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: 40.3,-107.74 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -107.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 540 2 900 1028 3 850 1538 4 800 2073 SFC 793 2155 27.7 6.7 26 21.0 14.3 249 7 321.5 323.0 295.8 346.5 7.78 6 750 2634 19.6 4.2 36 15.5 10.3 239 9 317.9 319.2 294.3 339.8 6.89 7 700 3221 13.8 2.9 48 10.9 7.4 238 10 317.8 319.1 294.1 339.2 6.74 8 650 3839 7.8 1.2 63 6.6 4.1 238 11 317.8 319.1 293.9 338.3 6.44 9 600 4493 2.4 -6.6 51 9.0 -1.9 234 13 318.9 319.7 292.2 331.6 3.88 10 550 5188 -4.0 -9.5 66 5.5 -6.4 228 15 319.3 320.0 291.8 330.4 3.39 11 500 5930 -10.8 -13.5 80 2.8 -11.8 238 20 319.9 320.4 291.4 328.8 2.69 12 450 6730 -16.6 -22.9 58 6.3 -18.3 251 26 322.4 322.6 290.9 327.1 1.35 13 400 7604 -22.4 -32.6 39 10.2 -24.2 255 34 325.9 326.0 291.2 328.1 0.61 14 350 8571 -29.2 -45.1 20 15.9 -30.9 267 48 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.20 15 300 9653 -37.9 -53.2 19 15.2 -38.9 267 60 331.9 331.9 292.3 332.2 0.09 16 250 10883 -46.4 -60.6 18 14.3 -46.9 267 65 337.1 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.04 17 200 12350 -48.9 -74.1 4 25.2 -49.4 270 64 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 18 150 14214 -56.8 -82.3 3 25.5 -57.1 269 45 372.2 372.2 300.9 372.2 0.00 19 100 16732 -64.6 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.7 179 10 403.0 403.0 305.6 403.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.66 m Freezing level: 581.19 mb = 4754.07 m = 15597.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.52 mb = 4284.22 m = 14055.66 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.91 % Est. max temperature: 24.38 C = 75.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 582.20 mb = 4733.18 m = 15528.63 ft T: 0.19 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.07 C/km ThetaE index: 19.46 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 588.67 mb = 4644.91 m = 15239.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.02 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.35 C = 77.63 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -4.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.74 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1013.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 592.06 mb = 4599.08 m = 15088.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.06 mb = 4803.99 m = 15760.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.06 mb = 11232.04 m = 36850.08 ft B at Equ Level: 1002.56 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.06 mb = 13916.20 m = 45656.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 19.0 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 1.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 47.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 17.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 17.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.6 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 63.03 Bulk Shear: 16.07 m/s