MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 39.04,-103.11 Latitude: 39.04 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 28 1 950 491 2 900 983 3 850 1498 SFC 850 1499 32.4 15.1 35 17.4 20.1 186 15 320.1 322.6 298.8 360.7 12.79 5 800 2036 25.1 13.0 47 12.1 16.8 189 18 317.9 320.2 297.7 355.2 11.85 6 750 2598 19.7 11.9 61 7.8 14.4 191 18 317.9 320.2 297.7 355.0 11.76 7 700 3187 14.1 9.4 73 4.7 11.0 195 18 318.1 320.1 297.0 351.6 10.64 8 650 3808 10.4 -10.8 21 21.3 0.8 240 16 320.8 321.3 291.5 329.4 2.57 9 600 4466 4.5 -14.3 24 18.8 -3.1 261 12 321.3 321.8 291.3 328.5 2.11 10 550 5166 -1.9 -17.2 30 15.3 -7.4 283 13 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.0 1.81 11 500 5915 -7.8 -25.4 23 17.6 -12.8 292 24 323.5 323.7 290.8 326.9 0.97 12 450 6723 -14.2 -35.9 14 21.7 -18.4 297 32 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.40 13 400 7603 -21.2 -40.3 16 19.2 -24.0 300 38 327.5 327.5 291.3 328.6 0.28 14 350 8576 -27.5 -49.1 11 21.6 -29.6 306 47 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.13 15 300 9666 -35.3 -52.4 16 17.0 -36.5 308 56 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.0 0.10 16 250 10912 -44.1 -57.2 22 13.2 -44.6 311 64 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.9 0.07 17 200 12374 -54.0 -65.1 24 11.1 -54.2 307 72 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.03 18 150 14187 -60.4 -83.2 3 22.9 -60.6 283 30 366.1 366.1 299.8 366.1 0.00 19 100 16683 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 247 10 404.0 404.0 305.7 404.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5886.75 m Freezing level: 564.60 mb = 4961.70 m = 16278.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3942.86 m = 12935.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 39.12 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 661.12 mb = 3666.17 m = 12027.96 ft T: 11.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 33.86 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.29 mb = 3855.51 m = 12649.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.10 C = 91.59 F Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lifted Index: -7.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2778.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.31 mb = 3588.07 m = 11771.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.31 mb = 4035.28 m = 13238.96 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.31 mb = 13313.46 m = 43678.81 ft B at Equ Level: 2769.74 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.8 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 293.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 13.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.8 neg: -8.5 tot: 63.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.00 Bulk Rich Number: 39.42 Bulk Shear: 70.48 m/s