MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 115 1 950 550 2 900 1027 3 850 1524 SFC 807 1975 18.3 13.5 74 4.7 15.1 309 4 309.9 312.2 296.0 347.0 12.18 5 800 2046 17.0 12.5 75 4.5 14.0 314 5 309.3 311.5 295.3 344.2 11.47 6 750 2594 14.3 9.2 72 5.1 11.0 317 14 312.1 313.9 294.8 342.2 9.78 7 700 3175 11.6 5.1 64 6.5 7.7 299 15 315.3 316.9 294.4 340.2 7.91 8 650 3791 7.4 1.8 68 5.6 4.2 284 19 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.72 9 600 4445 2.7 -0.8 78 3.5 0.8 276 18 319.2 320.4 294.0 338.5 6.02 10 550 5143 -2.1 -3.4 91 1.3 -2.7 274 17 321.6 322.7 294.1 339.2 5.43 11 500 5895 -6.5 -8.0 89 1.5 -7.2 274 17 325.1 325.9 294.1 339.0 4.19 12 450 6711 -11.2 -14.1 79 2.8 -12.3 269 16 329.1 329.7 294.0 338.9 2.87 13 400 7605 -17.2 -20.1 78 2.9 -18.1 257 17 332.7 333.1 294.2 339.5 1.95 14 350 8591 -24.6 -27.4 78 2.8 -25.2 251 21 335.6 335.8 294.3 339.8 1.15 15 300 9694 -33.2 -37.1 68 3.9 -33.7 237 28 338.6 338.8 294.5 340.7 0.53 16 250 10956 -40.4 -62.1 8 21.8 -41.3 271 40 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.04 17 200 12436 -51.9 -72.6 7 20.7 -52.3 273 46 350.5 350.5 296.8 350.6 0.01 18 150 14254 -62.8 -80.7 7 18.0 -62.9 277 36 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16706 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 314 12 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.83 m Freezing level: 572.07 mb = 4834.76 m = 15861.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.89 mb = 4594.80 m = 15074.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.70 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 751.96 mb = 2572.21 m = 8438.89 ft T: 14.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 8.50 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 649.61 mb = 3795.91 m = 12453.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.24 C = 77.43 F Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lifted Index: -0.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.49 mb = 3181.37 m = 10437.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.49 mb = 4793.39 m = 15726.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 284.49 mb = 10061.48 m = 33009.70 ft B at Equ Level: 145.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 234.49 mb = 11381.14 m = 37339.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 277.8 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 307.8 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 2.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: -18.7 tot: -18.7 m^2/s^2 ave: -6.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.1 stream: -2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 9.45 Bulk Shear: 15.92 m/s