MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 42.55,-108.71 Latitude: 42.55 Longitude: -108.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 -17 1 950 445 2 900 936 3 850 1448 4 800 1986 SFC 767 2352 27.1 -4.3 12 31.4 10.0 191 8 323.8 324.6 293.3 335.9 3.62 6 750 2551 23.2 -6.8 13 29.9 7.9 193 10 321.7 322.3 292.2 331.9 3.07 7 700 3144 17.2 -7.8 17 25.0 4.9 199 13 321.5 322.1 292.2 331.6 3.04 8 650 3768 11.1 -9.1 23 20.1 1.6 204 15 321.5 322.0 292.0 331.3 2.96 9 600 4427 4.6 -10.5 32 15.1 -2.1 208 16 321.4 322.0 292.0 330.9 2.85 10 550 5127 -2.2 -12.1 47 9.9 -6.2 213 18 321.5 322.0 291.9 330.7 2.76 11 500 5873 -9.5 -14.5 67 5.0 -11.3 220 20 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.8 2.49 12 450 6676 -16.3 -26.6 41 10.3 -18.8 242 29 322.7 322.9 290.6 326.1 0.97 13 400 7552 -21.5 -44.0 11 22.4 -24.5 251 36 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.19 14 350 8522 -28.2 -48.3 13 20.1 -30.2 247 37 330.7 330.8 292.0 331.3 0.14 15 300 9609 -36.4 -54.3 14 17.8 -37.5 256 47 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.08 16 250 10848 -45.2 -57.6 24 12.3 -45.7 266 72 338.8 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.06 17 200 12303 -54.7 -64.8 28 10.1 -54.9 264 84 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.03 18 150 14115 -59.2 -78.7 6 19.5 -59.5 254 47 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16642 -61.2 -85.8 2 24.6 -61.4 208 16 409.4 409.5 306.5 409.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5890.53 m Freezing level: 566.23 mb = 4899.79 m = 16075.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.30 mb = 4047.75 m = 13279.86 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 32.52 % Est. max temperature: 24.87 C = 76.76 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 481.83 mb = 6155.27 m = 20194.20 ft T: -11.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 9.78 C/km ThetaE index: 9.75 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 477.88 mb = 6217.90 m = 20399.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Cap Strength: 0.17 C Lifted Index: -0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.23 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 42.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 479.30 mb = 6195.36 m = 20325.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 464.30 mb = 6437.55 m = 21120.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 414.30 mb = 7290.53 m = 23918.76 ft B at Equ Level: 41.24 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 354.30 mb = 8433.57 m = 27668.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.3 at 22.2 knts Storm direction: 260.3 at 16.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 44.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 46.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 46.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.98 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.1 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.38 Bulk Shear: 30.50 m/s