MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 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 120 1 950 562 2 900 1033 3 850 1525 SFC 806 1974 13.5 13.1 97 0.4 13.2 210 4 304.9 307.0 294.4 340.2 11.82 5 800 2041 14.5 12.7 89 1.8 13.3 226 8 306.6 308.8 294.7 341.6 11.62 6 750 2587 13.4 9.5 77 3.9 10.9 248 16 311.1 313.0 294.7 341.7 9.96 7 700 3167 11.0 5.5 69 5.5 7.7 254 21 314.6 316.2 294.3 340.0 8.13 8 650 3782 7.4 2.6 72 4.8 4.6 260 17 317.3 318.7 294.3 339.9 7.12 9 600 4436 3.1 -0.6 76 3.7 1.1 268 15 319.8 320.9 294.2 339.4 6.12 10 550 5136 -1.7 -3.8 86 2.1 -2.7 275 17 322.1 323.1 294.1 339.3 5.27 11 500 5889 -6.3 -8.0 88 1.7 -7.1 275 21 325.4 326.2 294.1 339.4 4.20 12 450 6706 -11.3 -13.3 85 2.0 -12.1 266 23 329.1 329.7 294.2 339.5 3.05 13 400 7599 -17.0 -19.8 79 2.8 -17.9 266 21 332.9 333.3 294.3 339.9 1.99 14 350 8588 -24.0 -27.2 75 3.2 -24.8 260 19 336.4 336.6 294.5 340.7 1.17 15 300 9693 -32.4 -36.8 65 4.4 -33.0 243 22 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.8 0.54 16 250 10951 -41.8 -54.6 24 12.8 -42.5 258 33 344.0 344.0 295.4 344.4 0.09 17 200 12429 -52.0 -72.0 7 20.0 -52.4 276 45 350.5 350.5 296.7 350.5 0.01 18 150 14249 -62.4 -83.2 5 20.8 -62.6 273 26 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16700 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 307 12 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5768.47 m Freezing level: 567.44 mb = 4892.00 m = 16049.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.35 mb = 4635.18 m = 15207.10 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.63 % Est. max temperature: 24.91 C = 76.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.33 mb = 2027.18 m = 6650.76 ft T: 14.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.33 C/km ThetaE index: 2.44 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 652.83 mb = 3745.53 m = 12288.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.09 C = 77.16 F Cap Strength: 2.87 C Lifted Index: -0.01 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.87 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 37.91 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 161.95 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.85 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 716.28 mb = 2973.50 m = 9755.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 501.28 mb = 5868.50 m = 19253.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 431.28 mb = 7028.04 m = 23057.61 ft B at Equ Level: 37.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 301.28 mb = 9662.53 m = 31700.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 264.4 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 294.4 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.7 neg: -5.9 tot: 59.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 19.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 2.51 Bulk Shear: 15.11 m/s