MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 38.63,-104.76 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 97 1 950 558 2 900 1044 3 850 1552 SFC 818 1888 25.6 12.7 45 12.9 16.8 64 5 316.4 318.6 297.0 351.8 11.32 5 800 2083 22.8 10.3 45 12.5 14.6 57 7 315.5 317.4 295.8 346.3 9.87 6 750 2640 17.6 7.9 53 9.7 11.4 63 5 315.7 317.4 295.2 343.6 8.93 7 700 3226 13.6 0.4 40 13.2 6.2 16 2 317.6 318.7 293.2 335.6 5.63 8 650 3844 8.7 -3.5 42 12.3 2.4 239 4 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.5 4.54 9 600 4499 3.3 -7.8 44 11.1 -1.9 235 11 319.9 320.6 292.2 331.6 3.55 10 550 5197 -2.8 -11.8 50 9.1 -6.5 240 18 320.8 321.3 291.7 330.1 2.81 11 500 5943 -9.0 -15.9 57 6.9 -11.5 249 24 322.0 322.5 291.6 329.5 2.21 12 450 6748 -15.4 -19.8 69 4.4 -16.8 256 28 323.8 324.2 291.7 329.9 1.76 13 400 7625 -21.4 -31.4 40 10.0 -23.4 277 32 327.1 327.3 291.6 329.7 0.69 14 350 8595 -28.4 -39.3 34 10.9 -29.8 285 35 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.9 0.36 15 300 9682 -36.6 -46.7 35 10.1 -37.4 289 38 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.5 0.19 16 250 10922 -43.6 -57.8 19 14.2 -44.3 283 51 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.5 0.06 17 200 12402 -49.6 -70.7 7 21.1 -50.1 269 56 354.3 354.3 297.5 354.3 0.01 18 150 14257 -58.3 -82.8 3 24.6 -58.5 265 41 369.7 369.7 300.5 369.7 0.00 19 100 16756 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 322 9 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5845.49 m Freezing level: 572.84 mb = 4878.27 m = 16004.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.69 mb = 4208.73 m = 13808.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.75 % Est. max temperature: 27.47 C = 81.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 676.83 mb = 3506.43 m = 11503.91 ft T: 11.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.34 C/km ThetaE index: 22.32 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 617.77 mb = 4260.43 m = 13977.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.42 F Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lifted Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1057.31 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 96.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 649.23 mb = 3853.80 m = 12643.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 584.23 mb = 4712.91 m = 15462.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.23 mb = 11354.13 m = 37250.64 ft B at Equ Level: 1043.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.23 mb = 14077.64 m = 46185.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.4 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 287.4 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.9 neg: 2.5 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.9 neg: -6.9 tot: 40.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 16.31 Bulk Shear: 64.82 m/s