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: 41.96,-105.21 Latitude: 41.96 Longitude: -105.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 102 1 950 556 2 900 1038 3 850 1542 SFC 830 1752 24.0 13.5 52 10.6 16.8 47 10 313.5 315.7 296.6 350.0 11.79 5 800 2069 20.1 12.2 60 7.9 14.8 60 13 312.5 314.7 296.0 347.1 11.22 6 750 2622 15.7 10.3 70 5.4 12.2 71 11 313.6 315.7 295.8 346.4 10.56 7 700 3204 10.9 9.1 89 1.8 9.7 77 9 314.5 316.5 296.0 346.9 10.43 8 650 3818 6.4 5.0 91 1.4 5.6 111 3 316.2 317.8 295.0 342.8 8.46 9 600 4471 2.0 -2.1 74 4.1 -0.1 270 12 318.4 319.5 293.3 336.0 5.49 10 550 5166 -3.5 -8.1 70 4.6 -5.6 273 23 319.9 320.7 292.3 332.2 3.76 11 500 5911 -9.6 -17.1 54 7.5 -12.2 272 30 321.3 321.7 291.2 328.1 2.00 12 450 6715 -14.9 -42.0 8 27.1 -19.2 271 35 324.5 324.5 290.3 325.3 0.21 13 400 7595 -21.0 -51.3 5 30.3 -24.3 270 33 327.7 327.7 291.2 328.0 0.09 14 350 8564 -29.2 -51.7 10 22.5 -31.0 256 33 329.4 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.09 15 300 9646 -37.4 -54.1 16 16.7 -38.4 237 32 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.08 16 250 10880 -45.7 -67.0 7 21.3 -46.3 248 26 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.02 17 200 12346 -50.9 -73.6 5 22.6 -51.4 254 28 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14201 -55.1 -82.5 2 27.3 -55.5 280 29 375.1 375.1 301.5 375.1 0.00 19 100 16739 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 289 9 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.32 m Freezing level: 581.84 mb = 4723.33 m = 15496.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.86 mb = 4459.10 m = 14629.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.55 % Est. max temperature: 25.66 C = 78.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.36 mb = 3080.23 m = 10105.63 ft T: 11.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.56 C/km ThetaE index: 3.60 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.77 mb = 3386.52 m = 11110.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.50 C = 77.90 F Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lifted Index: -5.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.52 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.07 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1662.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.89 mb = 3181.39 m = 10437.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.89 mb = 3731.12 m = 12241.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 216.89 mb = 11813.19 m = 38756.70 ft B at Equ Level: 1657.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 126.89 mb = 15248.29 m = 50026.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.6 at 20.1 knts Storm direction: 305.6 at 15.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 147.4 neg: -1.0 tot: 146.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 48.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.61 Bulk Rich Number: 13.59 Bulk Shear: 122.33 m/s