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: 41.18,-104.70 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 111 1 950 564 2 900 1045 3 850 1548 SFC 823 1830 23.6 14.0 55 9.6 17.0 191 10 313.8 316.2 297.0 351.9 12.31 5 800 2074 19.2 12.5 65 6.7 14.7 195 11 311.6 313.8 296.0 346.9 11.47 6 750 2628 18.6 2.0 33 16.6 9.0 276 15 316.7 317.9 293.2 335.5 5.91 7 700 3214 14.6 -8.9 19 23.5 3.5 286 20 318.6 319.2 291.1 327.8 2.78 8 650 3833 9.3 -13.3 19 22.6 -0.2 279 20 319.5 319.9 290.7 326.6 2.11 9 600 4488 3.3 -15.2 24 18.4 -4.0 279 24 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.5 1.96 10 550 5184 -3.4 -17.0 34 13.6 -8.2 273 22 320.1 320.4 290.6 326.3 1.84 11 500 5928 -10.4 -19.2 48 8.8 -13.2 267 21 320.4 320.7 290.6 326.1 1.68 12 450 6727 -17.2 -25.6 48 8.4 -19.3 275 18 321.6 321.8 290.3 325.2 1.06 13 400 7597 -24.4 -33.0 45 8.6 -25.8 277 18 323.3 323.4 290.4 325.4 0.59 14 350 8553 -32.6 -39.2 52 6.6 -33.3 272 25 324.8 324.9 290.6 326.1 0.36 15 300 9622 -40.2 -56.3 16 16.2 -40.9 265 31 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.06 16 250 10845 -46.3 -63.9 12 17.7 -46.8 263 33 337.3 337.3 293.7 337.4 0.03 17 200 12320 -48.6 -75.9 3 27.3 -49.2 263 33 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 18 150 14184 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 258 32 376.1 376.1 301.6 376.1 0.00 19 100 16723 -62.7 -85.2 3 22.5 -62.9 291 13 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.08 m Freezing level: 575.45 mb = 4830.06 m = 15846.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.86 mb = 3796.21 m = 12454.59 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.62 % Est. max temperature: 28.66 C = 83.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 714.21 mb = 3042.89 m = 9983.11 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.20 C/km ThetaE index: 26.68 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 603.61 mb = 4439.12 m = 14563.86 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.39 C = 84.90 F Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lifted Index: -3.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1286.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 50.72 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 216.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 646.88 mb = 3872.29 m = 12704.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 561.88 mb = 5013.42 m = 16448.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.88 mb = 11062.98 m = 36295.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1285.33 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.88 mb = 14103.65 m = 46271.26 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.3 neg: -7.9 tot: 64.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 29.07 Bulk Shear: 44.26 m/s