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: 41.18,-104.76 Latitude: 41.18 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 542 2 900 1028 3 850 1536 SFC 819 1861 26.0 14.2 48 11.8 17.8 155 16 316.7 319.2 297.9 355.9 12.51 5 800 2067 22.1 12.8 56 9.3 15.8 156 19 314.7 316.9 296.8 351.0 11.70 6 750 2623 16.4 11.5 73 4.9 13.2 157 19 314.4 316.6 296.7 350.0 11.47 7 700 3208 14.2 -0.3 37 14.5 6.2 190 7 318.2 319.3 293.2 335.4 5.34 8 650 3828 9.1 -3.2 42 12.3 2.7 225 10 319.2 320.1 292.9 334.2 4.64 9 600 4483 3.1 -6.3 50 9.3 -1.4 246 13 319.7 320.4 292.4 332.7 3.99 10 550 5180 -3.4 -8.1 70 4.7 -5.5 258 17 320.0 320.8 292.4 332.4 3.77 11 500 5925 -9.8 -11.9 84 2.2 -10.6 264 22 321.1 321.7 292.0 331.2 3.06 12 450 6727 -16.7 -22.4 61 5.8 -18.3 270 31 322.3 322.5 290.9 327.1 1.40 13 400 7600 -22.6 -39.6 20 17.1 -25.0 270 37 325.7 325.7 290.8 326.8 0.31 14 350 8565 -30.1 -43.1 27 12.9 -31.6 271 42 328.1 328.1 291.5 329.0 0.24 15 300 9642 -38.7 -45.8 47 7.1 -39.3 281 41 330.8 330.8 292.2 331.6 0.21 16 250 10868 -47.2 -55.1 40 7.9 -47.6 284 46 335.8 335.8 293.4 336.2 0.09 17 200 12331 -49.1 -69.6 7 20.5 -49.6 280 48 355.1 355.1 297.7 355.1 0.02 18 150 14194 -54.6 -83.2 2 28.6 -55.0 272 32 376.0 376.0 301.6 376.0 0.00 19 100 16737 -61.8 -86.3 2 24.5 -62.0 302 9 408.3 408.3 306.3 408.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5839.63 m Freezing level: 576.31 mb = 4813.34 m = 15791.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.38 mb = 4249.33 m = 13941.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.34 % Est. max temperature: 28.00 C = 82.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.61 mb = 3345.39 m = 10975.55 ft T: 13.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.84 C/km ThetaE index: 29.12 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.48 mb = 3872.15 m = 12703.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.96 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.38 C = 83.09 F Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lifted Index: -6.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.93 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2193.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.11 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 683.88 mb = 3403.04 m = 11164.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.88 mb = 4229.55 m = 13876.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.88 mb = 12046.39 m = 39521.79 ft B at Equ Level: 2169.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.88 mb = 15652.73 m = 51353.48 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 53.5 neg: -14.8 tot: 38.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 20.72 Bulk Shear: 105.88 m/s