MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 84 1 950 526 2 900 1009 3 850 1514 SFC 806 1975 23.2 13.6 55 9.6 16.6 170 1 315.1 317.5 297.3 353.2 12.24 5 800 2043 20.6 13.0 62 7.6 15.4 152 2 313.1 315.3 296.5 349.7 11.85 6 750 2596 15.4 11.4 77 4.0 12.8 245 1 313.3 315.5 296.3 348.5 11.39 7 700 3178 11.1 8.1 82 3.0 9.2 315 12 314.8 316.7 295.6 345.2 9.75 8 650 3793 7.5 2.1 69 5.4 4.4 328 17 317.4 318.7 294.1 339.2 6.86 9 600 4448 3.1 -1.7 71 4.8 0.5 316 16 319.7 320.8 293.8 337.8 5.63 10 550 5148 -1.5 -4.9 77 3.4 -3.1 285 16 322.3 323.3 293.9 338.1 4.84 11 500 5900 -6.4 -7.9 89 1.5 -7.1 262 17 325.3 326.1 294.1 339.3 4.23 12 450 6717 -11.1 -13.6 82 2.5 -12.1 253 23 329.3 329.9 294.2 339.5 2.98 13 400 7610 -17.7 -21.5 72 3.8 -18.8 252 25 331.9 332.3 293.8 338.0 1.71 14 350 8595 -25.0 -34.0 43 9.0 -26.6 246 32 335.1 335.2 293.7 337.4 0.62 15 300 9696 -32.4 -52.5 12 20.2 -34.0 254 36 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.10 16 250 10963 -40.1 -65.1 5 25.0 -41.1 270 46 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.02 17 200 12444 -51.8 -73.6 6 21.7 -52.2 272 44 350.7 350.7 296.8 350.7 0.01 18 150 14261 -62.5 -82.3 5 19.8 -62.7 282 37 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.00 19 100 16710 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.9 286 9 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.17 m Freezing level: 566.19 mb = 4920.95 m = 16144.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 592.59 mb = 4547.66 m = 14919.97 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.25 % Est. max temperature: 24.98 C = 76.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 700.45 mb = 3172.48 m = 10408.27 ft T: 11.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 15.41 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 680.47 mb = 3412.88 m = 11196.98 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.21 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -2.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 717.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.48 mb = 3160.09 m = 10367.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.48 mb = 3965.22 m = 13009.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.48 mb = 11057.33 m = 36276.89 ft B at Equ Level: 716.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.48 mb = 14831.48 m = 48659.13 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.7 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 305.7 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 1.5 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 10.5 neg: -13.9 tot: -3.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.33 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 20.24 Bulk Shear: 35.44 m/s