MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.5,-104.77 Latitude: 38.50 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 545 2 900 1025 3 850 1526 SFC 833 1705 21.2 11.2 53 10.0 14.7 15 12 310.2 312.1 294.6 341.1 10.11 5 800 2052 20.8 8.2 44 12.6 12.9 15 19 313.3 314.9 294.3 339.9 8.57 6 750 2607 17.8 5.6 45 12.2 10.4 52 5 316.0 317.4 294.3 340.0 7.64 7 700 3193 13.4 3.0 49 10.5 7.3 224 3 317.4 318.7 294.0 338.9 6.80 8 650 3812 9.2 -0.8 50 10.0 3.8 252 14 319.4 320.5 293.6 337.3 5.57 9 600 4470 4.2 -5.0 51 9.3 -0.4 266 23 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.3 4.39 10 550 5170 -2.1 -8.0 64 5.8 -4.8 275 28 321.6 322.3 292.8 334.1 3.82 11 500 5917 -8.9 -12.7 74 3.7 -10.4 279 29 322.1 322.7 292.2 331.8 2.89 12 450 6722 -15.5 -28.9 31 13.4 -18.6 279 29 323.7 323.9 290.7 326.5 0.78 13 400 7602 -20.4 -50.1 5 29.8 -23.8 273 35 328.5 328.5 291.4 328.9 0.10 14 350 8576 -28.0 -46.8 15 18.8 -30.0 287 31 331.0 331.0 292.2 331.6 0.16 15 300 9662 -36.6 -52.4 18 15.7 -37.7 286 42 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 16 250 10899 -45.0 -63.3 11 18.3 -45.6 287 51 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12369 -50.5 -72.2 6 21.7 -50.9 288 52 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14219 -56.5 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.8 289 44 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16727 -64.3 -86.6 3 22.2 -64.5 322 9 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.54 m Freezing level: 566.71 mb = 4935.71 m = 16193.08 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.69 mb = 4405.79 m = 14454.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.59 % Est. max temperature: 28.69 C = 83.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.33 mb = 2973.59 m = 9755.74 ft T: 15.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.22 C/km ThetaE index: 13.47 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 594.92 mb = 4538.14 m = 14888.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.54 C = 88.77 F Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lifted Index: -2.22 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 551.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 33.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 264.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.62 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.15 mb = 3759.06 m = 12332.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 539.15 mb = 5325.85 m = 17473.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.15 mb = 10921.57 m = 35831.49 ft B at Equ Level: 546.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 179.15 mb = 13076.71 m = 42902.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 142.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 217.4 neg: -25.5 tot: 191.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 64.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.56 Bulk Rich Number: 5.11 Bulk Shear: 107.78 m/s