MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 38.90,-103.54 Latitude: 38.90 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 508 2 900 998 3 850 1510 SFC 846 1556 29.3 13.6 38 15.7 18.5 173 13 317.3 319.6 297.5 354.0 11.69 5 800 2046 24.5 11.4 44 13.1 15.7 178 18 317.3 319.3 296.8 350.6 10.61 6 750 2607 19.1 10.0 56 9.1 13.1 188 19 317.3 319.3 296.6 349.9 10.36 7 700 3195 13.5 8.4 71 5.1 10.2 203 19 317.5 319.4 296.4 348.7 9.93 8 650 3814 8.2 4.9 80 3.3 6.2 234 16 318.2 319.8 295.4 344.8 8.39 9 600 4469 2.4 1.1 91 1.3 1.7 245 15 318.9 320.2 294.6 340.9 6.91 10 550 5166 -2.8 -3.5 95 0.7 -3.1 260 15 320.8 321.8 293.9 338.2 5.38 11 500 5915 -7.6 -8.1 96 0.5 -7.8 284 20 323.8 324.6 293.7 337.5 4.16 12 450 6728 -12.6 -13.3 94 0.8 -12.9 293 34 327.4 328.0 293.7 337.7 3.04 13 400 7617 -18.6 -21.2 80 2.6 -19.4 287 50 330.8 331.1 293.6 336.9 1.76 14 350 8596 -27.1 -32.6 59 5.6 -28.0 287 57 332.3 332.4 293.0 334.9 0.70 15 300 9687 -36.1 -42.8 50 6.7 -36.8 282 56 334.5 334.5 293.2 335.6 0.29 16 250 10923 -45.6 -52.9 44 7.2 -46.0 283 59 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 17 200 12389 -51.0 -72.2 6 21.2 -51.4 275 68 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14236 -57.8 -81.2 3 23.4 -58.0 290 45 370.5 370.5 300.7 370.5 0.00 19 100 16736 -64.4 -85.3 4 20.8 -64.6 298 4 403.3 403.3 305.6 403.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5856.32 m Freezing level: 576.89 mb = 4791.01 m = 15718.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.72 mb = 4702.86 m = 15429.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.10 % Est. max temperature: 29.51 C = 85.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 673.06 mb = 3522.52 m = 11556.67 ft T: 10.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.76 C/km ThetaE index: 16.50 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.61 mb = 3767.55 m = 12360.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.19 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1822.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 661.28 mb = 3670.08 m = 12040.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.28 mb = 3860.81 m = 12666.55 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.28 mb = 12509.24 m = 41040.33 ft B at Equ Level: 1798.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.28 mb = 15806.09 m = 51856.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.3 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 287.3 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 94.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 94.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.01 Bulk Rich Number: 22.26 Bulk Shear: 81.85 m/s