MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 78 1 950 522 2 900 1005 3 850 1509 SFC 806 1975 22.7 14.2 59 8.5 16.8 185 2 314.7 317.1 297.5 354.1 12.71 5 800 2038 20.4 13.6 65 6.8 15.8 182 2 312.9 315.2 296.8 350.9 12.32 6 750 2591 15.7 10.9 73 4.8 12.6 284 3 313.6 315.7 296.1 347.7 11.00 7 700 3174 11.5 7.4 76 4.1 8.9 310 8 315.3 317.0 295.3 344.2 9.27 8 650 3789 7.1 3.4 77 3.7 4.9 307 13 317.0 318.5 294.6 340.9 7.55 9 600 4443 2.1 0.4 89 1.7 1.2 291 10 318.6 319.8 294.2 339.6 6.60 10 550 5140 -1.9 -4.2 85 2.2 -3.0 263 13 321.8 322.8 293.9 338.5 5.12 11 500 5893 -5.8 -9.6 74 3.8 -7.5 256 18 326.0 326.7 293.9 338.3 3.69 12 450 6712 -10.7 -15.4 69 4.7 -12.5 260 22 329.7 330.2 294.0 338.6 2.57 13 400 7605 -17.7 -22.1 68 4.4 -19.0 255 23 332.0 332.3 293.7 337.7 1.62 14 350 8589 -24.7 -35.7 35 11.1 -26.5 257 30 335.5 335.6 293.7 337.5 0.52 15 300 9692 -32.7 -53.0 11 20.3 -34.3 257 34 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.09 16 250 10957 -40.1 -69.3 3 29.3 -41.1 266 41 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 17 200 12442 -50.8 -68.9 10 18.2 -51.2 270 45 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.02 18 150 14259 -63.4 -79.9 9 16.5 -63.5 279 37 360.9 360.9 298.9 361.0 0.00 19 100 16709 -68.8 -85.3 7 16.6 -68.9 302 13 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.49 m Freezing level: 573.79 mb = 4808.38 m = 15775.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.88 mb = 4633.62 m = 15201.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.46 % Est. max temperature: 24.71 C = 76.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 710.96 mb = 3042.58 m = 9982.10 ft T: 12.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 15.77 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.39 mb = 3471.10 m = 11388.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.05 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.05 C = 75.29 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -2.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.33 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 698.27 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 697.36 mb = 3205.22 m = 10515.69 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 642.36 mb = 3885.99 m = 12749.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.36 mb = 11163.61 m = 36625.57 ft B at Equ Level: 691.42 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 142.36 mb = 14574.92 m = 47817.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.5 at 14.1 knts Storm direction: 297.5 at 10.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: -8.3 tot: -5.8 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 32.73 Bulk Shear: 21.33 m/s