MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 39.36,-103.41 Latitude: 39.36 Longitude: -103.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 29 1 950 485 2 900 972 3 850 1482 SFC 837 1620 25.6 16.4 57 9.2 19.1 157 18 314.4 317.1 298.4 358.3 14.18 5 800 2016 23.6 15.2 59 8.3 17.7 164 40 316.3 318.9 298.5 359.2 13.74 6 750 2576 19.4 13.2 67 6.2 15.1 181 41 317.6 320.1 298.2 357.8 12.81 7 700 3167 15.1 9.2 68 5.9 11.3 200 35 319.2 321.3 297.2 352.5 10.51 8 650 3790 10.3 3.8 64 6.6 6.4 222 32 320.7 322.2 295.6 345.5 7.75 9 600 4452 6.4 -9.1 32 15.5 -0.8 252 29 323.6 324.2 292.9 334.2 3.20 10 550 5157 0.3 -11.4 41 11.7 -4.8 270 28 324.4 325.0 292.8 334.1 2.90 11 500 5911 -6.7 -16.7 45 10.1 -10.3 279 33 324.9 325.3 292.3 332.0 2.06 12 450 6721 -13.9 -20.4 58 6.6 -15.9 289 35 325.8 326.1 292.2 331.6 1.67 13 400 7607 -18.5 -46.9 6 28.4 -22.3 303 40 330.9 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.14 14 350 8590 -25.4 -44.4 15 19.1 -27.7 308 38 334.6 334.6 293.2 335.4 0.21 15 300 9689 -34.1 -43.9 36 9.8 -35.1 311 38 337.4 337.4 293.9 338.4 0.26 16 250 10940 -43.3 -50.0 48 6.7 -43.7 312 48 341.6 341.7 294.8 342.3 0.16 17 200 12400 -55.0 -61.8 42 6.9 -55.1 309 55 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.05 18 150 14204 -62.1 -81.2 6 19.1 -62.3 301 30 363.0 363.0 299.3 363.0 0.00 19 100 16687 -64.5 -85.3 4 20.8 -64.7 181 16 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5881.29 m Freezing level: 548.15 mb = 5184.75 m = 17010.12 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.55 mb = 4375.50 m = 14355.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.09 % Est. max temperature: 30.58 C = 87.04 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 731.73 mb = 2787.55 m = 9145.39 ft T: 17.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.94 C/km ThetaE index: 27.71 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.97 mb = 3560.72 m = 11682.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.09 C = 87.96 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -6.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2775.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 74.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 71.86 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.99 mb = 3142.59 m = 10310.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 626.99 mb = 4087.95 m = 13411.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.99 mb = 13918.30 m = 45663.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2752.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.6 at 33.6 knts Storm direction: 275.6 at 25.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 503.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 503.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 167.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.7 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.85 Bulk Rich Number: 11.28 Bulk Shear: 246.05 m/s