MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 38.79,-103.56 Latitude: 38.79 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 527 2 900 1017 3 850 1528 SFC 849 1537 30.6 13.6 36 16.9 18.8 167 10 318.3 320.5 297.7 354.9 11.64 5 800 2062 23.6 11.5 47 12.1 15.5 174 11 316.3 318.4 296.6 349.9 10.73 6 750 2621 18.5 8.8 53 9.8 12.3 224 8 316.7 318.5 295.8 346.5 9.50 7 700 3209 14.8 2.6 44 12.1 7.7 243 8 318.8 320.1 294.3 340.0 6.62 8 650 3830 9.3 -2.3 44 11.7 3.1 231 8 319.5 320.5 293.2 335.6 4.96 9 600 4487 3.5 -6.2 49 9.7 -1.2 237 10 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.3 4.02 10 550 5184 -2.7 -8.1 67 5.3 -5.1 251 13 320.8 321.6 292.6 333.3 3.79 11 500 5931 -9.1 -12.4 77 3.3 -10.4 263 18 322.0 322.6 292.2 331.9 2.96 12 450 6737 -15.1 -16.3 90 1.2 -15.5 269 24 324.3 324.7 292.3 332.3 2.38 13 400 7616 -21.1 -27.8 54 6.8 -22.6 289 31 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.1 0.97 14 350 8589 -27.6 -54.4 6 26.8 -29.9 285 43 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.07 15 300 9676 -36.3 -52.1 18 15.7 -37.4 278 60 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.6 0.10 16 250 10918 -44.5 -61.2 14 16.8 -45.0 281 67 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.2 0.04 17 200 12392 -48.8 -74.0 4 25.3 -49.3 269 67 355.5 355.5 297.8 355.6 0.01 18 150 14239 -58.3 -81.7 3 23.3 -58.6 287 35 369.6 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.00 19 100 16736 -64.5 -85.4 4 20.8 -64.7 275 6 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.12 m Freezing level: 571.95 mb = 4878.08 m = 16004.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.47 mb = 4304.51 m = 14122.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.13 C = 88.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 663.99 mb = 3651.83 m = 11980.94 ft T: 10.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.75 C/km ThetaE index: 23.10 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 638.09 mb = 3981.87 m = 13063.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.62 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.93 C = 89.48 F Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lifted Index: -6.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1797.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 59.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 74.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 662.93 mb = 3665.13 m = 12024.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 617.93 mb = 4245.05 m = 13927.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 217.93 mb = 11824.75 m = 38794.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1794.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 117.93 mb = 15720.26 m = 51575.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 283.2 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.4 neg: -0.7 tot: 25.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 47.52 Bulk Shear: 37.83 m/s