MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 78 1 950 530 2 900 1012 3 850 1515 SFC 806 1975 18.5 15.5 82 3.1 16.4 353 6 310.2 312.8 297.2 352.5 13.86 5 800 2042 20.6 12.6 60 8.0 15.2 359 8 313.1 315.3 296.3 348.7 11.52 6 750 2597 16.9 9.5 62 7.4 12.1 345 3 315.0 316.9 295.7 346.1 9.99 7 700 3181 12.5 6.8 68 5.7 9.0 255 4 316.3 318.0 295.3 344.3 8.91 8 650 3798 7.6 3.9 77 3.7 5.4 268 8 317.5 319.0 294.8 342.2 7.79 9 600 4452 2.1 0.5 90 1.5 1.3 281 12 318.5 319.8 294.3 339.7 6.65 10 550 5149 -2.4 -4.1 88 1.7 -3.2 283 13 321.3 322.3 293.8 338.0 5.15 11 500 5900 -6.9 -9.6 81 2.7 -8.1 278 15 324.7 325.4 293.6 337.0 3.70 12 450 6715 -11.1 -21.1 43 10.1 -14.3 282 18 329.3 329.6 293.0 334.9 1.57 13 400 7609 -17.7 -35.0 21 17.3 -21.1 267 18 332.0 332.1 292.7 333.8 0.49 14 350 8594 -24.0 -60.6 2 36.7 -27.1 277 30 336.5 336.5 293.4 336.6 0.03 15 300 9702 -31.4 -58.9 5 27.5 -33.3 281 40 341.1 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.05 16 250 10966 -40.5 -64.3 6 23.8 -41.5 283 59 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 17 200 12452 -50.8 -71.7 7 20.9 -51.2 278 58 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.4 0.01 18 150 14267 -63.2 -81.0 7 17.8 -63.3 284 44 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.2 0.00 19 100 16721 -67.7 -85.1 7 17.4 -67.8 300 12 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.65 m Freezing level: 576.70 mb = 4776.83 m = 15671.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 586.05 mb = 4640.33 m = 15223.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.07 % Est. max temperature: 25.27 C = 77.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 770.58 mb = 2364.13 m = 7756.22 ft T: 18.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.12 C/km ThetaE index: 18.67 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.12 mb = 3758.47 m = 12330.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.30 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.34 C = 77.61 F Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lifted Index: -2.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 509.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.24 mb = 3432.02 m = 11259.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 624.24 mb = 4128.62 m = 13545.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 254.24 mb = 10849.84 m = 35596.16 ft B at Equ Level: 504.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 164.24 mb = 13695.22 m = 44931.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.3 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 309.3 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.2 neg: 1.5 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 147.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.5 neg: -3.3 tot: 27.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 25.26 Bulk Shear: 20.17 m/s