MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 104 1 950 545 2 900 1024 3 850 1526 SFC 807 1975 17.0 14.1 83 2.9 15.0 346 8 308.5 310.9 295.9 346.7 12.61 5 800 2051 19.7 12.2 62 7.5 14.7 2 11 312.1 314.2 295.9 346.7 11.23 6 750 2604 15.9 9.4 65 6.6 11.7 10 10 313.9 315.8 295.4 344.6 9.89 7 700 3187 11.6 7.3 75 4.3 8.9 338 4 315.3 317.1 295.3 344.1 9.22 8 650 3802 6.6 4.0 83 2.6 5.1 299 7 316.4 317.9 294.6 341.1 7.85 9 600 4453 1.4 0.0 90 1.4 0.7 290 12 317.8 319.0 293.9 338.2 6.40 10 550 5150 -2.6 -6.1 77 3.5 -4.3 287 16 321.0 321.9 293.2 335.5 4.42 11 500 5900 -6.7 -13.2 60 6.6 -9.3 299 14 324.9 325.5 292.9 334.2 2.76 12 450 6715 -10.9 -38.6 8 27.7 -16.3 277 17 329.5 329.6 291.9 330.7 0.30 13 400 7608 -17.5 -44.9 7 27.4 -21.5 276 26 332.2 332.3 292.5 332.9 0.17 14 350 8595 -22.9 -58.4 2 35.5 -26.2 277 33 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.1 0.04 15 300 9706 -31.7 -58.5 5 26.7 -33.6 281 40 340.7 340.7 294.5 340.9 0.05 16 250 10969 -40.8 -64.4 6 23.6 -41.8 283 60 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.03 17 200 12451 -51.0 -71.4 7 20.4 -51.4 279 59 352.0 352.0 297.1 352.1 0.01 18 150 14268 -63.2 -79.6 9 16.4 -63.3 279 52 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16719 -67.7 -85.2 7 17.4 -67.8 296 12 396.9 396.9 304.8 396.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.45 m Freezing level: 581.98 mb = 4704.29 m = 15433.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.25 mb = 4543.81 m = 14907.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.48 % Est. max temperature: 24.30 C = 75.74 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 772.51 mb = 2350.88 m = 7712.78 ft T: 17.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.72 C/km ThetaE index: 16.05 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.16 mb = 3623.05 m = 11886.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.22 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.15 C = 75.47 F Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.63 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.65 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 329.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 46.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.38 mb = 3325.75 m = 10911.12 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 633.38 mb = 4012.78 m = 13165.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.38 mb = 10349.54 m = 33954.78 ft B at Equ Level: 326.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 183.38 mb = 12999.26 m = 42647.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 322.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.7 neg: 2.9 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.3 neg: -4.9 tot: 24.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.5 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.51 Bulk Shear: 28.61 m/s