MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.67,-104.25 Latitude: 38.67 Longitude: -104.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 507 2 900 994 3 850 1503 SFC 829 1725 27.2 13.5 43 13.8 17.8 316 2 316.9 319.2 297.5 353.9 11.80 5 800 2035 22.5 11.9 51 10.6 15.4 317 3 315.1 317.3 296.5 349.5 11.03 6 750 2591 17.0 10.8 67 6.2 12.9 319 3 315.0 317.1 296.4 349.0 10.91 7 700 3175 11.4 8.8 84 2.6 9.7 320 4 315.1 317.0 295.9 346.9 10.19 8 650 3790 7.4 1.8 68 5.6 4.2 309 15 317.3 318.6 294.0 338.6 6.72 9 600 4445 3.2 -1.8 70 5.0 0.5 282 16 319.8 320.9 293.8 337.9 5.60 10 550 5145 -0.9 -7.4 61 6.5 -3.9 281 18 323.1 323.9 293.4 336.2 3.99 11 500 5899 -6.2 -9.6 77 3.4 -7.7 265 20 325.4 326.2 293.8 337.8 3.69 12 450 6715 -11.4 -17.2 62 5.8 -13.4 258 27 328.9 329.4 293.4 336.6 2.21 13 400 7608 -17.2 -26.9 43 9.6 -19.7 260 29 332.6 332.8 293.4 336.4 1.06 14 350 8595 -24.4 -39.0 25 14.5 -26.7 268 33 335.8 335.9 293.6 337.2 0.37 15 300 9699 -32.2 -55.0 9 22.7 -33.9 271 38 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.3 0.07 16 250 10965 -40.2 -67.8 4 27.6 -41.2 277 49 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 17 200 12448 -51.3 -74.4 5 23.1 -51.7 275 50 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14264 -62.8 -82.7 5 20.0 -62.9 282 37 361.9 361.9 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16712 -68.1 -85.5 7 17.4 -68.2 286 11 396.1 396.1 304.7 396.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.25 m Freezing level: 560.58 mb = 4997.13 m = 16394.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.86 mb = 4527.78 m = 14854.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.42 % Est. max temperature: 26.34 C = 79.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 677.79 mb = 3442.67 m = 11294.72 ft T: 9.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 17.70 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 674.80 mb = 3479.36 m = 11415.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.51 C = 79.72 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.21 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 850.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.54 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.88 mb = 3380.55 m = 11090.89 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 657.88 mb = 3690.27 m = 12107.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.88 mb = 11580.53 m = 37993.41 ft B at Equ Level: 849.88 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.88 mb = 15226.98 m = 49956.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 16.1 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.4 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: -15.3 tot: -14.6 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.66 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: -2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 31.08 Bulk Shear: 27.37 m/s