MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 52 1 950 506 2 900 992 3 850 1500 SFC 805 1976 23.7 12.9 51 10.8 16.4 129 2 315.8 318.1 297.1 352.4 11.72 5 800 2032 22.8 11.7 50 11.1 15.4 121 3 315.4 317.5 296.5 349.3 10.87 6 750 2589 17.8 9.9 60 7.8 12.6 137 3 315.8 317.8 296.2 348.0 10.28 7 700 3175 12.5 7.7 73 4.8 9.5 198 3 316.3 318.2 295.7 346.1 9.47 8 650 3792 7.5 5.1 85 2.4 6.1 248 8 317.5 319.1 295.3 344.3 8.50 9 600 4446 2.7 0.9 88 1.8 1.7 262 13 319.2 320.6 294.6 341.1 6.84 10 550 5145 -1.6 -4.2 82 2.6 -2.9 265 16 322.2 323.2 294.0 338.9 5.11 11 500 5898 -6.3 -9.0 82 2.6 -7.5 266 20 325.3 326.1 293.9 338.2 3.88 12 450 6714 -11.0 -20.0 47 9.0 -14.0 271 23 329.4 329.7 293.2 335.5 1.73 13 400 7609 -16.8 -32.2 25 15.3 -20.2 285 23 333.1 333.2 293.2 335.5 0.64 14 350 8594 -24.8 -43.2 16 18.4 -27.2 272 26 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.3 0.24 15 300 9700 -31.5 -60.7 4 29.2 -33.4 276 40 340.9 341.0 294.6 341.1 0.04 16 250 10965 -40.6 -64.5 6 23.9 -41.6 279 54 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12449 -50.9 -71.8 7 20.9 -51.3 275 56 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14265 -63.3 -79.8 9 16.6 -63.4 277 39 361.1 361.1 298.9 361.1 0.00 19 100 16715 -67.6 -85.6 6 18.0 -67.7 297 13 397.1 397.1 304.8 397.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5846.53 m Freezing level: 568.34 mb = 4888.86 m = 16039.36 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.19 mb = 4701.95 m = 15426.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.41 % Est. max temperature: 25.11 C = 77.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.09 mb = 3329.59 m = 10923.72 ft T: 11.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.92 C/km ThetaE index: 16.94 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 654.00 mb = 3740.64 m = 12272.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.14 C = 77.25 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 626.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.41 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.74 mb = 3567.50 m = 11704.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.74 mb = 4011.73 m = 13161.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.74 mb = 11160.68 m = 36615.95 ft B at Equ Level: 626.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.74 mb = 14564.92 m = 47784.59 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.4 at 14.4 knts Storm direction: 297.4 at 10.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -0.9 tot: 43.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 14.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 17.13 Bulk Shear: 36.61 m/s