MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 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 169 1 950 602 2 900 1077 3 850 1573 4 800 2092 SFC 752 2615 11.3 7.6 78 3.6 9.0 228 4 308.6 310.2 293.2 335.3 8.77 6 750 2638 12.8 8.2 74 4.6 9.9 226 9 310.5 312.2 294.0 338.5 9.14 7 700 3218 12.1 2.8 53 9.3 6.8 256 13 315.9 317.2 293.6 337.1 6.72 8 650 3835 8.5 -2.4 46 10.9 2.8 285 11 318.6 319.6 292.9 334.5 4.95 9 600 4490 2.9 -5.6 54 8.4 -1.3 307 14 319.4 320.2 292.6 333.1 4.20 10 550 5186 -3.2 -12.2 50 9.0 -6.9 307 13 320.2 320.8 291.5 329.3 2.73 11 500 5932 -9.1 -20.5 39 11.4 -12.6 304 11 322.0 322.3 290.9 327.1 1.49 12 450 6737 -15.3 -26.0 39 10.8 -18.0 304 14 324.1 324.3 291.0 327.7 1.02 13 400 7614 -22.1 -23.9 85 1.8 -22.5 269 21 326.3 326.6 292.0 331.1 1.39 14 350 8581 -29.4 -30.3 92 0.9 -29.6 253 37 329.1 329.3 292.3 332.3 0.88 15 300 9665 -36.1 -52.2 17 16.1 -37.2 250 55 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.9 0.10 16 250 10910 -43.6 -68.4 5 24.7 -44.3 244 59 341.2 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.02 17 200 12379 -51.4 -74.5 5 23.2 -51.8 253 56 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.4 0.01 18 150 14221 -57.0 -80.6 4 23.6 -57.3 266 41 371.8 371.8 300.9 371.8 0.00 19 100 16720 -66.6 -84.2 7 17.6 -66.7 302 7 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.55 m Freezing level: 576.55 mb = 4816.59 m = 15802.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.70 mb = 4278.71 m = 14037.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.44 % Est. max temperature: 21.25 C = 70.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.69 mb = 3078.51 m = 10099.99 ft T: 12.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 11.40 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 581.25 mb = 4744.04 m = 15564.23 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.57 C = 70.83 F Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lifted Index: -0.96 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 332.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 155.15 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 618.45 mb = 4242.20 m = 13917.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 533.45 mb = 5425.23 m = 17799.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.45 mb = 9815.65 m = 32203.18 ft B at Equ Level: 329.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.45 mb = 11950.30 m = 39206.55 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 48.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 40.8 neg: -0.6 tot: 40.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 22.93 Bulk Shear: 14.49 m/s