MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 40.37,-107.77 Latitude: 40.37 Longitude: -107.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 535 2 900 1018 3 850 1522 4 800 2051 SFC 798 2070 18.4 3.8 38 14.6 9.9 153 2 311.0 312.2 291.9 330.5 6.30 6 750 2607 18.7 -3.6 22 22.2 7.0 325 16 316.8 317.6 291.6 329.4 3.91 7 700 3193 14.2 -4.1 28 18.3 4.8 311 13 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.3 4.04 8 650 3812 9.0 -5.0 37 14.0 2.0 280 14 319.1 319.9 292.3 332.4 4.06 9 600 4467 2.6 -6.6 51 9.2 -1.7 268 17 319.2 319.9 292.2 331.9 3.89 10 550 5162 -3.9 -9.4 65 5.5 -6.3 262 20 319.4 320.1 291.9 330.6 3.40 11 500 5906 -10.2 -15.7 64 5.5 -12.1 264 29 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.2 2.25 12 450 6708 -16.6 -22.2 62 5.5 -18.1 269 34 322.3 322.6 290.9 327.3 1.44 13 400 7580 -23.3 -33.8 38 10.5 -25.1 274 31 324.7 324.8 290.7 326.6 0.55 14 350 8542 -30.5 -38.2 47 7.7 -31.4 289 23 327.7 327.8 291.5 329.2 0.40 15 300 9619 -38.8 -42.5 68 3.7 -39.1 297 21 330.7 330.8 292.2 331.9 0.30 16 250 10842 -47.2 -56.3 35 9.1 -47.5 290 31 336.0 336.0 293.4 336.3 0.08 17 200 12317 -46.0 -74.3 3 28.2 -46.8 289 46 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 18 150 14201 -54.9 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.3 272 37 375.4 375.4 301.5 375.4 0.00 19 100 16721 -63.9 -86.2 3 22.3 -64.0 328 4 404.3 404.3 305.8 404.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.93 m Freezing level: 579.89 mb = 4746.74 m = 15573.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.17 mb = 4157.04 m = 13638.42 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.08 C = 78.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 641.24 mb = 3923.27 m = 12871.45 ft T: 7.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.98 C/km ThetaE index: 1.07 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 530.08 mb = 5450.06 m = 17880.54 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.80 C = 80.25 F Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lifted Index: 0.96 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 43.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 283.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 559.52 mb = 5025.21 m = 16486.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 454.52 mb = 6631.60 m = 21756.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.52 mb = 8249.10 m = 27063.65 ft B at Equ Level: 42.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 294.52 mb = 9743.01 m = 31964.88 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.6 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 304.6 at 16.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.4 neg: -7.1 tot: 64.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.31 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 1.24 Bulk Shear: 35.20 m/s