MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0000Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 122 1 950 571 2 900 1046 3 850 1543 SFC 808 1975 16.4 15.8 96 0.6 16.0 118 5 307.7 310.4 296.7 350.3 14.11 5 800 2063 15.7 15.4 98 0.4 15.5 115 7 307.9 310.5 296.6 349.8 13.87 6 750 2609 12.5 11.8 96 0.7 12.0 158 8 310.1 312.3 295.7 345.8 11.68 7 700 3186 9.5 8.7 95 0.8 9.0 214 7 313.0 315.0 295.4 344.5 10.16 8 650 3799 6.1 5.0 92 1.2 5.4 254 8 315.9 317.5 294.9 342.4 8.43 9 600 4452 2.0 1.2 95 0.7 1.5 266 11 318.4 319.8 294.5 340.7 7.00 10 550 5149 -1.7 -2.3 96 0.6 -2.0 264 17 322.0 323.2 294.6 341.2 5.90 11 500 5904 -5.6 -6.3 95 0.7 -5.9 260 20 326.3 327.2 294.8 342.2 4.80 12 450 6723 -10.6 -12.0 90 1.4 -11.2 263 20 329.9 330.6 294.7 341.5 3.39 13 400 7619 -16.4 -18.4 84 2.0 -17.1 260 24 333.7 334.1 294.7 341.5 2.24 14 350 8611 -23.0 -25.5 80 2.5 -23.7 254 24 337.8 338.0 295.0 342.8 1.37 15 300 9721 -31.6 -34.5 75 3.0 -32.0 258 25 340.9 341.0 295.1 343.5 0.68 16 250 10983 -42.0 -45.4 69 3.4 -42.2 258 30 343.7 343.7 295.4 344.7 0.26 17 200 12450 -54.3 -58.2 62 3.9 -54.4 264 40 346.8 346.8 296.0 347.1 0.07 18 150 14255 -63.8 -80.3 9 16.5 -63.8 298 44 360.2 360.2 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16705 -68.9 -85.4 7 16.5 -69.0 321 15 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.15 m Freezing level: 573.27 mb = 4824.79 m = 15829.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.41 mb = 4745.56 m = 15569.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 95.00 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.16 mb = 2050.20 m = 6726.29 ft T: 15.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.55 C/km ThetaE index: 9.65 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.88 mb = 2644.04 m = 8674.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.80 C = 65.85 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 488.04 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.75 mb = 2600.60 m = 8532.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.75 mb = 2884.04 m = 9461.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 205.75 mb = 12263.62 m = 40234.48 ft B at Equ Level: 487.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.75 mb = 14428.79 m = 47337.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.0 at 14.9 knts Storm direction: 285.0 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 52.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 17.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.7 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 9.37 Bulk Shear: 52.10 m/s