MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 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 146 1 950 588 2 900 1059 3 850 1552 SFC 809 1974 14.5 14.0 97 0.5 14.2 202 4 305.7 308.0 295.1 343.3 12.55 5 800 2068 14.5 14.4 99 0.1 14.4 187 7 306.6 309.1 295.7 345.7 12.99 6 750 2613 12.3 11.8 97 0.5 12.0 204 15 309.9 312.1 295.6 345.5 11.65 7 700 3192 10.3 7.4 82 2.9 8.5 220 16 313.9 315.7 295.0 342.8 9.29 8 650 3806 6.8 2.7 75 4.1 4.5 213 13 316.6 318.0 294.1 339.3 7.19 9 600 4459 2.4 -0.2 83 2.6 1.0 229 11 318.9 320.1 294.1 339.0 6.29 10 550 5157 -2.0 -3.2 92 1.1 -2.6 245 9 321.7 322.8 294.2 339.6 5.52 11 500 5908 -7.1 -8.1 93 1.0 -7.5 256 13 324.4 325.3 293.9 338.2 4.17 12 450 6723 -11.4 -12.9 89 1.4 -12.0 259 15 328.8 329.5 294.2 339.6 3.16 13 400 7618 -16.4 -18.3 85 1.9 -17.1 244 20 333.6 334.1 294.7 341.6 2.26 14 350 8609 -23.0 -25.4 81 2.4 -23.6 242 24 337.8 338.0 295.0 342.8 1.39 15 300 9721 -31.1 -33.9 76 2.8 -31.6 243 27 341.5 341.7 295.3 344.3 0.72 16 250 10984 -42.4 -45.6 71 3.2 -42.6 248 32 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12450 -52.4 -63.7 25 11.3 -52.7 276 48 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.04 18 150 14266 -63.0 -82.6 5 19.7 -63.1 305 26 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16718 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 325 12 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5762.06 m Freezing level: 572.69 mb = 4840.08 m = 15879.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.61 mb = 4639.83 m = 15222.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.51 % Est. max temperature: 24.38 C = 75.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.80 mb = 2038.33 m = 6687.36 ft T: 14.53 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.40 C/km ThetaE index: 6.68 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.09 mb = 2942.74 m = 9654.55 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.67 C = 69.20 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -2.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 272.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 748.50 mb = 2630.22 m = 8629.22 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 623.50 mb = 4145.24 m = 13599.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.50 mb = 11157.45 m = 36605.37 ft B at Equ Level: 270.23 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.50 mb = 13347.59 m = 43790.77 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.7 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 265.7 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.5 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.0 neg: -10.4 tot: 38.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 12.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.44 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 23.98 Bulk Shear: 11.35 m/s