MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 190 1 950 637 2 900 1107 3 850 1599 SFC 813 1974 13.2 12.7 97 0.5 12.9 211 5 303.8 305.9 293.8 337.9 11.46 5 800 2113 13.8 11.2 84 2.6 12.1 198 13 305.8 307.8 293.6 337.3 10.48 6 750 2657 12.0 7.4 74 4.5 9.2 203 15 309.6 311.2 293.3 336.1 8.66 7 700 3235 11.7 2.3 52 9.4 6.3 257 8 315.4 316.7 293.3 335.8 6.45 8 650 3851 8.5 -2.4 46 10.9 2.8 312 14 318.6 319.6 292.9 334.5 4.95 9 600 4506 2.8 -2.6 67 5.4 -0.0 307 24 319.4 320.4 293.4 336.3 5.25 10 550 5203 -3.1 -7.9 70 4.7 -5.3 308 29 320.3 321.1 292.5 332.9 3.84 11 500 5949 -9.0 -16.7 54 7.7 -11.7 298 32 322.1 322.5 291.5 329.1 2.07 12 450 6756 -14.2 -26.8 33 12.6 -17.4 286 33 325.4 325.6 291.3 328.7 0.94 13 400 7638 -20.5 -33.5 30 13.0 -22.9 282 33 328.4 328.5 291.8 330.4 0.56 14 350 8612 -27.2 -39.4 31 12.1 -28.9 282 36 332.0 332.1 292.6 333.4 0.36 15 300 9705 -34.8 -55.8 10 21.0 -36.1 287 54 336.4 336.4 293.5 336.6 0.07 16 250 10954 -43.0 -62.6 10 19.6 -43.7 285 60 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.03 17 200 12429 -50.7 -74.0 5 23.3 -51.2 279 60 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 14265 -59.3 -80.9 4 21.6 -59.5 280 29 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.00 19 100 16748 -66.7 -85.1 6 18.4 -66.8 260 4 398.9 398.9 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.74 m Freezing level: 576.45 mb = 4834.56 m = 15861.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.69 mb = 4496.96 m = 14753.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.68 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.62 mb = 2032.98 m = 6669.81 ft T: 13.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.62 C/km ThetaE index: 3.39 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 621.97 mb = 4211.98 m = 13818.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.08 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.57 C = 81.63 F Cap Strength: 5.10 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 118.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 305.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.41 mb = 3063.81 m = 10051.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 519.41 mb = 5650.82 m = 18539.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.41 mb = 8829.55 m = 28967.99 ft B at Equ Level: 117.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.41 mb = 10700.87 m = 35107.42 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 288.6 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 318.6 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.8 neg: -11.3 tot: 58.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 95.21 m/s