MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508030000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.52,-104.70 Latitude: 39.52 Longitude: -104.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -3 1 950 458 2 900 951 3 850 1466 SFC 815 1838 29.7 8.6 27 21.1 15.9 171 17 321.1 322.8 296.4 348.7 8.63 5 800 2005 27.4 7.5 28 19.9 14.6 173 23 320.3 321.9 295.8 346.4 8.15 6 750 2570 21.8 6.3 37 15.5 12.0 175 26 320.2 321.8 295.7 345.8 8.00 7 700 3163 17.1 -0.7 30 17.8 7.1 181 25 321.4 322.4 293.9 338.3 5.19 8 650 3789 12.3 -2.6 35 14.9 4.3 210 17 322.9 323.9 294.0 338.9 4.88 9 600 4453 6.6 -8.7 32 15.3 -0.6 241 17 323.8 324.4 293.0 334.8 3.30 10 550 5158 0.2 -12.4 38 12.6 -5.1 259 21 324.3 324.8 292.6 333.4 2.69 11 500 5912 -6.6 -14.3 54 7.7 -9.5 271 25 325.0 325.5 292.7 333.6 2.53 12 450 6724 -13.9 -16.3 82 2.4 -14.7 277 30 325.7 326.2 292.7 333.9 2.38 13 400 7606 -20.6 -29.7 44 9.1 -22.5 286 35 328.2 328.4 292.0 331.2 0.81 14 350 8581 -26.6 -42.5 21 16.0 -28.6 292 38 332.9 333.0 292.8 333.9 0.26 15 300 9675 -34.8 -39.3 63 4.6 -35.3 289 45 336.3 336.4 293.8 338.0 0.42 16 250 10923 -43.8 -49.6 53 5.7 -44.2 290 56 340.9 340.9 294.7 341.6 0.17 17 200 12382 -55.1 -63.2 36 8.1 -55.3 295 59 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.7 0.04 18 150 14194 -61.3 -78.9 8 17.5 -61.5 261 22 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16683 -61.7 -86.2 2 24.5 -61.9 153 8 408.5 408.5 306.3 408.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5915.47 m Freezing level: 548.54 mb = 5180.21 m = 16995.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.35 mb = 4365.52 m = 14322.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 35.82 % Est. max temperature: 31.00 C = 87.81 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 598.89 mb = 4467.76 m = 14657.83 ft T: 6.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.60 C/km ThetaE index: 10.45 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 560.94 mb = 4998.59 m = 16399.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.66 C = 90.80 F Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lifted Index: -1.85 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.82 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 834.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.85 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 150.53 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 589.24 mb = 4599.47 m = 15089.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 534.24 mb = 5388.29 m = 17677.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.24 mb = 12245.22 m = 40174.12 ft B at Equ Level: 829.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.24 mb = 14875.42 m = 48803.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.2 at 24.7 knts Storm direction: 276.2 at 18.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 107.1 neg: -2.2 tot: 104.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 35.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.45 Bulk Rich Number: 7.94 Bulk Shear: 105.13 m/s