MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 35.73,-84.69 Latitude: 35.73 Longitude: -84.69 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 981 316 21.1 20.9 99 0.2 21.0 248 3 295.8 298.7 294.8 342.0 16.06 2 950 593 18.9 18.8 99 0.1 18.8 254 2 296.4 299.0 293.9 338.2 14.51 3 900 1056 16.1 16.0 99 0.1 16.1 144 5 298.1 300.4 293.2 335.3 12.80 4 850 1542 14.1 13.9 99 0.1 14.0 143 9 300.9 303.0 293.2 335.7 11.84 5 800 2053 12.3 12.2 99 0.1 12.3 161 9 304.3 306.4 293.8 337.8 11.23 6 750 2594 10.8 10.7 99 0.1 10.7 181 7 308.3 310.4 294.6 341.2 10.83 7 700 3169 8.3 8.0 98 0.3 8.1 185 5 311.6 313.5 294.7 341.4 9.65 8 650 3779 5.2 4.9 98 0.3 5.0 214 6 314.8 316.4 294.6 341.0 8.37 9 600 4429 1.5 1.1 97 0.4 1.3 223 12 317.8 319.2 294.3 339.9 6.93 10 550 5125 -3.2 -4.8 89 1.5 -4.0 232 17 320.2 321.2 293.3 336.1 4.89 11 500 5872 -8.2 -17.0 49 8.9 -11.3 245 19 323.1 323.5 291.7 329.9 2.01 12 450 6680 -14.1 -29.5 26 15.4 -17.7 236 28 325.5 325.7 291.2 328.2 0.74 13 400 7564 -19.3 -42.1 11 22.9 -22.7 239 33 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.9 0.23 14 350 8544 -25.1 -50.4 8 25.4 -27.8 252 47 334.9 335.0 293.2 335.4 0.11 15 300 9648 -31.6 -52.6 11 21.0 -33.3 256 57 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.10 16 250 10915 -40.9 -55.6 19 14.7 -41.8 258 60 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.6 0.08 17 200 12391 -52.1 -65.6 18 13.6 -52.4 257 60 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14211 -60.6 -82.3 4 21.6 -60.8 266 47 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16685 -68.7 -86.8 6 18.1 -68.8 257 18 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.15 m Freezing level: 584.32 mb = 4647.59 m = 15247.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.01 mb = 4590.77 m = 15061.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.74 % Est. max temperature: 27.34 C = 81.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 979.21 mb = 331.24 m = 1086.72 ft T: 20.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.08 C/km ThetaE index: 6.71 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 930.27 mb = 772.83 m = 2535.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.29 C = 72.12 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -0.32 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.40 C Showalter Index: 0.44 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.07 C K Index: 35.83 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 203.77 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.12 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 75.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.88 mb = 785.66 m = 2577.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 923.88 mb = 831.90 m = 2729.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 803.88 mb = 2012.46 m = 6602.48 ft B at Equ Level: 26.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 723.88 mb = 2889.60 m = 9480.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.3 at 10.2 knts Storm direction: 245.3 at 7.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 41.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.7 neg: -4.5 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.29 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 9.15 Bulk Shear: 8.28 m/s