MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.88,-105.74 Latitude: 38.88 Longitude: -105.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 176 1 950 622 2 900 1092 3 850 1584 4 800 2099 5 750 2641 SFC 735 2809 6.1 4.7 91 1.4 5.4 272 4 305.0 306.4 290.9 327.1 7.32 7 700 3216 11.2 3.6 59 7.6 6.8 245 16 314.9 316.2 293.6 337.1 7.08 8 650 3833 8.6 -0.2 54 8.9 3.8 276 19 318.7 319.8 293.6 337.3 5.79 9 600 4488 3.2 -6.0 51 9.2 -1.3 294 16 319.8 320.6 292.6 333.0 4.06 10 550 5186 -2.6 -16.5 34 13.8 -7.7 322 13 320.9 321.3 291.0 327.4 1.92 11 500 5932 -9.4 -18.4 48 9.0 -12.3 321 13 321.6 322.0 291.0 327.7 1.80 12 450 6735 -15.9 -21.1 64 5.3 -17.4 282 22 323.3 323.6 291.3 328.7 1.58 13 400 7612 -21.9 -27.9 58 6.0 -23.2 257 29 326.5 326.7 291.7 330.0 0.97 14 350 8581 -28.6 -36.1 49 7.5 -29.7 239 33 330.2 330.3 292.3 332.1 0.50 15 300 9666 -36.5 -51.6 20 15.0 -37.5 249 46 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.4 0.11 16 250 10907 -44.3 -64.8 8 20.5 -45.0 247 59 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.03 17 200 12377 -50.1 -74.2 4 24.1 -50.5 255 59 353.4 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14229 -56.4 -82.0 3 25.6 -56.7 262 38 372.9 372.9 301.1 372.9 0.00 19 100 16729 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 239 7 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5755.86 m Freezing level: 572.64 mb = 4869.99 m = 15977.45 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.59 mb = 4318.19 m = 14167.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.83 % Est. max temperature: 20.01 C = 68.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 719.01 mb = 2991.86 m = 9815.69 ft T: 8.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.58 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 568.36 mb = 4922.54 m = 16149.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.36 C = 68.64 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: -0.64 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 230.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 202.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 613.10 mb = 4311.38 m = 14144.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 508.10 mb = 5805.70 m = 19047.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 308.10 mb = 9478.07 m = 31095.66 ft B at Equ Level: 228.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 228.10 mb = 11511.03 m = 37765.39 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 2.4 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -62.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 59.6 neg: -0.9 tot: 58.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 14.79 Bulk Shear: 15.56 m/s