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: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 99 1 950 563 2 900 1047 3 850 1554 SFC 810 1975 23.9 12.7 50 11.2 16.3 68 5 315.5 317.7 296.9 351.3 11.48 5 800 2084 22.5 10.0 45 12.5 14.4 53 6 315.2 317.0 295.6 345.4 9.69 6 750 2641 17.5 7.1 50 10.5 11.0 64 5 315.6 317.2 294.8 342.1 8.45 7 700 3226 13.2 1.3 44 11.9 6.5 43 1 317.1 318.3 293.4 336.2 6.01 8 650 3844 8.3 -2.3 47 10.6 2.7 233 4 318.4 319.3 292.9 334.4 4.97 9 600 4498 2.9 -6.0 52 8.8 -1.4 233 11 319.4 320.2 292.4 332.7 4.08 10 550 5195 -3.0 -10.3 57 7.3 -6.1 239 17 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.0 3.18 11 500 5941 -9.0 -14.7 64 5.6 -11.1 250 23 322.0 322.5 291.7 330.2 2.45 12 450 6746 -15.3 -19.6 70 4.3 -16.6 259 27 324.0 324.4 291.7 330.2 1.80 13 400 7625 -21.2 -28.3 53 7.0 -22.8 277 30 327.4 327.6 291.9 330.7 0.93 14 350 8595 -28.3 -35.9 48 7.6 -29.5 284 33 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.5 0.51 15 300 9681 -36.7 -44.2 46 7.5 -37.4 289 37 333.7 333.7 293.0 334.7 0.25 16 250 10921 -43.8 -56.5 23 12.7 -44.3 284 50 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.3 0.07 17 200 12400 -49.5 -70.6 7 21.2 -50.0 270 56 354.4 354.4 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14257 -58.2 -81.9 3 23.8 -58.4 265 41 369.9 369.9 300.5 369.9 0.00 19 100 16757 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 321 9 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5841.63 m Freezing level: 575.61 mb = 4837.90 m = 15872.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.90 mb = 4270.97 m = 14012.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.38 % Est. max temperature: 26.37 C = 79.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.21 mb = 3379.45 m = 11087.29 ft T: 12.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 21.09 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 612.70 mb = 4326.93 m = 14195.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.36 C = 81.26 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 843.19 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 91.68 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 641.82 mb = 3947.14 m = 12949.78 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 576.82 mb = 4813.60 m = 15792.45 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.82 mb = 11005.53 m = 36106.93 ft B at Equ Level: 839.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.82 mb = 13570.79 m = 44523.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 2.6 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.5 neg: -10.7 tot: 41.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 13.65 Bulk Shear: 61.78 m/s