MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z THU 7 AUG 25 Station: 40.27,-107.71 Latitude: 40.27 Longitude: -107.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 514 2 900 1006 3 850 1521 4 800 2061 SFC 787 2206 29.3 -5.7 10 35.0 10.6 251 12 323.9 324.5 292.9 334.5 3.18 6 750 2628 23.8 -6.5 13 30.3 8.2 248 15 322.4 323.1 292.5 332.9 3.14 7 700 3223 18.0 -7.4 17 25.4 5.3 247 16 322.4 323.0 292.4 332.8 3.12 8 650 3849 11.8 -8.7 23 20.5 2.0 245 17 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.05 9 600 4510 5.3 -9.7 33 15.0 -1.5 244 18 322.3 322.9 292.4 332.5 3.06 10 550 5211 -1.5 -11.0 48 9.6 -5.5 243 19 322.4 322.9 292.3 332.4 3.00 11 500 5961 -7.9 -15.4 55 7.5 -10.6 260 27 323.4 323.9 292.0 331.3 2.31 12 450 6770 -13.7 -22.8 46 9.1 -16.3 266 28 326.0 326.3 291.9 330.7 1.36 13 400 7655 -19.3 -33.3 28 13.9 -22.1 270 32 329.9 330.0 292.3 332.0 0.58 14 350 8633 -26.4 -32.8 55 6.4 -27.5 271 37 333.1 333.3 293.2 335.7 0.69 15 300 9728 -35.2 -40.5 59 5.3 -35.8 271 42 335.7 335.8 293.6 337.1 0.37 16 250 10970 -45.2 -52.3 45 7.1 -45.6 271 51 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.4 0.12 17 200 12421 -55.7 -63.3 38 7.6 -55.9 274 54 344.5 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.04 18 150 14209 -65.0 -77.4 16 12.5 -65.0 272 45 358.2 358.2 298.4 358.2 0.01 19 100 16684 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 232 13 403.9 403.9 305.7 403.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5911.47 m Freezing level: 560.71 mb = 5060.91 m = 16603.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.39 mb = 4220.47 m = 13846.51 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 30.23 % Est. max temperature: 27.83 C = 82.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 469.08 mb = 6451.26 m = 21165.30 ft T: -11.42 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.44 C/km ThetaE index: 3.81 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 458.01 mb = 6634.78 m = 21767.39 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.86 C = 87.54 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: 0.62 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 26.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4290.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 475.28 mb = 6350.32 m = 20834.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.9 at 22.7 knts Storm direction: 287.9 at 17.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 1.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 31.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 18.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 1.3 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.33 Bulk Shear: 11.38 m/s