MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 41.11,-110.08 Latitude: 41.11 Longitude: -110.08 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 520 2 900 997 3 850 1496 4 800 2019 SFC 772 2324 11.1 -3.1 37 14.2 4.1 218 7 306.1 306.8 288.2 318.2 3.94 6 750 2570 16.2 -1.2 30 17.4 6.9 125 8 314.2 315.1 291.5 329.1 4.69 7 700 3153 13.7 -4.9 27 18.7 4.3 177 8 317.7 318.4 291.7 329.9 3.78 8 650 3772 9.7 -9.1 26 18.8 1.0 248 10 319.9 320.5 291.6 329.7 2.95 9 600 4429 3.6 -11.0 33 14.7 -2.7 252 13 320.3 320.9 291.6 329.5 2.75 10 550 5126 -3.0 -12.3 49 9.3 -6.8 246 16 320.5 321.0 291.6 329.4 2.69 11 500 5871 -8.8 -28.9 18 20.2 -13.8 244 26 322.4 322.5 290.2 324.9 0.70 12 450 6676 -15.8 -30.9 26 15.1 -19.0 256 25 323.3 323.5 290.5 325.7 0.64 13 400 7553 -21.1 -45.9 9 24.8 -24.2 263 39 327.6 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.16 14 350 8526 -27.6 -47.1 14 19.5 -29.7 269 46 331.5 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.16 15 300 9614 -36.4 -52.8 17 16.4 -37.5 271 56 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.5 0.10 16 250 10852 -45.7 -60.5 17 14.7 -46.2 271 72 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12306 -53.8 -69.3 13 15.5 -54.1 271 79 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14125 -59.7 -78.8 7 19.1 -59.9 272 42 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.01 19 100 16630 -62.7 -86.7 3 24.0 -62.9 209 15 406.6 406.6 306.1 406.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.43 m Freezing level: 572.70 mb = 4809.44 m = 15778.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.93 mb = 3938.81 m = 12922.43 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.19 % Est. max temperature: 24.16 C = 75.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.65 mb = 4137.92 m = 13575.70 ft T: 6.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.27 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 503.12 mb = 5822.67 m = 19103.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.04 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.08 C = 78.95 F Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lifted Index: 3.23 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6868.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.27 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 550.36 mb = 5120.60 m = 16799.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 21.7 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.9 neg: -30.7 tot: 36.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.30 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.50 Bulk Shear: 82.94 m/s