MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508010600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 151 1 950 596 2 900 1072 3 850 1569 4 800 2091 SFC 752 2615 12.7 7.9 73 4.8 9.7 256 7 310.1 311.7 293.7 337.3 8.90 6 750 2639 14.6 6.4 58 8.3 9.6 269 14 312.5 314.0 293.7 337.4 8.05 7 700 3223 13.9 0.4 40 13.5 6.3 295 16 317.9 319.0 293.3 335.9 5.64 8 650 3842 8.6 -5.3 37 13.9 1.7 303 13 318.7 319.5 292.2 331.6 3.97 9 600 4496 2.7 -9.7 39 12.5 -2.8 304 11 319.3 319.9 291.5 329.3 3.04 10 550 5192 -3.1 -17.5 32 14.4 -8.2 290 8 320.4 320.7 290.7 326.3 1.75 11 500 5937 -9.1 -24.1 28 15.1 -13.3 274 9 322.0 322.2 290.5 325.8 1.09 12 450 6742 -15.6 -25.2 44 9.6 -18.0 284 15 323.6 323.8 291.0 327.5 1.10 13 400 7617 -22.5 -24.1 86 1.6 -22.9 264 23 325.8 326.0 291.9 330.5 1.36 14 350 8583 -30.3 -31.2 91 1.0 -30.4 242 34 328.0 328.1 291.9 330.9 0.80 15 300 9662 -37.3 -53.6 17 16.2 -38.4 262 52 332.7 332.8 292.6 333.1 0.09 16 250 10901 -44.7 -63.1 11 18.4 -45.3 253 63 339.7 339.7 294.3 339.8 0.03 17 200 12371 -49.9 -74.9 4 25.0 -50.3 256 60 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 14229 -55.5 -82.2 2 26.7 -55.9 258 30 374.4 374.4 301.4 374.4 0.00 19 100 16727 -67.0 -84.9 6 17.8 -67.1 299 7 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.17 m Freezing level: 576.62 mb = 4821.39 m = 15818.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.95 mb = 4084.98 m = 13402.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 37.68 % Est. max temperature: 21.13 C = 70.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 699.62 mb = 3227.81 m = 10589.79 ft T: 13.88 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.47 C/km ThetaE index: 11.65 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 558.20 mb = 5073.38 m = 16644.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.00 C = 71.60 F Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lifted Index: -0.29 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 284.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 141.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 585.16 mb = 4696.30 m = 15407.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 500.16 mb = 5934.83 m = 19470.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 290.16 mb = 9888.29 m = 32441.50 ft B at Equ Level: 281.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.16 mb = 11738.15 m = 38510.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 8.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.6 neg: -0.2 tot: 26.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 756.01 Bulk Shear: 0.38 m/s