MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 40.23,-108.47 Latitude: 40.23 Longitude: -108.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 1 950 552 2 900 1039 3 850 1548 SFC 817 1895 28.8 1.7 17 27.1 12.9 236 14 319.9 321.0 293.6 337.1 5.31 5 800 2081 24.1 1.2 22 22.9 11.0 236 15 316.9 317.9 292.7 333.5 5.22 6 750 2638 18.4 0.2 29 18.2 8.2 235 16 316.6 317.6 292.6 333.1 5.17 7 700 3223 12.8 -2.5 34 15.3 4.8 235 17 316.7 317.5 292.0 331.2 4.54 8 650 3838 7.2 -4.8 42 11.9 1.3 235 19 317.1 317.9 291.8 330.4 4.13 9 600 4490 1.7 -5.4 59 7.1 -1.7 232 20 318.1 318.9 292.2 331.8 4.25 10 550 5183 -4.6 -9.3 70 4.7 -6.6 236 25 318.7 319.3 291.7 330.0 3.45 11 500 5924 -10.9 -22.3 39 11.4 -14.2 240 27 319.7 320.0 290.0 324.1 1.28 12 450 6724 -16.6 -35.9 17 19.3 -20.1 249 27 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.8 0.40 13 400 7598 -22.5 -46.0 10 23.4 -25.4 259 25 325.7 325.7 290.6 326.3 0.16 14 350 8562 -30.4 -53.0 9 22.6 -32.1 267 27 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.08 15 300 9636 -39.4 -54.9 18 15.6 -40.2 266 29 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 16 250 10863 -46.4 -64.4 11 18.0 -46.9 274 41 337.1 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.03 17 200 12331 -49.1 -71.5 6 22.3 -49.7 266 50 355.0 355.0 297.7 355.0 0.01 18 150 14192 -55.1 -81.0 3 25.8 -55.5 262 40 375.1 375.1 301.4 375.1 0.00 19 100 16731 -64.4 -85.7 4 21.3 -64.6 239 3 403.4 403.4 305.6 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5827.99 m Freezing level: 586.36 mb = 4678.97 m = 15350.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.08 mb = 4104.40 m = 13465.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.63 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 548.48 mb = 5204.70 m = 17075.57 ft T: -4.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.77 C/km ThetaE index: 6.67 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 553.81 mb = 5128.25 m = 16824.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.13 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.61 C = 81.70 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -1.20 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 236.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 21.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 50.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 566.32 mb = 4950.18 m = 16240.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 531.32 mb = 5451.87 m = 17886.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 281.32 mb = 10068.93 m = 33034.15 ft B at Equ Level: 233.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 221.32 mb = 11664.81 m = 38269.91 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.8 at 22.3 knts Storm direction: 271.8 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.0 neg: 0.6 tot: 1.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 40.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 25.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.7 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 31.89 Bulk Shear: 7.42 m/s