MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-108.16 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -108.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 503 2 900 993 3 850 1505 SFC 804 2003 28.1 2.4 19 25.7 12.8 228 11 320.7 321.8 294.1 339.0 5.67 5 800 2042 26.9 1.3 19 25.6 12.0 235 10 319.8 320.8 293.5 336.8 5.26 6 750 2605 21.4 1.2 26 20.3 9.7 240 13 319.9 320.9 293.7 337.8 5.55 7 700 3196 16.2 -3.1 27 19.2 5.9 235 18 320.4 321.2 292.9 334.6 4.36 8 650 3819 10.2 -4.2 36 14.4 2.8 236 18 320.5 321.3 292.9 334.5 4.30 9 600 4476 3.7 -4.9 53 8.6 -0.6 238 19 320.5 321.3 293.0 334.9 4.44 10 550 5174 -2.9 -7.6 70 4.8 -5.0 243 19 320.7 321.5 292.7 333.5 3.92 11 500 5921 -9.2 -15.3 61 6.1 -11.4 250 23 321.8 322.3 291.6 329.7 2.33 12 450 6726 -15.3 -22.8 53 7.5 -17.4 248 26 324.0 324.3 291.3 328.7 1.36 13 400 7604 -21.6 -30.9 43 9.3 -23.4 234 30 326.9 327.1 291.6 329.6 0.72 14 350 8573 -28.7 -40.9 30 12.2 -30.2 227 35 330.1 330.2 292.0 331.3 0.31 15 300 9658 -37.0 -48.9 28 11.8 -37.9 228 37 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.15 16 250 10894 -45.6 -58.5 22 12.9 -46.1 232 43 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.5 0.06 17 200 12353 -52.4 -71.6 8 19.2 -52.7 246 53 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14198 -55.5 -81.3 3 25.8 -55.9 271 41 374.4 374.4 301.3 374.4 0.00 19 100 16730 -63.0 -87.3 2 24.3 -63.2 284 6 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5870.25 m Freezing level: 571.60 mb = 4872.60 m = 15986.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 608.48 mb = 4360.88 m = 14307.16 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.89 C = 82.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 550.43 mb = 5167.96 m = 16955.05 ft T: -2.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.31 C/km ThetaE index: 3.28 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 538.96 mb = 5332.97 m = 17496.42 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.34 C = 83.02 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 275.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 545.88 mb = 5233.08 m = 17168.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 520.88 mb = 5600.23 m = 18373.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 270.88 mb = 10349.63 m = 33955.06 ft B at Equ Level: 270.57 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 210.88 mb = 12006.29 m = 39390.22 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 21.2 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 15.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 54.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: -2.5 tot: 21.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.2 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 19.57 Bulk Shear: 14.06 m/s