MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508041200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 5 AUG 25 Station: 40.68,-108.17 Latitude: 40.68 Longitude: -108.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 559 2 900 1026 3 850 1514 SFC 809 1928 7.1 -13.1 22 20.2 -0.4 157 4 297.7 298.0 282.6 303.0 1.72 5 800 2027 15.7 -14.8 11 30.5 3.5 206 10 307.9 308.2 286.3 312.8 1.51 6 750 2581 19.1 -14.2 9 33.3 4.7 256 17 317.3 317.6 289.7 323.0 1.69 7 700 3167 14.4 -15.8 11 30.2 2.0 253 20 318.4 318.7 289.9 323.8 1.59 8 650 3785 9.1 -16.7 14 25.7 -1.0 242 23 319.2 319.5 290.2 324.6 1.60 9 600 4440 3.3 -21.4 14 24.7 -5.1 242 29 320.0 320.2 290.0 324.0 1.15 10 550 5137 -2.1 -26.7 13 24.6 -9.2 243 34 321.5 321.7 290.0 324.3 0.78 11 500 5886 -7.8 -31.7 13 23.9 -13.5 252 35 323.5 323.6 290.4 325.5 0.54 12 450 6693 -14.3 -37.7 12 23.4 -18.6 255 39 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.5 0.33 13 400 7572 -21.9 -35.5 28 13.6 -24.2 256 41 326.5 326.6 291.2 328.2 0.46 14 350 8538 -29.5 -40.9 32 11.4 -30.9 259 45 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.1 0.31 15 300 9622 -36.7 -56.0 12 19.4 -37.8 263 50 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.0 0.06 16 250 10862 -45.5 -59.9 18 14.5 -46.0 268 58 338.4 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12314 -55.0 -65.6 26 10.5 -55.2 266 60 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.03 18 150 14130 -59.7 -79.9 5 20.2 -59.9 253 44 367.3 367.3 300.1 367.3 0.00 19 100 16629 -63.8 -86.1 3 22.3 -64.0 233 16 404.4 404.4 305.8 404.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.03 m Freezing level: 569.55 mb = 4864.12 m = 15958.21 ft Wetbulb zero: Below ground Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 12.59 % Est. max temperature: 27.19 C = 80.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 592.09 mb = 4545.95 m = 14914.36 ft T: 2.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.16 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 398.24 mb = 7604.34 m = 24948.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 1.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.26 C = 93.67 F Cap Strength: 8.58 C Lifted Index: 7.88 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 10.67 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.05 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.89 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8379.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 469.40 mb = 6369.84 m = 20898.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.9 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 279.9 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.1 neg: 1.8 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 119.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 119.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 4.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 54.76 m/s