MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508021800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 2 AUG 25 Station: 39.87,-104.67 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 50 1 950 500 2 900 992 3 850 1506 SFC 841 1599 33.1 4.5 17 28.5 15.4 335 2 321.8 323.0 294.8 342.1 6.31 5 800 2044 26.5 3.0 22 23.5 12.4 319 2 319.4 320.5 293.9 338.4 5.93 6 750 2606 20.9 2.0 28 18.9 9.8 294 1 319.3 320.4 293.9 338.1 5.88 7 700 3196 15.1 0.9 38 14.2 7.0 253 1 319.2 320.3 293.8 338.0 5.84 8 650 3817 9.1 -0.4 52 9.5 3.9 223 2 319.2 320.4 293.7 337.7 5.74 9 600 4473 2.9 -2.4 68 5.3 0.1 212 4 319.5 320.5 293.5 336.7 5.35 10 550 5169 -3.1 -6.5 78 3.4 -4.7 248 10 320.4 321.2 292.9 334.3 4.28 11 500 5916 -9.0 -11.7 80 2.8 -10.1 276 24 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.4 3.11 12 450 6721 -14.9 -24.1 45 9.2 -17.3 270 36 324.5 324.8 291.4 328.8 1.21 13 400 7601 -21.1 -36.5 24 15.4 -23.7 267 44 327.6 327.7 291.5 329.2 0.42 14 350 8571 -28.4 -37.3 42 8.9 -29.6 271 53 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.2 0.44 15 300 9658 -36.5 -41.2 62 4.6 -37.0 271 64 333.9 333.9 293.1 335.2 0.35 16 250 10894 -46.8 -50.9 62 4.2 -47.0 274 68 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.1 0.14 17 200 12349 -50.9 -72.3 6 21.4 -51.4 269 81 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14206 -56.1 -84.4 2 28.2 -56.5 291 43 373.4 373.4 301.1 373.4 0.00 19 100 16725 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 259 11 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5865.71 m Freezing level: 576.02 mb = 4806.74 m = 15769.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.59 mb = 4491.37 m = 14735.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.62 % Est. max temperature: 30.68 C = 87.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 554.99 mb = 5097.04 m = 16722.37 ft T: -2.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.86 C/km ThetaE index: 13.36 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.55 mb = 5017.20 m = 16460.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.58 C = 88.84 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -1.80 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.53 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 563.26 mb = 4978.47 m = 16333.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.26 mb = 5194.05 m = 17040.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.26 mb = 11207.83 m = 36770.66 ft B at Equ Level: 501.51 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 178.26 mb = 13091.60 m = 42950.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 16.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.91 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.2 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 21.86 Bulk Shear: 23.52 m/s