MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 15Z WED 27 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 108 1 950 547 2 900 1022 3 850 1520 SFC 806 1975 17.6 13.8 78 3.8 15.1 276 0 309.2 311.6 296.0 347.0 12.41 5 800 2041 16.6 12.7 78 3.9 14.0 291 1 308.9 311.1 295.3 344.2 11.62 6 750 2590 15.1 8.8 66 6.3 11.2 283 9 313.0 314.8 294.9 342.6 9.54 7 700 3171 11.3 7.0 75 4.3 8.7 287 12 315.0 316.8 295.1 343.3 9.05 8 650 3786 6.5 4.7 88 1.8 5.5 297 11 316.4 318.0 294.9 342.4 8.29 9 600 4439 1.9 1.2 95 0.6 1.5 285 7 318.3 319.7 294.4 340.6 7.00 10 550 5136 -2.1 -3.8 88 1.7 -2.9 261 9 321.6 322.6 294.0 338.7 5.27 11 500 5889 -5.8 -11.0 67 5.1 -8.0 257 18 325.9 326.6 293.6 337.0 3.31 12 450 6707 -11.0 -17.0 61 6.0 -13.1 256 24 329.4 329.9 293.6 337.2 2.25 13 400 7600 -17.3 -22.5 64 5.2 -18.8 257 24 332.5 332.9 293.9 338.1 1.57 14 350 8586 -25.1 -28.7 72 3.6 -25.9 253 30 334.9 335.1 294.0 338.6 1.02 15 300 9690 -32.2 -49.5 16 17.4 -33.7 242 36 340.1 340.1 294.5 340.6 0.14 16 250 10954 -40.4 -64.7 6 24.3 -41.4 265 39 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.03 17 200 12438 -50.9 -72.3 6 21.5 -51.3 278 43 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14257 -63.3 -80.5 8 17.2 -63.4 283 36 361.0 361.0 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16708 -69.1 -85.0 8 15.9 -69.2 304 17 394.2 394.2 304.4 394.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.61 m Freezing level: 576.26 mb = 4769.85 m = 15648.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 582.79 mb = 4671.98 m = 15327.83 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.37 % Est. max temperature: 24.15 C = 75.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.97 mb = 2455.20 m = 8055.03 ft T: 15.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 4.42 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 662.99 mb = 3622.24 m = 11883.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.17 F Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lifted Index: -0.38 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.57 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 206.56 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 20.33 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 75.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 698.68 mb = 3187.08 m = 10456.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 613.68 mb = 4254.97 m = 13959.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 293.68 mb = 9837.17 m = 32273.78 ft B at Equ Level: 203.81 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.68 mb = 11693.82 m = 38365.09 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.2 at 14.5 knts Storm direction: 295.2 at 10.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 52.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 8.9 neg: -0.0 tot: 8.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 2.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.83 Bulk Shear: 16.09 m/s