MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 28 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 55 1 950 521 2 900 1002 3 850 1504 SFC 805 1976 19.8 15.9 78 3.9 17.1 355 5 311.7 314.4 297.8 355.5 14.26 5 800 2030 19.6 14.3 72 5.3 16.0 359 6 312.0 314.5 297.0 351.8 12.94 6 750 2584 16.4 10.9 70 5.5 12.8 81 2 314.4 316.5 296.3 348.5 10.99 7 700 3168 11.7 8.8 82 2.9 9.9 192 4 315.4 317.4 296.0 347.3 10.22 8 650 3784 7.1 5.8 91 1.3 6.3 231 8 317.0 318.7 295.6 345.1 8.93 9 600 4438 3.0 2.0 94 0.9 2.4 267 12 319.5 321.0 295.1 343.2 7.40 10 550 5138 -1.3 -2.1 94 0.8 -1.7 279 15 322.5 323.7 294.8 341.9 5.96 11 500 5892 -5.7 -6.5 94 0.9 -6.1 273 19 326.1 327.1 294.7 341.7 4.70 12 450 6711 -10.6 -11.9 90 1.3 -11.1 271 25 329.9 330.6 294.7 341.6 3.41 13 400 7608 -16.7 -20.1 75 3.4 -17.7 275 24 333.3 333.7 294.4 340.2 1.94 14 350 8595 -24.5 -36.2 33 11.6 -26.5 276 28 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.6 0.50 15 300 9701 -31.5 -56.4 7 24.9 -33.4 279 37 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.06 16 250 10967 -40.1 -65.2 5 25.0 -41.2 279 60 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 17 200 12454 -50.5 -72.3 6 21.8 -51.0 275 54 352.8 352.8 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14273 -62.6 -81.6 6 19.0 -62.8 275 35 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16723 -68.5 -85.1 7 16.6 -68.6 315 12 395.4 395.4 304.6 395.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5837.48 m Freezing level: 565.57 mb = 4920.24 m = 16142.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 570.89 mb = 4838.30 m = 15873.50 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.62 % Est. max temperature: 24.64 C = 76.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.86 mb = 2472.17 m = 8110.69 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.37 C/km ThetaE index: 17.91 C Layer 800.0- 300.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 681.64 mb = 3388.58 m = 11117.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.85 C = 74.93 F Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lifted Index: -2.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.30 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 725.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.51 mb = 3149.53 m = 10332.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 656.51 mb = 3700.81 m = 12141.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.51 mb = 11337.03 m = 37194.51 ft B at Equ Level: 723.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 136.51 mb = 14842.87 m = 48696.47 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 14.6 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 136.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 72.5 neg: -2.0 tot: 70.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.26 Bulk Rich Number: 20.55 Bulk Shear: 35.31 m/s