MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508261200F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 40.17,-105.34 Latitude: 40.17 Longitude: -105.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 527 2 900 1008 3 850 1511 4 800 2038 SFC 789 2155 19.8 9.3 51 10.5 13.0 138 3 313.4 315.2 294.9 342.4 9.34 6 750 2591 15.9 7.0 56 8.8 10.4 264 0 313.8 315.4 294.3 340.1 8.44 7 700 3172 11.1 5.1 67 6.0 7.5 325 6 314.7 316.3 294.2 339.5 7.90 8 650 3785 5.7 3.0 83 2.6 4.1 326 10 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.4 7.34 9 600 4435 0.4 -0.4 94 0.8 -0.0 328 14 316.5 317.7 293.4 336.2 6.20 10 550 5128 -3.9 -4.3 97 0.3 -4.1 325 14 319.4 320.4 293.3 335.8 5.08 11 500 5874 -8.5 -9.8 90 1.4 -9.1 308 16 322.7 323.4 293.0 334.7 3.62 12 450 6684 -13.9 -18.5 68 4.6 -15.4 314 13 325.8 326.2 292.4 332.6 1.97 13 400 7568 -19.3 -21.0 87 1.7 -19.8 280 18 329.9 330.2 293.3 336.1 1.79 14 350 8546 -27.0 -32.3 61 5.3 -27.9 278 32 332.3 332.5 293.0 335.0 0.73 15 300 9637 -34.7 -52.2 15 17.5 -36.0 279 44 336.5 336.5 293.6 336.9 0.10 16 250 10891 -41.4 -61.4 10 20.0 -42.3 283 54 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.04 17 200 12379 -49.0 -72.6 5 23.6 -49.5 279 62 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.3 0.01 18 150 14214 -60.3 -80.6 5 20.3 -60.5 281 50 366.2 366.2 299.9 366.2 0.00 19 100 16682 -68.1 -84.1 8 16.0 -68.2 265 16 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.21 m Freezing level: 595.75 mb = 4493.61 m = 14742.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.47 mb = 4428.31 m = 14528.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.79 % Est. max temperature: 21.80 C = 71.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 675.17 mb = 3470.98 m = 11387.58 ft T: 8.43 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.24 C/km ThetaE index: 9.86 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.72 mb = 3901.92 m = 12801.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.77 C = 71.18 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -1.82 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.79 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 356.48 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 653.92 mb = 3735.54 m = 12255.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.92 mb = 4182.75 m = 13722.77 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.92 mb = 9895.40 m = 32464.84 ft B at Equ Level: 355.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.92 mb = 12088.22 m = 39659.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 307.5 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 337.5 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.1 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 16.4 neg: -2.0 tot: 14.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 13.66 Bulk Shear: 26.10 m/s