MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.38,-103.19 Latitude: 39.38 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 1 950 545 2 900 1024 3 850 1525 SFC 849 1536 21.5 17.9 80 3.6 18.9 81 6 308.8 311.7 297.8 355.4 15.37 5 800 2049 18.6 13.4 72 5.1 15.1 135 11 311.0 313.3 296.3 348.3 12.20 6 750 2600 14.1 11.2 82 2.9 12.1 201 8 311.9 314.0 295.8 346.3 11.18 7 700 3178 9.3 8.6 95 0.7 8.9 212 9 312.8 314.8 295.3 344.1 10.11 8 650 3790 5.4 4.0 91 1.4 4.6 230 9 315.1 316.6 294.3 339.8 7.88 9 600 4440 1.0 0.2 95 0.8 0.5 278 8 317.2 318.5 293.8 337.9 6.49 10 550 5135 -2.8 -3.3 96 0.6 -3.1 317 14 320.8 321.9 293.9 338.4 5.44 11 500 5886 -6.7 -7.6 93 1.0 -7.1 315 15 324.9 325.8 294.1 339.2 4.31 12 450 6703 -11.2 -12.5 90 1.3 -11.7 303 17 329.2 329.9 294.4 340.3 3.26 13 400 7598 -16.8 -18.7 85 1.9 -17.4 285 16 333.1 333.6 294.5 340.8 2.18 14 350 8586 -23.9 -26.5 79 2.6 -24.5 279 19 336.5 336.8 294.6 341.1 1.25 15 300 9693 -32.8 -36.2 72 3.4 -33.3 285 24 339.1 339.2 294.6 341.3 0.58 16 250 10945 -43.4 -49.8 49 6.4 -43.8 287 38 341.5 341.6 294.8 342.2 0.16 17 200 12416 -51.6 -70.4 9 18.8 -52.0 282 59 351.1 351.1 296.9 351.2 0.01 18 150 14239 -61.1 -79.5 7 18.4 -61.3 286 41 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16715 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.8 315 15 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.72 m Freezing level: 587.01 mb = 4620.68 m = 15159.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.47 mb = 4540.94 m = 14897.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.17 % Est. max temperature: 25.41 C = 77.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 804.64 mb = 1999.06 m = 6558.51 ft T: 18.87 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 17.58 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2767.26 m = 9078.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.73 C = 76.52 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -3.53 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.11 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1153.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.41 mb = 2594.99 m = 8513.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 715.41 mb = 2995.66 m = 9828.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.41 mb = 12240.19 m = 40157.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1142.80 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.41 mb = 15332.51 m = 50302.89 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.4 at 12.1 knts Storm direction: 314.4 at 9.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 100.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 100.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.9 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.66 Bulk Rich Number: 20.20 Bulk Shear: 57.10 m/s