MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508011800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 1 AUG 25 Station: 41.07,-105.16 Latitude: 41.07 Longitude: -105.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 534 2 900 1022 3 850 1531 4 800 2064 SFC 794 2130 25.3 11.6 42 13.7 16.0 166 13 318.8 320.9 297.3 353.2 10.87 6 750 2624 18.6 9.6 56 9.0 12.7 170 15 316.8 318.7 296.3 348.2 10.03 7 700 3210 13.6 4.7 55 8.9 8.3 189 12 317.6 319.1 294.8 341.9 7.68 8 650 3830 9.3 -1.2 48 10.5 3.6 249 12 319.5 320.5 293.5 336.8 5.39 9 600 4487 3.6 -5.4 52 9.0 -0.8 271 17 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.2 4.28 10 550 5185 -3.0 -8.6 65 5.7 -5.5 276 22 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.4 3.62 11 500 5930 -9.9 -11.3 90 1.4 -10.5 279 25 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.6 3.23 12 450 6732 -16.9 -23.5 57 6.5 -18.6 277 33 322.0 322.2 290.7 326.4 1.28 13 400 7604 -22.6 -42.5 15 19.9 -25.2 270 36 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.5 0.23 14 350 8569 -30.0 -50.1 12 20.1 -31.7 273 39 328.3 328.3 291.3 328.7 0.11 15 300 9645 -39.0 -52.1 24 13.1 -39.8 281 37 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.9 0.10 16 250 10870 -47.2 -60.3 21 13.2 -47.6 280 43 335.9 335.9 293.3 336.1 0.05 17 200 12335 -48.9 -71.3 6 22.4 -49.4 281 48 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14198 -54.7 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.1 281 35 375.9 375.9 301.6 375.9 0.00 19 100 16737 -62.0 -86.5 2 24.5 -62.3 285 10 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.83 m Freezing level: 572.57 mb = 4869.64 m = 15976.31 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.11 mb = 4363.13 m = 14314.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.02 % Est. max temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 649.25 mb = 3839.38 m = 12596.24 ft T: 9.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.65 C/km ThetaE index: 26.77 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 619.43 mb = 4225.19 m = 13862.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.42 C = 79.55 F Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lifted Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.10 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1901.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.92 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 640.93 mb = 3945.22 m = 12943.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 595.93 mb = 4541.35 m = 14899.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.93 mb = 11831.68 m = 38817.37 ft B at Equ Level: 1883.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.93 mb = 15293.41 m = 50174.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.1 at 23.2 knts Storm direction: 295.1 at 17.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 74.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 24.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.68 Bulk Rich Number: 17.86 Bulk Shear: 106.46 m/s