MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 41.21,-104.76 Latitude: 41.21 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 73 1 950 522 2 900 1010 3 850 1520 SFC 818 1861 26.6 8.2 31 18.4 14.8 342 2 317.5 319.1 295.3 344.0 8.38 5 800 2054 24.5 5.7 30 18.8 12.9 355 3 317.2 318.6 294.3 340.0 7.19 6 750 2613 18.9 4.5 38 14.5 10.2 359 3 317.1 318.5 294.2 339.4 7.03 7 700 3199 13.2 3.1 50 10.1 7.3 2 2 317.1 318.4 294.0 338.8 6.84 8 650 3816 7.3 1.4 66 5.9 3.9 3 2 317.2 318.5 293.8 337.9 6.51 9 600 4468 1.2 -1.7 81 2.8 -0.3 28 1 317.5 318.5 293.2 335.5 5.65 10 550 5161 -4.7 -6.3 89 1.6 -5.4 123 1 318.5 319.4 292.4 332.6 4.36 11 500 5903 -10.2 -10.9 95 0.7 -10.5 164 3 320.6 321.2 292.1 331.5 3.32 12 450 6708 -15.0 -16.4 89 1.4 -15.4 241 6 324.4 324.9 292.4 332.4 2.37 13 400 7588 -21.2 -23.2 84 2.0 -21.7 266 16 327.5 327.8 292.4 332.7 1.48 14 350 8559 -28.3 -30.8 79 2.5 -28.7 272 30 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.6 0.84 15 300 9645 -36.8 -39.8 74 3.0 -37.1 268 45 333.5 333.6 293.0 335.0 0.40 16 250 10877 -47.7 -51.3 67 3.6 -47.9 263 64 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.6 0.14 17 200 12328 -50.0 -70.5 7 20.5 -50.4 276 60 353.6 353.6 297.4 353.7 0.01 18 150 14196 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -54.9 292 38 376.2 376.2 301.6 376.2 0.00 19 100 16737 -61.4 -88.4 2 27.1 -61.6 290 7 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5830.56 m Freezing level: 590.12 mb = 4604.86 m = 15107.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.88 mb = 4415.44 m = 14486.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.59 % Est. max temperature: 26.30 C = 79.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 624.06 mb = 4147.73 m = 13607.86 ft T: 4.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.67 C/km ThetaE index: 12.45 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 604.05 mb = 4413.09 m = 14478.47 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.53 C = 79.76 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -3.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.08 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 724.68 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 605.94 mb = 4387.72 m = 14395.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.94 mb = 4455.19 m = 14616.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.94 mb = 11392.85 m = 37377.66 ft B at Equ Level: 705.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 170.94 mb = 13347.61 m = 43790.82 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.8 at 4.5 knts Storm direction: 300.8 at 3.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 0.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 33.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: -0.4 tot: 2.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 0.7 stream: 0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 218.50 Bulk Shear: 3.32 m/s