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: 40.22,-108.43 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -108.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 126 1 950 568 2 900 1040 3 850 1532 SFC 814 1901 15.1 12.7 86 2.3 13.5 163 3 305.7 307.8 294.3 339.9 11.42 5 800 2049 14.5 11.6 83 2.9 12.6 183 7 306.6 308.6 294.1 339.2 10.80 6 750 2595 14.2 9.5 73 4.8 11.2 227 11 312.0 313.9 295.0 342.7 9.96 7 700 3174 9.5 7.8 89 1.7 8.5 203 14 313.0 314.9 295.0 342.6 9.54 8 650 3786 5.7 4.9 94 0.8 5.2 217 16 315.5 317.1 294.7 341.8 8.39 9 600 4438 2.0 -0.4 84 2.4 0.7 235 17 318.4 319.7 293.9 338.3 6.23 10 550 5135 -2.2 -4.3 86 2.1 -3.3 238 16 321.5 322.4 293.8 337.9 5.06 11 500 5887 -6.2 -9.0 81 2.7 -7.5 224 15 325.4 326.2 293.9 338.4 3.88 12 450 6703 -11.6 -15.6 72 4.1 -13.0 224 21 328.7 329.2 293.7 337.3 2.51 13 400 7596 -17.2 -20.4 76 3.2 -18.2 227 25 332.6 333.0 294.1 339.3 1.89 14 350 8584 -23.7 -26.4 78 2.7 -24.4 231 28 336.8 337.0 294.7 341.4 1.26 15 300 9692 -32.1 -35.1 75 2.9 -32.6 221 35 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.5 0.65 16 250 10949 -42.7 -47.0 63 4.3 -43.0 222 33 342.6 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.22 17 200 12420 -51.6 -71.4 8 19.8 -52.0 243 51 351.0 351.0 296.8 351.1 0.01 18 150 14246 -62.0 -88.9 2 26.9 -62.1 262 29 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16715 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 269 8 397.5 397.5 304.9 397.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.22 m Freezing level: 576.21 mb = 4769.48 m = 15647.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.93 mb = 4559.81 m = 14959.82 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.80 % Est. max temperature: 23.63 C = 74.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.12 mb = 2196.98 m = 7207.84 ft T: 14.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 4.83 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.30 mb = 3325.52 m = 10910.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.57 C = 72.62 F Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lifted Index: -0.05 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.43 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 53.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 70.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.03 mb = 2914.21 m = 9560.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.03 mb = 4750.56 m = 15585.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 387.03 mb = 7839.83 m = 25720.91 ft B at Equ Level: 53.40 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 297.03 mb = 9760.30 m = 32021.61 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 16.6 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 12.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.4 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 48.6 neg: -0.7 tot: 47.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.63 Bulk Shear: 14.88 m/s