MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 2 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 160 1 950 630 2 900 1102 3 850 1596 SFC 813 1975 15.7 13.7 88 2.0 14.3 343 11 306.5 308.7 295.0 343.0 12.17 5 800 2113 14.5 12.4 87 2.1 13.1 342 15 306.6 308.7 294.5 340.8 11.36 6 750 2656 11.6 8.6 82 2.9 9.7 338 12 309.1 310.9 293.8 337.9 9.42 7 700 3231 8.5 6.0 84 2.6 7.0 331 10 311.9 313.5 293.8 337.9 8.39 8 650 3841 4.7 3.1 89 1.6 3.8 319 10 314.3 315.7 293.7 337.4 7.38 9 600 4489 0.4 -0.0 97 0.4 0.1 303 10 316.5 317.8 293.5 336.8 6.38 10 550 5183 -3.1 -3.7 96 0.5 -3.4 283 11 320.4 321.4 293.7 337.6 5.31 11 500 5933 -7.2 -8.0 94 0.9 -7.6 258 13 324.3 325.1 293.9 338.1 4.18 12 450 6748 -11.6 -12.9 90 1.3 -12.1 241 18 328.7 329.3 294.2 339.4 3.16 13 400 7642 -17.1 -18.9 86 1.8 -17.7 236 23 332.7 333.1 294.4 340.3 2.15 14 350 8629 -24.0 -26.2 81 2.3 -24.5 239 29 336.5 336.7 294.6 341.1 1.28 15 300 9735 -33.0 -35.7 77 2.7 -33.4 244 34 338.8 338.9 294.6 341.1 0.61 16 250 10987 -44.2 -47.6 69 3.4 -44.5 259 39 340.3 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 17 200 12443 -54.4 -59.9 51 5.5 -54.6 279 56 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.8 0.06 18 150 14279 -58.1 -83.3 3 25.2 -58.3 279 38 370.0 370.0 300.5 370.0 0.00 19 100 16779 -65.7 -86.0 4 20.3 -65.8 25 2 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.05 m Freezing level: 594.75 mb = 4561.86 m = 14966.55 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.05 mb = 4514.91 m = 14812.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 90.35 % Est. max temperature: 22.49 C = 72.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 788.74 mb = 2232.04 m = 7322.89 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 5.19 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.39 mb = 3226.45 m = 10585.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.84 C = 69.50 F Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.56 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.32 mb = 2843.65 m = 9329.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.32 mb = 4115.46 m = 13502.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 488.32 mb = 6115.88 m = 20064.96 ft B at Equ Level: 43.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.32 mb = 7672.62 m = 25172.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.2 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 305.2 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.7 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -7.3 tot: -1.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.07 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.44 Bulk Shear: 30.81 m/s