MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z SUN 3 AUG 25 Station: 39.52,-104.86 Latitude: 39.52 Longitude: -104.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 539 2 900 1022 3 850 1527 SFC 822 1819 26.2 4.9 26 21.3 13.2 358 10 316.6 317.8 293.7 337.5 6.62 5 800 2056 21.4 3.4 31 18.0 10.9 358 11 314.0 315.1 292.6 333.2 6.13 6 750 2608 16.1 0.9 35 15.3 7.6 355 14 314.1 315.1 292.0 331.3 5.44 7 700 3189 11.5 -2.5 37 14.1 4.2 338 14 315.3 316.1 291.6 329.7 4.54 8 650 3803 6.4 -5.2 43 11.7 0.7 322 17 316.2 317.0 291.5 329.1 3.98 9 600 4452 0.9 -9.4 46 10.3 -3.6 314 20 317.2 317.8 291.0 327.4 3.13 10 550 5144 -4.8 -16.7 39 11.8 -9.0 305 25 318.4 318.7 290.2 324.7 1.89 11 500 5884 -10.9 -21.7 41 10.8 -14.0 300 30 319.8 320.0 290.1 324.4 1.35 12 450 6684 -16.3 -33.4 21 17.1 -19.7 306 33 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.6 0.51 13 400 7561 -21.7 -44.9 10 23.2 -24.6 310 41 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.5 0.17 14 350 8529 -28.9 -52.6 8 23.7 -30.9 311 49 329.8 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.08 15 300 9614 -36.2 -58.1 9 22.0 -37.4 313 62 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 16 250 10860 -42.8 -65.9 6 23.2 -43.6 319 83 342.5 342.5 294.9 342.6 0.02 17 200 12337 -50.2 -72.5 5 22.3 -50.7 317 76 353.3 353.3 297.3 353.3 0.01 18 150 14193 -54.8 -83.4 2 28.5 -55.2 306 38 375.6 375.6 301.5 375.6 0.00 19 100 16704 -64.3 -86.5 3 22.3 -64.4 282 7 403.6 403.6 305.7 403.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.71 m Freezing level: 592.15 mb = 4561.00 m = 14963.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.61 mb = 3908.25 m = 12822.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.10 % Est. max temperature: 25.46 C = 77.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 600.68 mb = 4443.27 m = 14577.46 ft T: 0.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.32 C/km ThetaE index: 13.10 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 573.05 mb = 4817.60 m = 15805.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.35 C = 81.23 F Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lifted Index: -0.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 52.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 124.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 599.80 mb = 4455.10 m = 14616.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 524.80 mb = 5508.24 m = 18071.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 404.80 mb = 7471.87 m = 24513.72 ft B at Equ Level: 52.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 314.80 mb = 9275.25 m = 30430.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.4 at 24.4 knts Storm direction: 343.4 at 18.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.3 neg: -3.6 tot: 15.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.21 Bulk Shear: 43.27 m/s