MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508020600F006.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KDEN ... Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: KDEN Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -104.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 148 1 950 593 2 900 1062 3 850 1552 SFC 845 1597 11.8 10.1 89 1.7 10.7 203 3 298.9 300.6 290.5 325.9 9.20 5 800 2072 21.4 4.2 32 17.2 11.2 249 10 314.0 315.2 292.9 334.3 6.48 6 750 2629 19.0 1.0 30 18.0 8.8 274 11 317.2 318.2 293.0 334.7 5.49 7 700 3216 14.5 -2.6 31 17.0 5.4 320 10 318.5 319.4 292.6 333.1 4.52 8 650 3835 8.7 -5.6 36 14.3 1.7 320 9 318.8 319.6 292.1 331.4 3.87 9 600 4489 2.5 -7.9 46 10.4 -2.3 313 11 319.0 319.7 291.9 330.5 3.52 10 550 5184 -3.8 -12.7 50 8.9 -7.3 304 15 319.6 320.1 291.2 328.3 2.62 11 500 5927 -9.9 -22.2 36 12.3 -13.5 306 21 320.9 321.2 290.4 325.4 1.29 12 450 6729 -15.8 -31.3 25 15.4 -19.1 306 28 323.3 323.4 290.5 325.6 0.62 13 400 7606 -22.0 -40.7 17 18.6 -24.7 298 28 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.4 0.27 14 350 8571 -29.3 -39.2 38 9.9 -30.6 296 44 329.3 329.3 291.9 330.6 0.36 15 300 9656 -36.5 -45.2 40 8.7 -37.2 286 56 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.9 0.23 16 250 10897 -44.5 -60.7 15 16.2 -45.1 289 69 339.9 339.9 294.3 340.1 0.04 17 200 12368 -50.3 -74.4 4 24.1 -50.7 282 66 353.2 353.2 297.3 353.2 0.01 18 150 14218 -56.0 -84.3 2 28.3 -56.3 274 41 373.6 373.6 301.2 373.6 0.00 19 100 16738 -65.7 -86.3 4 20.6 -65.8 100 5 400.8 400.8 305.3 400.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.99 m Freezing level: 580.09 mb = 4765.51 m = 15634.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.85 mb = 4105.08 m = 13467.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 40.91 % Est. max temperature: 30.46 C = 86.82 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 824.12 mb = 1816.71 m = 5960.27 ft T: 16.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.00 C/km ThetaE index: 9.31 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 582.52 mb = 4724.96 m = 15501.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.12 C = 88.01 F Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lifted Index: 0.07 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 110.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 523.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.34 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 645.00 mb = 3897.96 m = 12788.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 490.00 mb = 6080.81 m = 19949.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 350.00 mb = 8571.55 m = 28121.55 ft B at Equ Level: 109.35 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 280.00 mb = 10126.13 m = 33221.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 302.3 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 332.3 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.4 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.2 neg: -1.4 tot: 45.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 4.07 Bulk Shear: 27.07 m/s