MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 49 1 950 501 2 900 987 3 850 1495 SFC 805 1976 24.5 13.8 51 10.6 17.1 157 5 316.7 319.1 297.8 355.6 12.44 5 800 2027 22.6 12.7 54 9.9 15.9 153 5 315.3 317.5 297.0 351.5 11.63 6 750 2585 17.5 10.9 65 6.6 13.1 167 5 315.6 317.7 296.6 349.9 11.00 7 700 3169 12.2 8.5 78 3.6 9.9 205 4 315.9 317.9 296.0 347.3 10.02 8 650 3786 7.2 5.2 87 2.0 6.0 252 7 317.1 318.7 295.3 344.1 8.58 9 600 4440 2.8 0.9 88 1.8 1.7 264 11 319.3 320.7 294.6 341.2 6.85 10 550 5139 -1.6 -3.5 87 1.8 -2.6 269 15 322.2 323.2 294.3 339.7 5.39 11 500 5893 -6.0 -8.1 85 2.1 -7.0 263 21 325.7 326.6 294.2 339.6 4.17 12 450 6710 -10.8 -14.2 76 3.4 -12.1 264 25 329.7 330.3 294.2 339.5 2.84 13 400 7605 -17.0 -24.9 50 7.9 -19.1 272 26 332.9 333.2 293.7 337.5 1.26 14 350 8591 -24.9 -33.3 46 8.4 -26.4 273 28 335.2 335.3 293.7 337.7 0.66 15 300 9694 -32.2 -51.8 12 19.6 -33.8 271 36 340.0 340.0 294.4 340.4 0.11 16 250 10960 -40.2 -66.0 5 25.8 -41.2 275 46 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.02 17 200 12443 -50.9 -70.8 8 19.9 -51.3 273 50 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14261 -63.1 -80.9 7 17.8 -63.2 286 34 361.4 361.4 299.0 361.4 0.00 19 100 16714 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.6 305 13 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.14 m Freezing level: 568.45 mb = 4881.36 m = 16014.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.91 mb = 4713.87 m = 15465.26 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.03 % Est. max temperature: 24.72 C = 76.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 688.16 mb = 3311.24 m = 10863.50 ft T: 11.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.66 C/km ThetaE index: 18.20 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 670.12 mb = 3532.29 m = 11588.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.40 C = 75.91 F Cap Strength: 0.73 C Lifted Index: -3.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.32 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 878.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 679.70 mb = 3414.15 m = 11201.16 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 654.70 mb = 3725.87 m = 12223.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.70 mb = 11669.10 m = 38283.99 ft B at Equ Level: 874.73 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.70 mb = 15378.33 m = 50453.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.5 at 15.2 knts Storm direction: 291.5 at 11.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 27.0 neg: -0.3 tot: 26.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 23.07 Bulk Shear: 38.09 m/s