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: 38.88,-105.00 Latitude: 38.88 Longitude: -105.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 173 1 950 612 2 900 1087 3 850 1583 4 800 2103 SFC 753 2616 12.5 7.6 72 4.8 9.5 215 4 309.7 311.4 293.4 336.6 8.76 6 750 2650 12.9 8.0 72 4.9 9.9 198 11 310.6 312.3 293.9 338.2 9.02 7 700 3227 10.6 3.8 63 6.8 6.6 190 20 314.2 315.6 293.5 336.7 7.20 8 650 3841 7.1 -0.9 57 8.0 2.8 212 11 317.0 318.1 293.0 334.6 5.52 9 600 4494 2.5 -6.9 50 9.4 -1.9 260 8 319.1 319.8 292.1 331.4 3.80 10 550 5191 -2.2 -10.6 53 8.3 -5.8 293 15 321.4 322.0 292.2 331.7 3.10 11 500 5939 -8.9 -15.1 61 6.2 -11.2 301 21 322.2 322.6 291.7 330.1 2.36 12 450 6746 -14.2 -23.1 47 8.9 -16.7 281 15 325.4 325.6 291.7 330.0 1.32 13 400 7629 -19.6 -28.7 44 9.1 -21.7 253 15 329.5 329.7 292.4 332.7 0.89 14 350 8607 -26.3 -40.2 26 13.9 -28.2 255 32 333.3 333.4 293.0 334.6 0.33 15 300 9701 -35.1 -45.7 33 10.6 -36.0 244 39 335.9 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.21 16 250 10947 -44.0 -55.5 27 11.5 -44.5 234 52 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.08 17 200 12410 -52.9 -69.4 12 16.4 -53.2 257 51 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.02 18 150 14237 -60.3 -80.6 5 20.4 -60.4 281 50 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16724 -65.1 -85.9 4 20.7 -65.3 273 14 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5765.52 m Freezing level: 573.40 mb = 4864.97 m = 15961.00 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.16 mb = 4224.32 m = 13859.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.38 % Est. max temperature: 20.93 C = 69.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.25 mb = 3223.86 m = 10576.85 ft T: 10.59 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 6.80 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 589.45 mb = 4636.00 m = 15209.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.50 C = 70.69 F Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 74.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 163.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 636.35 mb = 4014.17 m = 13169.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 511.35 mb = 5762.71 m = 18906.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 391.35 mb = 7789.34 m = 25555.27 ft B at Equ Level: 73.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 281.35 mb = 10139.55 m = 33265.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.0 neg: 2.4 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -178.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 40.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 2.00 Bulk Shear: 37.05 m/s