MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.58,-103.67 Latitude: 39.58 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 110 1 950 561 2 900 1036 3 850 1534 SFC 845 1584 19.5 14.1 71 5.4 15.9 112 5 307.1 309.4 295.1 343.5 12.08 5 800 2057 19.6 6.5 42 13.1 11.6 129 9 312.1 313.5 293.2 335.7 7.61 6 750 2610 16.5 6.2 50 10.3 10.2 185 9 314.5 316.0 294.1 339.4 7.96 7 700 3193 11.5 5.9 68 5.7 8.1 225 11 315.3 316.9 294.7 341.4 8.33 8 650 3808 6.7 1.3 68 5.4 3.7 258 11 316.6 317.8 293.6 337.1 6.49 9 600 4459 1.9 -2.6 72 4.5 -0.4 294 16 318.3 319.4 293.2 335.3 5.28 10 550 5156 -2.9 -7.2 72 4.3 -4.9 298 24 320.6 321.4 292.7 333.8 4.04 11 500 5903 -8.6 -17.8 48 9.1 -11.8 289 36 322.5 322.9 291.4 328.9 1.89 12 450 6709 -14.9 -27.9 32 12.9 -18.0 281 39 324.5 324.6 291.0 327.5 0.86 13 400 7588 -21.1 -24.4 75 3.3 -22.0 272 33 327.6 327.8 292.3 332.2 1.32 14 350 8562 -27.6 -30.5 76 2.9 -28.1 254 23 331.6 331.7 293.0 334.7 0.86 15 300 9653 -35.4 -38.7 72 3.2 -35.8 227 30 335.4 335.5 293.6 337.1 0.45 16 250 10893 -46.1 -50.7 59 4.6 -46.3 222 32 337.5 337.6 293.9 338.1 0.15 17 200 12362 -48.8 -72.3 5 23.5 -49.3 267 44 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14226 -55.6 -81.3 3 25.7 -55.9 274 32 374.3 374.3 301.3 374.3 0.00 19 100 16732 -65.6 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 319 8 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.05 m Freezing level: 580.27 mb = 4734.18 m = 15531.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.76 mb = 4395.15 m = 14419.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.63 % Est. max temperature: 27.41 C = 81.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.30 mb = 2270.78 m = 7449.98 ft T: 18.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.45 C/km ThetaE index: 7.87 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 631.45 mb = 4043.43 m = 13265.68 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.14 C = 84.45 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -1.28 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 338.23 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 207.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.12 mb = 3431.74 m = 11258.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 545.12 mb = 5225.43 m = 17143.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 245.12 mb = 11023.14 m = 36164.72 ft B at Equ Level: 327.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 205.12 mb = 12195.38 m = 40010.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.4 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 308.4 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 116.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 3.16 Bulk Shear: 107.12 m/s