MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508260600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z TUE 26 AUG 25 Station: 40.3,-107.89 Latitude: 40.30 Longitude: -107.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 562 2 900 1035 3 850 1530 4 800 2048 SFC 794 2109 10.4 8.7 90 1.6 9.4 156 3 302.8 304.5 291.6 329.4 8.95 6 750 2597 16.0 8.4 60 7.6 11.2 199 4 314.0 315.7 295.0 342.8 9.26 7 700 3180 11.4 7.7 78 3.6 9.1 229 4 315.1 316.9 295.4 344.7 9.49 8 650 3795 7.8 -1.4 52 9.2 2.8 281 3 317.7 318.8 293.0 334.7 5.31 9 600 4449 3.0 -1.8 71 4.8 0.5 275 5 319.6 320.7 293.7 337.7 5.60 10 550 5148 -2.5 -4.6 86 2.1 -3.5 261 11 321.1 322.1 293.6 337.3 4.97 11 500 5897 -7.4 -9.7 84 2.3 -8.4 273 14 324.0 324.7 293.4 336.2 3.67 12 450 6710 -12.5 -15.5 78 3.0 -13.6 263 17 327.6 328.1 293.4 336.3 2.55 13 400 7600 -18.0 -22.6 67 4.6 -19.3 261 19 331.6 331.9 293.6 337.2 1.56 14 350 8584 -24.9 -28.3 73 3.4 -25.6 267 24 335.2 335.4 294.1 339.1 1.06 15 300 9688 -33.2 -36.2 74 3.0 -33.6 276 27 338.6 338.7 294.5 340.8 0.58 16 250 10940 -43.9 -47.3 69 3.3 -44.2 266 38 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.22 17 200 12400 -52.7 -64.4 23 11.7 -53.0 273 44 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.4 0.03 18 150 14225 -61.3 -80.7 6 19.4 -61.5 286 28 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.00 19 100 16695 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.7 331 14 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.89 m Freezing level: 572.59 mb = 4832.11 m = 15853.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.87 mb = 4531.89 m = 14868.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.87 % Est. max temperature: 24.52 C = 76.14 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.08 mb = 2316.81 m = 7601.00 ft T: 12.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.91 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 628.71 mb = 4067.27 m = 13343.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.07 C = 77.13 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -0.81 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 126.76 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 180.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 687.39 mb = 3330.45 m = 10926.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 552.39 mb = 5112.70 m = 16773.73 ft Equ Level (EL): 342.39 mb = 8741.62 m = 28679.49 ft B at Equ Level: 126.48 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 222.39 mb = 11705.67 m = 38403.96 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.3 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 292.3 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.1 neg: 1.1 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.6 neg: -2.6 tot: 10.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.7 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 8.41 Bulk Shear: 15.07 m/s