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: 38.83,-105.00 Latitude: 38.83 Longitude: -105.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 116 1 950 547 2 900 1023 3 850 1519 4 800 2039 5 750 2587 SFC 746 2627 11.4 8.4 81 3.1 9.5 270 4 309.4 311.2 293.7 337.8 9.28 7 700 3167 11.6 6.9 72 4.8 8.7 267 14 315.4 317.1 295.1 343.3 8.93 8 650 3782 7.4 4.2 80 3.3 5.5 285 13 317.4 318.9 294.9 342.5 7.96 9 600 4437 3.0 0.4 83 2.6 1.5 314 8 319.6 320.9 294.4 340.6 6.56 10 550 5136 -2.1 -4.2 85 2.1 -3.2 286 8 321.6 322.6 293.9 338.1 5.09 11 500 5888 -6.6 -8.2 89 1.6 -7.3 278 14 325.0 325.8 294.0 338.7 4.14 12 450 6703 -11.4 -14.9 75 3.5 -12.8 274 19 328.8 329.4 293.8 338.0 2.67 13 400 7596 -17.7 -20.5 78 2.8 -18.6 264 23 332.0 332.4 294.0 338.6 1.87 14 350 8581 -24.5 -27.3 77 2.9 -25.1 250 30 335.8 336.0 294.3 340.0 1.16 15 300 9686 -32.6 -38.2 57 5.7 -33.3 241 33 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.3 0.47 16 250 10945 -40.9 -54.9 21 14.0 -41.8 256 38 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.6 0.09 17 200 12430 -50.8 -70.7 8 20.0 -51.2 277 48 352.4 352.4 297.1 352.5 0.01 18 150 14247 -63.6 -80.8 8 17.2 -63.7 281 36 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16694 -69.3 -85.1 8 15.8 -69.4 288 19 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.34 m Freezing level: 570.79 mb = 4845.49 m = 15897.10 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.74 mb = 4657.93 m = 15281.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.63 % Est. max temperature: 20.91 C = 69.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 712.48 mb = 3017.99 m = 9901.41 ft T: 11.58 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 619.34 mb = 4177.80 m = 13706.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.98 C = 67.96 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -0.58 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.67 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 115.88 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 78.41 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 654.27 mb = 3727.95 m = 12230.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 559.27 mb = 5001.83 m = 16410.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 319.27 mb = 9239.68 m = 30313.53 ft B at Equ Level: 115.22 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 249.27 mb = 10964.50 m = 35972.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.7 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 300.7 at 11.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 63.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 26.5 neg: -1.8 tot: 24.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 18.60 Bulk Shear: 6.23 m/s