MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.70,-104.84 Latitude: 38.70 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 114 1 950 545 2 900 1020 3 850 1516 4 800 2036 SFC 789 2150 13.6 11.3 86 2.3 12.1 245 2 306.8 308.8 294.1 339.2 10.74 6 750 2587 16.0 8.9 62 7.2 11.4 257 12 314.0 315.8 295.2 343.7 9.56 7 700 3169 11.4 7.1 75 4.3 8.8 263 18 315.1 316.9 295.1 343.5 9.07 8 650 3784 7.1 3.8 80 3.3 5.2 275 14 317.0 318.5 294.7 341.6 7.78 9 600 4438 2.6 -0.4 80 3.0 1.0 296 9 319.2 320.4 294.1 339.0 6.21 10 550 5137 -1.9 -4.9 80 3.0 -3.4 280 10 321.8 322.8 293.7 337.6 4.83 11 500 5889 -6.6 -8.7 85 2.1 -7.6 277 16 324.9 325.7 293.9 338.1 3.96 12 450 6704 -11.6 -15.1 75 3.5 -12.9 275 20 328.7 329.2 293.7 337.7 2.63 13 400 7597 -17.7 -20.5 78 2.9 -18.6 264 25 332.0 332.4 294.0 338.6 1.86 14 350 8582 -24.3 -27.5 75 3.1 -25.1 252 32 335.9 336.2 294.3 340.1 1.15 15 300 9687 -32.4 -38.4 55 6.0 -33.2 241 35 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.5 0.46 16 250 10947 -41.1 -55.1 21 14.0 -41.9 255 38 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.4 0.09 17 200 12431 -50.9 -70.9 8 19.9 -51.4 280 47 352.1 352.1 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14247 -63.7 -80.7 8 16.9 -63.8 284 35 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16693 -69.2 -85.0 8 15.8 -69.3 289 19 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.31 m Freezing level: 571.04 mb = 4842.97 m = 15888.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.96 mb = 4587.40 m = 15050.36 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.70 % Est. max temperature: 23.55 C = 74.38 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.84 mb = 2441.90 m = 8011.37 ft T: 15.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.64 C/km ThetaE index: 6.11 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.02 mb = 3847.27 m = 12622.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.33 C = 73.99 F Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lifted Index: -0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 183.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 19.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 93.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 682.40 mb = 3380.56 m = 11090.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 577.40 mb = 4746.49 m = 15572.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 297.40 mb = 9746.96 m = 31977.82 ft B at Equ Level: 181.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 217.40 mb = 11876.04 m = 38962.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.7 at 16.0 knts Storm direction: 300.7 at 12.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 1.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 43.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 41.5 neg: -5.7 tot: 35.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 17.22 Bulk Shear: 10.64 m/s