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: 38.68,-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 54 1 950 506 2 900 992 3 850 1500 SFC 805 1975 25.0 12.5 46 12.4 16.5 159 3 317.2 319.4 297.3 353.0 11.41 5 800 2032 22.8 12.0 50 10.8 15.5 157 3 315.4 317.6 296.6 349.9 11.06 6 750 2590 17.5 10.2 62 7.3 12.7 184 3 315.6 317.6 296.3 348.3 10.47 7 700 3174 12.0 8.1 77 4.0 9.5 242 4 315.8 317.7 295.8 346.2 9.71 8 650 3790 7.2 4.9 85 2.3 5.8 266 10 317.1 318.7 295.2 343.6 8.40 9 600 4445 3.2 -0.4 77 3.6 1.3 271 14 319.8 321.1 294.3 339.8 6.20 10 550 5145 -1.0 -6.9 64 5.9 -3.8 264 18 322.9 323.7 293.4 336.5 4.14 11 500 5899 -6.3 -10.1 75 3.8 -7.9 253 19 325.3 326.0 293.6 337.2 3.55 12 450 6714 -11.2 -20.3 47 9.1 -14.2 256 27 329.1 329.4 293.0 335.0 1.69 13 400 7608 -17.2 -31.7 27 14.4 -20.4 262 29 332.6 332.7 293.1 335.1 0.68 14 350 8594 -24.7 -36.8 32 12.1 -26.7 268 32 335.5 335.6 293.6 337.2 0.47 15 300 9700 -31.8 -61.4 4 29.6 -33.6 270 38 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.03 16 250 10965 -40.3 -65.3 5 25.0 -41.3 274 49 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 17 200 12449 -51.2 -72.4 6 21.2 -51.6 274 51 351.7 351.7 297.0 351.7 0.01 18 150 14265 -62.5 -82.5 5 20.0 -62.6 277 37 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16713 -68.1 -85.1 7 17.0 -68.2 282 10 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.68 m Freezing level: 562.02 mb = 4976.99 m = 16328.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.67 mb = 4612.19 m = 15131.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.36 % Est. max temperature: 24.76 C = 76.57 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 670.80 mb = 3528.54 m = 11576.43 ft T: 9.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 661.82 mb = 3640.60 m = 11944.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.60 C = 76.28 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 665.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.48 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.93 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 672.23 mb = 3510.79 m = 11518.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 647.23 mb = 3825.35 m = 12550.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 237.23 mb = 11313.89 m = 37118.62 ft B at Equ Level: 660.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 137.23 mb = 14802.49 m = 48564.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.9 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 288.9 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.5 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.5 neg: -0.7 tot: 21.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 17.97 Bulk Shear: 37.03 m/s