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: 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 123 1 950 581 2 900 1059 3 850 1557 SFC 824 1829 19.7 9.5 52 10.1 13.3 202 1 309.5 311.2 293.7 337.4 9.10 5 800 2081 20.1 4.6 36 15.6 10.9 232 17 312.6 313.9 292.6 333.4 6.66 6 750 2634 16.8 0.3 33 16.5 7.7 235 14 314.8 315.8 292.1 331.4 5.22 7 700 3216 12.1 0.3 44 11.8 5.6 253 12 315.9 317.0 292.7 333.6 5.58 8 650 3831 6.7 -0.6 60 7.3 2.8 276 14 316.5 317.6 292.9 334.6 5.66 9 600 4481 0.8 -3.2 74 4.1 -1.2 287 18 317.1 318.0 292.6 333.1 5.02 10 550 5174 -4.6 -8.0 77 3.4 -6.1 287 21 318.7 319.4 292.0 331.1 3.81 11 500 5916 -9.9 -13.5 75 3.7 -11.2 276 22 321.0 321.5 291.7 330.0 2.70 12 450 6721 -15.0 -19.1 71 4.1 -16.3 270 22 324.4 324.7 291.9 330.8 1.88 13 400 7602 -20.5 -24.1 73 3.6 -21.4 263 20 328.4 328.6 292.6 333.2 1.37 14 350 8577 -27.0 -31.0 69 3.9 -27.8 245 17 332.3 332.5 293.2 335.3 0.82 15 300 9668 -35.8 -40.1 64 4.4 -36.2 240 21 335.0 335.0 293.4 336.5 0.39 16 250 10909 -46.0 -50.7 59 4.7 -46.2 247 28 337.7 337.7 293.9 338.3 0.15 17 200 12364 -52.6 -60.7 37 8.0 -52.9 277 30 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.6 0.05 18 150 14206 -55.6 -82.0 2 26.4 -55.9 279 38 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16745 -63.5 -85.9 3 22.4 -63.7 297 7 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.63 m Freezing level: 592.38 mb = 4586.74 m = 15048.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.19 mb = 4278.06 m = 14035.46 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.40 % Est. max temperature: 26.02 C = 78.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 708.39 mb = 3115.51 m = 10221.36 ft T: 12.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.13 C/km ThetaE index: 5.98 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 584.67 mb = 4687.26 m = 15377.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.27 C = 81.08 F Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lifted Index: 0.02 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 195.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.95 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 617.33 mb = 4249.84 m = 13942.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 492.33 mb = 6034.43 m = 19797.75 ft Equ Level (EL): 482.33 mb = 6191.12 m = 20311.82 ft B at Equ Level: 19.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 402.33 mb = 7558.22 m = 24797.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.9 at 17.9 knts Storm direction: 298.9 at 13.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.2 neg: -8.0 tot: 69.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 3.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 15.66 m/s