MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 39.97,-104.09 Latitude: 39.97 Longitude: -104.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 510 2 900 994 SFC 852 1479 27.1 14.7 47 12.4 18.5 48 3 314.3 316.7 297.3 352.8 12.41 4 850 1500 25.5 14.4 50 11.1 17.9 48 3 312.9 315.2 296.8 350.7 12.24 5 800 2029 20.2 13.1 64 7.1 15.4 47 3 312.7 314.9 296.5 349.4 11.93 6 750 2582 15.1 10.5 74 4.6 12.1 32 2 313.0 315.0 295.7 346.0 10.69 7 700 3163 11.5 3.1 56 8.3 6.6 308 11 315.2 316.5 293.5 336.8 6.86 8 650 3778 6.9 1.3 68 5.6 3.8 296 13 316.8 318.0 293.7 337.4 6.49 9 600 4430 2.3 -1.6 75 3.9 0.3 300 18 318.8 319.9 293.6 337.1 5.68 10 550 5128 -1.8 -4.5 82 2.7 -3.1 294 21 322.0 323.0 293.9 338.3 4.99 11 500 5882 -5.9 -8.2 84 2.3 -7.0 280 19 325.8 326.6 294.2 339.6 4.13 12 450 6698 -11.6 -14.3 80 2.7 -12.6 282 16 328.6 329.2 293.9 338.2 2.80 13 400 7592 -16.7 -18.9 83 2.2 -17.4 279 24 333.3 333.7 294.5 340.8 2.15 14 350 8581 -24.3 -26.7 80 2.4 -24.9 260 31 336.0 336.3 294.4 340.5 1.23 15 300 9686 -32.9 -35.8 75 2.9 -33.3 239 38 339.0 339.1 294.6 341.3 0.60 16 250 10941 -42.2 -58.0 16 15.8 -43.0 272 44 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.5 0.06 17 200 12417 -52.0 -70.3 9 18.4 -52.4 279 60 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14233 -62.3 -81.7 6 19.4 -62.4 293 38 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16697 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 307 18 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.79 m Freezing level: 571.58 mb = 4827.12 m = 15836.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.26 mb = 4480.38 m = 14699.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.40 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.66 mb = 3035.57 m = 9959.11 ft T: 12.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.97 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 690.04 mb = 3281.79 m = 10766.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.23 C = 82.81 F Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lifted Index: -2.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.48 C Cross Totals Index: 20.35 C K Index: 37.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 253.30 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 904.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 715.94 mb = 2973.17 m = 9754.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 660.94 mb = 3639.11 m = 11939.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.94 mb = 12064.41 m = 39580.91 ft B at Equ Level: 899.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.94 mb = 15058.79 m = 49404.87 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 291.9 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 321.9 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 146.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.6 neg: -6.2 tot: 4.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 29.57 Bulk Shear: 30.59 m/s