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: 39.86,-104.57 Latitude: 39.86 Longitude: -104.57 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 65 1 950 513 2 900 997 3 850 1503 SFC 839 1613 26.5 12.9 43 13.6 17.2 340 7 315.0 317.1 296.6 349.8 11.18 5 800 2033 21.1 11.2 53 9.8 14.6 335 8 313.6 315.6 295.8 346.3 10.54 6 750 2587 15.7 9.8 68 6.0 11.9 328 9 313.7 315.6 295.6 345.3 10.19 7 700 3168 10.4 7.3 81 3.1 8.5 310 11 314.0 315.8 294.9 342.6 9.19 8 650 3781 6.2 2.3 76 3.9 3.9 287 17 315.9 317.3 293.8 337.9 6.95 9 600 4432 1.7 -0.9 83 2.6 0.3 271 19 318.1 319.3 293.6 337.3 6.00 10 550 5129 -2.3 -4.3 86 1.9 -3.3 264 24 321.3 322.3 293.8 337.8 5.07 11 500 5881 -6.4 -7.9 90 1.4 -7.1 260 26 325.2 326.0 294.1 339.2 4.24 12 450 6697 -11.1 -12.3 91 1.2 -11.6 258 27 329.3 329.9 294.4 340.6 3.31 13 400 7592 -17.0 -18.4 89 1.3 -17.5 259 27 332.8 333.3 294.5 340.7 2.25 14 350 8578 -24.4 -26.4 83 2.0 -24.9 261 25 335.9 336.1 294.4 340.5 1.26 15 300 9681 -33.0 -39.3 54 6.2 -33.8 266 26 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.5 0.42 16 250 10941 -40.9 -66.7 5 25.7 -41.9 268 43 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 17 200 12424 -50.6 -70.9 7 20.4 -51.0 272 55 352.7 352.7 297.2 352.7 0.01 18 150 14246 -62.7 -80.0 8 17.3 -62.8 285 34 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.00 19 100 16709 -67.0 -85.3 6 18.4 -67.1 312 13 398.3 398.3 305.0 398.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.33 m Freezing level: 578.82 mb = 4727.49 m = 15509.94 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.33 mb = 4494.91 m = 14746.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.88 % Est. max temperature: 25.90 C = 78.62 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 687.84 mb = 3312.83 m = 10868.74 ft T: 9.39 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 12.52 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.05 mb = 3394.82 m = 11137.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.20 C = 79.17 F Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lifted Index: -2.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 579.38 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.81 mb = 3301.23 m = 10830.67 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.81 mb = 3606.95 m = 11833.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 243.81 mb = 11107.45 m = 36441.33 ft B at Equ Level: 571.82 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 153.81 mb = 14087.06 m = 46216.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.6 at 19.2 knts Storm direction: 301.6 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 131.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: -3.6 tot: -0.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -0.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 14.42 Bulk Shear: 40.19 m/s