MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.31,-103.33 Latitude: 39.31 Longitude: -103.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 1 950 558 2 900 1043 3 850 1549 SFC 846 1595 26.9 16.7 54 10.2 19.6 209 8 314.8 317.5 298.5 359.1 14.27 5 800 2077 20.1 13.3 65 6.8 15.5 228 9 312.6 314.9 296.6 349.8 12.09 6 750 2634 19.9 -3.3 21 23.3 7.6 278 15 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.1 3.99 7 700 3221 14.8 -8.9 19 23.7 3.6 261 9 318.9 319.4 291.2 328.1 2.78 8 650 3841 9.1 -12.8 20 21.9 -0.3 282 8 319.2 319.6 290.7 326.5 2.19 9 600 4495 3.2 -19.2 17 22.4 -4.8 322 8 319.8 320.1 290.2 324.6 1.39 10 550 5192 -2.5 -25.7 15 23.2 -9.2 333 13 321.1 321.3 290.0 324.1 0.86 11 500 5938 -9.4 -21.2 38 11.8 -13.0 316 15 321.6 321.9 290.7 326.5 1.41 12 450 6740 -16.2 -19.4 77 3.1 -17.2 295 20 322.8 323.2 291.5 329.1 1.83 13 400 7616 -22.2 -28.3 57 6.1 -23.5 286 31 326.1 326.3 291.6 329.5 0.93 14 350 8584 -28.9 -38.4 39 9.5 -30.2 285 44 329.8 329.9 292.0 331.3 0.40 15 300 9668 -37.1 -46.9 35 9.8 -37.9 286 61 333.1 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 16 250 10906 -44.9 -60.7 15 15.8 -45.4 288 71 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12385 -46.8 -75.9 2 29.1 -47.4 278 69 358.7 358.7 298.5 358.8 0.01 18 150 14232 -58.8 -81.2 4 22.4 -59.0 276 39 368.7 368.7 300.4 368.8 0.00 19 100 16733 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 215 5 400.3 400.3 305.3 400.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5831.81 m Freezing level: 571.85 mb = 4887.33 m = 16034.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 653.53 mb = 3795.25 m = 12451.45 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 27.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.82 C = 87.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.54 mb = 2881.06 m = 9452.18 ft T: 17.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.90 C/km ThetaE index: 34.95 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.50 mb = 4050.85 m = 13290.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.11 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.31 C = 88.35 F Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.70 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1464.66 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 176.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.56 mb = 3530.71 m = 11583.55 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 599.56 mb = 4501.03 m = 14766.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.56 mb = 11471.35 m = 37635.22 ft B at Equ Level: 1453.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.56 mb = 14677.29 m = 48153.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 323.9 at 10.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.9 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -25.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 47.1 neg: -19.6 tot: 27.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.15 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 54.67 Bulk Shear: 26.79 m/s