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: 38.93,-105.47 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -105.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 625 2 900 1094 3 850 1584 4 800 2098 5 750 2638 SFC 740 2744 7.4 5.7 89 1.8 6.4 247 5 305.7 307.2 291.5 329.2 7.76 7 700 3213 11.3 4.1 61 7.2 7.1 243 19 315.0 316.4 293.8 338.0 7.35 8 650 3831 9.4 -1.6 46 10.9 3.5 281 19 319.6 320.6 293.4 336.5 5.25 9 600 4488 3.9 -10.8 33 14.8 -2.5 304 16 320.7 321.2 291.7 329.9 2.78 10 550 5186 -2.5 -20.8 23 18.3 -8.5 320 14 321.1 321.4 290.5 325.7 1.33 11 500 5932 -9.2 -19.2 44 10.0 -12.4 323 14 321.9 322.2 291.0 327.6 1.67 12 450 6736 -15.6 -19.6 71 4.0 -16.9 292 20 323.6 323.9 291.6 329.7 1.79 13 400 7614 -22.1 -25.8 72 3.7 -22.9 262 26 326.3 326.6 291.9 330.5 1.17 14 350 8582 -28.7 -32.6 69 4.0 -29.3 243 30 330.1 330.3 292.4 332.7 0.71 15 300 9667 -36.6 -48.4 28 11.8 -37.5 250 45 333.9 333.9 292.9 334.5 0.16 16 250 10909 -44.1 -68.8 5 24.6 -44.8 248 59 340.5 340.5 294.4 340.5 0.01 17 200 12380 -50.0 -75.0 4 25.0 -50.4 255 58 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14229 -56.9 -82.4 3 25.5 -57.2 262 38 372.0 372.0 300.9 372.0 0.00 19 100 16729 -65.6 -85.2 5 19.5 -65.8 208 7 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.98 m Freezing level: 569.49 mb = 4913.90 m = 16121.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.91 mb = 4206.84 m = 13801.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.31 % Est. max temperature: 21.21 C = 70.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 720.78 mb = 2969.12 m = 9741.08 ft T: 9.27 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.52 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 566.99 mb = 4941.93 m = 16213.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.39 C = 70.51 F Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lifted Index: -0.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.17 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 255.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 22.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 236.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.79 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 615.41 mb = 4279.87 m = 14041.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 510.41 mb = 5770.88 m = 18933.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 300.41 mb = 9657.36 m = 31683.87 ft B at Equ Level: 253.38 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 230.41 mb = 11446.45 m = 37553.51 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.5 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 307.5 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 2.4 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -91.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 81.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 81.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 14.99 Bulk Shear: 17.04 m/s