MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 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 170 1 950 606 2 900 1082 3 850 1579 SFC 812 1975 15.9 11.2 74 4.7 12.9 247 1 306.9 308.8 293.9 338.1 10.37 5 800 2101 17.9 9.9 59 8.0 12.8 184 10 310.3 312.1 294.3 339.8 9.63 6 750 2651 14.2 8.8 70 5.4 10.8 174 21 312.0 313.8 294.6 341.3 9.50 7 700 3229 10.1 4.0 66 6.1 6.5 178 21 313.7 315.1 293.4 336.5 7.30 8 650 3842 6.3 -0.4 62 6.7 2.7 215 13 316.1 317.2 292.9 334.3 5.73 9 600 4494 2.3 -3.0 68 5.3 -0.4 244 8 318.7 319.7 293.1 335.2 5.10 10 550 5191 -2.8 -8.9 63 6.1 -5.5 298 12 320.8 321.5 292.4 332.5 3.55 11 500 5938 -8.6 -13.7 67 5.1 -10.5 300 18 322.6 323.1 292.1 331.5 2.66 12 450 6746 -14.2 -18.2 71 4.0 -15.5 278 6 325.4 325.8 292.3 332.3 2.02 13 400 7630 -19.4 -25.4 59 6.0 -20.9 260 16 329.8 330.0 292.8 334.1 1.21 14 350 8610 -26.0 -36.2 38 10.2 -27.6 257 30 333.7 333.8 293.2 335.6 0.50 15 300 9706 -34.6 -43.8 39 9.2 -35.5 242 40 336.6 336.7 293.7 337.7 0.26 16 250 10954 -44.0 -50.9 47 6.8 -44.5 235 57 340.6 340.6 294.6 341.2 0.14 17 200 12414 -53.3 -69.2 13 15.9 -53.7 260 54 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14241 -60.0 -80.7 5 20.7 -60.2 286 49 366.7 366.7 299.9 366.7 0.00 19 100 16727 -65.8 -86.4 4 20.6 -65.9 271 15 400.7 400.7 305.3 400.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.06 m Freezing level: 577.56 mb = 4806.58 m = 15769.44 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.10 mb = 4398.11 m = 14429.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.20 % Est. max temperature: 24.10 C = 75.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.50 mb = 2577.39 m = 8455.90 ft T: 14.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.90 C/km ThetaE index: 7.02 C Layer 700.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.41 mb = 3849.32 m = 12628.87 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.68 C = 76.42 F Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 252.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 107.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 692.27 mb = 3321.29 m = 10896.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 557.27 mb = 5085.51 m = 16684.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 277.27 mb = 10244.98 m = 33611.73 ft B at Equ Level: 250.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 197.27 mb = 12501.72 m = 41015.64 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.5 at 13.8 knts Storm direction: 271.5 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.6 neg: 3.6 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 70.0 neg: -3.4 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.11 Bulk Rich Number: 11.27 Bulk Shear: 22.40 m/s