MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 36.80,-86.17 Latitude: 36.80 Longitude: -86.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 208 19.0 13.2 69 5.9 15.4 55 2 292.1 293.8 288.5 319.2 9.54 1 1000 220 17.8 12.3 70 5.5 14.4 55 2 290.9 292.5 287.5 316.4 8.99 2 950 658 16.0 6.4 53 9.6 10.7 61 7 293.4 294.6 286.0 311.8 6.37 3 900 1114 12.1 4.5 60 7.6 8.0 52 7 293.9 295.0 285.7 311.0 5.88 4 850 1589 8.1 -0.2 56 8.2 4.1 16 5 294.6 295.4 284.4 307.7 4.44 5 800 2085 4.8 -7.5 41 12.2 -0.3 340 8 296.2 296.7 283.2 304.5 2.72 6 750 2610 4.3 -15.8 22 20.1 -2.7 329 16 301.3 301.5 283.8 306.0 1.49 7 700 3171 4.2 -31.9 5 36.1 -4.9 326 19 307.2 307.2 284.7 308.5 0.38 8 650 3770 1.5 -32.2 6 33.7 -6.8 313 20 310.7 310.8 286.1 312.1 0.40 9 600 4410 -1.1 -35.4 5 34.3 -8.9 303 22 314.9 315.0 287.4 316.0 0.31 10 550 5099 -5.0 -34.0 8 29.0 -11.6 303 25 318.1 318.2 288.6 319.5 0.39 11 500 5839 -10.6 -28.4 22 17.8 -14.9 304 29 320.1 320.3 289.6 322.7 0.74 12 450 6640 -16.0 -37.3 14 21.3 -19.8 308 36 323.1 323.1 290.1 324.3 0.34 13 400 7515 -22.5 -47.1 9 24.6 -25.4 304 41 325.7 325.8 290.6 326.3 0.14 14 350 8480 -29.3 -52.4 9 23.1 -31.2 304 48 329.3 329.3 291.6 329.6 0.09 15 300 9561 -38.5 -49.6 30 11.1 -39.3 307 50 331.1 331.1 292.2 331.6 0.14 16 250 10785 -48.7 -57.7 34 9.0 -49.0 310 55 333.6 333.6 292.7 333.9 0.06 17 200 12227 -54.0 -70.1 12 16.1 -54.3 313 60 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.02 18 150 14057 -57.7 -81.1 3 23.5 -57.9 301 49 370.7 370.7 300.7 370.7 0.00 19 100 16576 -61.8 -88.8 2 27.0 -62.0 297 28 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5618.52 m Freezing level: 620.34 mb = 4149.96 m = 13615.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 803.15 mb = 2053.12 m = 6735.88 ft Precipitable water: 0.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.45 % Est. max temperature: 21.56 C = 70.80 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 918.16 mb = 945.20 m = 3101.01 ft T: 13.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 14.75 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.01 mb = 2003.75 m = 6573.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.93 C = 73.28 F Cap Strength: 10.17 C Lifted Index: 9.96 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 13.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.95 C Showalter Index: 13.18 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 29.07 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 18.66 C Cross Totals Index: 10.41 C K Index: -17.63 Risk: None Sweat Index: 39.34 Risk: None Energy Index: 3.22 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 11.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 4.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11172.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 10.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.57 mb = 1641.37 m = 5385.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 316.3 at 16.9 knts Storm direction: 346.3 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 3.5 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 135.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.2 neg: -14.2 tot: 3.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.26 Bulk Shear: 45.03 m/s