MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 40.15,-104.86 Latitude: 40.15 Longitude: -104.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 130 1 950 574 2 900 1045 SFC 855 1485 17.1 16.3 96 0.7 16.6 110 0 303.5 306.1 295.4 344.5 13.81 4 850 1537 16.6 16.1 97 0.5 16.3 107 2 303.5 306.0 295.3 344.2 13.69 5 800 2054 15.6 13.4 87 2.2 14.1 207 8 307.8 310.1 295.4 344.5 12.14 6 750 2601 13.2 9.3 77 3.9 10.7 206 11 310.9 312.8 294.6 341.1 9.83 7 700 3180 10.1 5.5 74 4.5 7.3 202 8 313.6 315.2 294.1 339.0 8.15 8 650 3792 6.0 2.1 76 3.9 3.8 190 1 315.8 317.1 293.7 337.5 6.89 9 600 4444 2.0 -0.0 86 2.0 0.9 305 8 318.4 319.7 294.0 338.8 6.39 10 550 5142 -1.3 -6.2 70 4.8 -3.7 284 15 322.5 323.4 293.6 336.9 4.39 11 500 5895 -6.3 -12.6 61 6.3 -8.8 264 21 325.4 326.0 293.1 335.2 2.91 12 450 6711 -11.4 -19.9 49 8.5 -14.2 265 21 328.9 329.3 293.1 335.1 1.76 13 400 7603 -17.5 -25.9 48 8.4 -19.7 258 23 332.2 332.4 293.4 336.4 1.15 14 350 8589 -24.1 -28.0 70 3.8 -25.0 261 24 336.2 336.4 294.4 340.2 1.09 15 300 9697 -31.9 -34.9 75 3.0 -32.3 267 30 340.5 340.6 295.0 343.0 0.66 16 250 10957 -42.7 -46.6 66 3.8 -43.0 260 44 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.4 0.23 17 200 12422 -52.8 -65.3 20 12.6 -53.0 272 53 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14241 -62.5 -86.9 2 24.4 -62.7 297 38 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16707 -67.9 -85.7 6 17.8 -68.0 318 14 396.5 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.26 m Freezing level: 569.83 mb = 4865.10 m = 15961.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.17 mb = 4576.39 m = 15014.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 846.27 mb = 1574.21 m = 5164.67 ft T: 16.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.02 C/km ThetaE index: 6.95 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.49 mb = 2833.75 m = 9296.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.19 C = 77.34 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -0.97 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.25 C Showalter Index: -1.15 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.28 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.86 C Cross Totals Index: 22.41 C K Index: 34.48 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 218.50 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.79 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 219.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.56 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.10 mb = 2267.94 m = 7440.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.10 mb = 3981.04 m = 13061.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.10 mb = 9810.78 m = 32187.20 ft B at Equ Level: 218.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 185.10 mb = 12911.63 m = 42360.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 12.7 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 9.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -50.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.7 neg: -30.6 tot: 16.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.04 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 10.09 Bulk Shear: 21.72 m/s