MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.27,-103.25 Latitude: 39.27 Longitude: -103.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 513 2 900 1003 3 850 1516 SFC 845 1569 31.6 10.6 27 21.0 17.6 175 9 319.8 321.7 296.7 350.2 9.56 5 800 2052 24.7 8.7 36 16.0 14.4 180 10 317.5 319.2 295.6 345.4 8.85 6 750 2612 19.3 7.2 45 12.1 11.6 185 9 317.5 319.1 295.4 344.3 8.51 7 700 3200 14.6 -2.2 31 16.8 5.6 257 4 318.6 319.5 292.7 333.7 4.66 8 650 3819 8.9 -7.0 32 15.9 1.3 282 7 319.0 319.7 291.8 330.3 3.47 9 600 4474 3.0 -10.8 35 13.8 -3.0 307 11 319.6 320.1 291.4 328.8 2.79 10 550 5170 -3.4 -13.1 47 9.7 -7.2 309 16 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.5 2.53 11 500 5914 -9.6 -16.0 60 6.3 -11.9 296 21 321.3 321.7 291.3 328.7 2.20 12 450 6717 -15.7 -28.4 33 12.7 -18.6 290 25 323.6 323.7 290.7 326.5 0.82 13 400 7594 -21.6 -36.9 24 15.3 -24.1 293 33 326.9 326.9 291.2 328.4 0.40 14 350 8565 -28.4 -36.7 45 8.4 -29.6 289 38 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.3 0.47 15 300 9652 -36.6 -41.9 58 5.3 -37.1 286 54 333.8 333.9 293.0 335.0 0.32 16 250 10890 -44.4 -61.5 13 17.1 -45.0 287 67 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12364 -49.9 -70.0 8 20.1 -50.4 281 51 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.8 0.02 18 150 14222 -56.9 -80.5 4 23.6 -57.2 285 50 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.1 0.00 19 100 16726 -65.2 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.3 282 8 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.79 m Freezing level: 576.61 mb = 4799.23 m = 15745.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.18 mb = 4007.63 m = 13148.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.47 % Est. max temperature: 30.53 C = 86.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 622.38 mb = 4174.19 m = 13694.70 ft T: 5.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.92 C/km ThetaE index: 21.75 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 616.11 mb = 4256.90 m = 13966.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.22 C = 88.19 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -5.26 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1372.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.83 mb = 4102.84 m = 13460.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.83 mb = 4435.14 m = 14550.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 222.83 mb = 11649.90 m = 38220.99 ft B at Equ Level: 1356.60 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.83 mb = 14972.73 m = 49122.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 287.2 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 317.2 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.3 neg: -2.7 tot: 22.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.38 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.17 Bulk Rich Number: 24.36 Bulk Shear: 56.35 m/s