MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1800Z 3 AUG 25 Station: 40.32,-108.01 Latitude: 40.32 Longitude: -108.01 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 83 1 950 539 2 900 1025 3 850 1532 4 800 2064 SFC 799 2074 26.5 2.8 21 23.7 12.3 264 5 319.5 320.6 293.9 338.3 5.85 6 750 2622 18.5 -0.5 28 19.0 8.0 268 5 316.6 317.6 292.3 332.3 4.90 7 700 3206 12.9 -3.7 31 16.6 4.4 280 8 316.8 317.6 291.7 330.2 4.16 8 650 3822 7.1 -6.4 38 13.5 0.6 292 13 316.9 317.6 291.3 328.7 3.63 9 600 4473 1.5 -9.7 43 11.2 -3.4 300 26 317.8 318.4 291.1 327.8 3.04 10 550 5164 -5.2 -11.3 62 6.1 -7.7 299 27 317.9 318.5 291.0 327.5 2.93 11 500 5903 -11.5 -24.7 33 13.2 -15.0 306 29 319.0 319.2 289.5 322.6 1.03 12 450 6703 -15.9 -36.7 15 20.8 -19.6 308 31 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.6 0.37 13 400 7581 -21.1 -45.7 9 24.6 -24.2 305 38 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.16 14 350 8552 -27.9 -51.2 9 23.3 -30.0 309 51 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 15 300 9642 -35.6 -53.9 14 18.3 -36.8 308 69 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.6 0.08 16 250 10886 -43.9 -57.1 22 13.2 -44.5 306 80 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.07 17 200 12355 -52.0 -70.1 10 18.2 -52.4 306 78 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14196 -56.5 -84.6 2 28.1 -56.8 296 33 372.8 372.8 301.1 372.8 0.00 19 100 16698 -65.9 -85.4 5 19.5 -66.1 246 5 400.3 400.3 305.2 400.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.05 m Freezing level: 588.91 mb = 4626.02 m = 15177.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.40 mb = 3917.48 m = 12852.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.35 % Est. max temperature: 24.12 C = 75.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 562.72 mb = 4982.59 m = 16346.88 ft T: -3.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.06 C/km ThetaE index: 15.71 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 554.59 mb = 5098.34 m = 16726.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.03 C = 77.05 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.49 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 94.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 558.70 mb = 5039.60 m = 16533.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 543.70 mb = 5253.70 m = 17236.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 403.70 mb = 7512.10 m = 24645.68 ft B at Equ Level: 93.18 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 303.70 mb = 9554.97 m = 31347.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 301.7 at 24.0 knts Storm direction: 331.7 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.9 neg: 0.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 71.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.74 Bulk Shear: 54.52 m/s