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: 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 92 1 950 545 2 900 1031 3 850 1539 SFC 822 1830 26.2 14.4 48 11.7 18.0 158 12 316.5 319.0 297.9 356.1 12.67 5 800 2071 22.3 13.0 56 9.3 16.0 164 13 314.9 317.2 297.0 351.8 11.87 6 750 2628 16.8 11.6 72 5.1 13.3 171 13 314.8 317.0 296.8 350.7 11.55 7 700 3213 13.6 4.5 54 9.1 8.2 260 9 317.5 319.0 294.7 341.5 7.57 8 650 3832 8.9 -1.4 48 10.3 3.4 280 16 319.0 320.1 293.4 336.2 5.33 9 600 4487 2.9 -5.2 55 8.1 -1.1 279 20 319.5 320.3 292.7 333.5 4.34 10 550 5184 -3.5 -7.9 71 4.4 -5.5 276 23 319.9 320.7 292.4 332.5 3.83 11 500 5928 -10.0 -12.1 85 2.1 -10.8 276 26 320.9 321.5 292.0 331.0 3.03 12 450 6730 -16.9 -22.6 61 5.7 -18.4 275 25 322.0 322.3 290.8 326.8 1.39 13 400 7601 -23.7 -36.6 30 12.9 -25.7 271 28 324.2 324.3 290.5 325.7 0.42 14 350 8562 -30.6 -47.5 17 17.0 -32.1 277 38 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.1 0.15 15 300 9638 -38.9 -47.7 39 8.8 -39.5 278 46 330.5 330.5 292.0 331.2 0.17 16 250 10868 -46.2 -51.1 58 4.9 -46.5 268 57 337.3 337.3 293.8 337.9 0.14 17 200 12337 -49.0 -75.5 3 26.5 -49.6 282 42 355.2 355.2 297.7 355.2 0.01 18 150 14203 -54.2 -82.9 2 28.7 -54.6 265 35 376.7 376.7 301.7 376.7 0.00 19 100 16747 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.4 -62.3 316 7 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5836.59 m Freezing level: 577.40 mb = 4802.26 m = 15755.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.28 mb = 4321.54 m = 14178.11 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.88 % Est. max temperature: 27.90 C = 82.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.61 mb = 3301.41 m = 10831.26 ft T: 12.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.67 C/km ThetaE index: 30.43 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.05 mb = 3754.48 m = 12317.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.44 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.36 C = 83.04 F Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lifted Index: -7.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2452.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 689.08 mb = 3344.14 m = 10971.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 634.08 mb = 4035.02 m = 13238.10 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.08 mb = 12204.13 m = 40039.31 ft B at Equ Level: 2422.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.08 mb = 15920.54 m = 52232.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.2 at 20.2 knts Storm direction: 298.2 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.2 neg: -1.9 tot: 69.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 26.73 Bulk Shear: 91.76 m/s