MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508031800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 6 AUG 25 Station: 44.42,-104.23 Latitude: 44.42 Longitude: -104.23 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 510 2 900 994 3 850 1498 SFC 849 1509 24.8 16.7 61 8.0 19.1 34 8 312.2 314.9 297.9 356.1 14.27 5 800 2026 19.6 15.0 75 4.6 16.4 31 8 312.1 314.7 297.4 353.6 13.53 6 750 2579 14.8 13.3 90 1.5 13.8 318 4 312.7 315.2 297.2 352.5 12.91 7 700 3160 10.7 9.5 92 1.2 9.9 250 12 314.3 316.4 296.1 347.6 10.71 8 650 3775 6.7 1.9 72 4.8 4.0 240 28 316.5 317.8 293.8 338.0 6.79 9 600 4426 1.3 -5.4 61 6.7 -1.9 244 36 317.6 318.5 292.1 331.4 4.25 10 550 5119 -4.1 -19.1 30 15.1 -9.1 249 44 319.3 319.6 290.1 324.5 1.53 11 500 5861 -9.6 -36.4 9 26.8 -15.0 253 43 321.3 321.4 289.5 322.6 0.34 12 450 6665 -15.2 -19.2 72 3.9 -16.4 261 44 324.1 324.5 291.9 330.5 1.87 13 400 7544 -21.1 -31.1 40 10.0 -23.1 269 50 327.6 327.7 291.7 330.2 0.72 14 350 8516 -28.3 -34.5 55 6.2 -29.3 268 48 330.6 330.7 292.4 332.7 0.59 15 300 9601 -37.0 -44.3 47 7.3 -37.7 268 48 333.2 333.3 292.9 334.2 0.25 16 250 10836 -46.7 -57.5 28 10.9 -47.0 273 55 336.7 336.7 293.6 337.0 0.06 17 200 12280 -56.2 -62.9 43 6.7 -56.3 273 49 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.04 18 150 14102 -56.1 -78.4 4 22.3 -56.5 245 37 373.4 373.4 301.2 373.4 0.01 19 100 16657 -56.7 -84.8 2 28.1 -57.1 237 7 418.2 418.2 307.5 418.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5809.27 m Freezing level: 587.79 mb = 4595.18 m = 15075.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.17 mb = 4209.52 m = 13810.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.61 mb = 2526.50 m = 8288.95 ft T: 15.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 33.51 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.33 mb = 2733.95 m = 8969.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.66 C = 78.18 F Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lifted Index: -8.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.95 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2993.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.52 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 745.20 mb = 2633.06 m = 8638.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.20 mb = 2920.58 m = 9581.85 ft Equ Level (EL): 180.20 mb = 12940.05 m = 42453.73 ft B at Equ Level: 2986.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 6.5 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 165.8 neg: -6.2 tot: 159.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.70 Bulk Rich Number: 16.29 Bulk Shear: 183.79 m/s