showalter Index: -1.19 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.44 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.06 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 209.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 568.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 926.49 mb = 810.35 m = 2658.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 851.49 mb = 1532.17 m = 5026.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.49 mb = 10023.05 m = 32883.61 ft B at Equ Level: 559.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.49 mb = 12276.10 m = 40275.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.2 at 10.8 knts Storm direction: 261.2 at 8.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.7 neg: -3.8 tot: 77.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.29 Bulk Rich Number: 27.36 Bulk Shear: 20.77 m/s