MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.46,-88.12 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -88.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 143 28.3 12.5 38 15.8 18.2 187 1 301.2 302.9 291.2 328.1 9.11 1 1000 172 26.4 10.8 38 15.6 16.7 196 1 299.6 301.1 289.8 323.6 8.15 2 950 620 21.4 8.8 45 12.6 13.8 188 1 298.9 300.3 289.0 321.0 7.52 3 900 1084 16.9 7.8 55 9.1 11.6 182 1 299.0 300.3 289.0 320.8 7.41 4 850 1568 12.2 6.8 70 5.3 9.1 180 1 298.9 300.2 288.9 320.5 7.33 5 800 2072 9.4 -5.2 35 14.6 2.8 148 3 301.2 301.8 285.7 311.1 3.25 6 750 2605 7.1 -6.4 38 13.5 1.1 147 2 304.2 304.8 286.8 314.0 3.16 7 700 3168 3.9 -9.5 37 13.4 -1.6 314 2 306.9 307.4 287.2 315.3 2.66 8 650 3767 1.6 -19.9 18 21.5 -5.4 313 10 310.8 311.0 287.0 314.8 1.21 9 600 4407 -1.6 -26.3 13 24.6 -8.5 309 17 314.2 314.4 287.7 316.8 0.75 10 550 5094 -5.3 -35.5 7 30.1 -11.9 308 24 317.7 317.8 288.4 319.0 0.34 11 500 5835 -9.8 -37.2 9 27.3 -15.2 301 33 321.0 321.1 289.4 322.2 0.31 12 450 6639 -14.9 -36.5 14 21.6 -18.9 297 40 324.5 324.6 290.5 325.9 0.37 13 400 7519 -20.4 -39.0 17 18.7 -23.4 300 51 328.5 328.6 291.6 329.7 0.32 14 350 8496 -26.1 -34.6 45 8.4 -27.6 299 67 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.7 0.58 15 300 9593 -33.4 -38.0 63 4.6 -34.0 299 77 338.4 338.5 294.4 340.2 0.48 16 250 10851 -42.7 -46.0 70 3.3 -42.9 282 91 342.7 342.7 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12312 -55.2 -60.0 55 4.8 -55.4 279 104 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.6 0.06 18 150 14107 -62.7 -78.6 10 15.9 -62.9 312 83 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16587 -65.6 -89.4 2 23.8 -65.8 305 42 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5662.59 m Freezing level: 625.30 mb = 4083.64 m = 13397.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 730.07 mb = 2824.67 m = 9267.18 ft Precipitable water: 0.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.98 % Est. max temperature: 26.03 C = 78.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 796.36 mb = 2110.01 m = 6922.54 ft T: 9.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.02 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 717.58 mb = 2965.61 m = 9729.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.05 C = 91.49 F Cap Strength: 5.06 C Lifted Index: 5.60 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 12.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Showalter Index: 6.31 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 38.70 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.01 C Cross Totals Index: 16.68 C K Index: 15.42 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 117.45 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.47 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 6.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 3.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7735.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 789.82 mb = 2178.00 m = 7145.58 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 303.3 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 333.3 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 1.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 5.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: -4.3 tot: 3.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.13 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.37 Bulk Shear: 16.99 m/s