MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508040600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z MON 4 AUG 25 Station: 40.3,-108.16 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -108.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 488 2 900 977 3 850 1489 SFC 800 2025 29.8 -8.5 8 38.3 10.3 231 15 322.9 323.4 292.1 331.3 2.51 5 800 2025 27.2 -8.7 9 35.8 9.3 231 14 320.1 320.6 291.3 328.4 2.48 6 750 2587 21.2 -9.6 12 30.8 6.4 229 17 319.6 320.0 291.0 327.7 2.45 7 700 3176 15.3 -11.2 15 26.5 3.3 227 18 319.5 319.9 290.9 327.2 2.32 8 650 3796 9.5 -12.8 19 22.3 -0.0 227 19 319.7 320.1 290.9 327.0 2.19 9 600 4452 3.6 -16.4 22 20.0 -4.1 233 20 320.2 320.6 290.6 326.2 1.77 10 550 5150 -1.4 -33.2 7 31.8 -9.4 247 23 322.4 322.5 289.9 323.9 0.42 11 500 5901 -7.0 -34.0 10 27.0 -13.2 255 29 324.5 324.5 290.6 326.1 0.43 12 450 6711 -13.8 -42.5 7 28.7 -18.5 259 30 325.9 325.9 290.7 326.7 0.20 13 400 7592 -20.7 -43.3 11 22.7 -23.8 265 35 328.1 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.21 14 350 8566 -27.5 -48.4 12 20.9 -29.6 271 41 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.2 0.14 15 300 9656 -35.6 -50.8 20 15.2 -36.7 273 53 335.2 335.3 293.2 335.7 0.12 16 250 10899 -44.6 -52.0 44 7.3 -45.0 275 65 339.7 339.7 294.4 340.2 0.13 17 200 12358 -54.9 -59.6 56 4.7 -55.0 273 70 345.8 345.8 295.8 346.1 0.06 18 150 14163 -61.3 -81.5 5 20.2 -61.4 263 42 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16655 -62.7 -85.3 3 22.5 -63.0 211 13 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5872.35 m Freezing level: 564.24 mb = 4951.16 m = 16243.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.58 mb = 3788.66 m = 12429.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 13.83 % Est. max temperature: 26.80 C = 80.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 453.96 mb = 6643.38 m = 21795.60 ft T: -13.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.21 C/km ThetaE index: 7.39 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 428.32 mb = 7080.19 m = 23228.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 2.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.51 C = 92.32 F Cap Strength: 4.56 C Lifted Index: 3.93 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 6.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.19 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 4.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 2.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6797.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 470.01 mb = 6376.22 m = 20919.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.9 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 278.9 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.7 tot: 1.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 37.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 37.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.28 Bulk Shear: 15.86 m/s