MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 79 1 950 530 2 900 1011 3 850 1513 SFC 806 1975 17.7 15.6 87 2.1 16.3 360 6 309.4 312.0 297.0 351.7 13.94 5 800 2039 19.7 13.6 68 6.1 15.6 14 9 312.2 314.5 296.7 350.2 12.36 6 750 2593 16.8 10.2 65 6.6 12.5 1 2 314.8 316.8 296.1 347.4 10.47 7 700 3177 12.1 8.0 76 4.2 9.5 243 5 315.9 317.8 295.8 346.2 9.65 8 650 3794 7.6 5.0 83 2.6 6.1 260 11 317.6 319.2 295.3 344.3 8.45 9 600 4449 2.7 1.0 89 1.6 1.8 289 13 319.2 320.6 294.6 341.2 6.90 10 550 5147 -1.7 -4.3 83 2.6 -3.0 293 17 322.0 323.0 294.0 338.6 5.07 11 500 5900 -6.3 -9.5 78 3.2 -7.7 283 21 325.4 326.2 293.8 337.9 3.72 12 450 6717 -11.4 -16.3 67 4.9 -13.2 275 23 328.9 329.3 293.6 337.1 2.38 13 400 7609 -17.4 -27.8 40 10.4 -19.9 262 18 332.4 332.6 293.3 336.0 0.97 14 350 8596 -23.7 -54.2 4 30.5 -26.8 278 27 336.8 336.8 293.6 337.1 0.07 15 300 9706 -31.0 -59.5 4 28.6 -33.0 287 40 341.7 341.8 294.8 341.9 0.04 16 250 10974 -40.3 -65.8 5 25.4 -41.3 282 64 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 17 200 12459 -50.4 -73.3 5 23.0 -50.8 279 58 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.1 0.01 18 150 14280 -63.4 -80.6 8 17.2 -63.5 277 38 360.9 360.9 298.9 360.9 0.00 19 100 16729 -68.3 -85.1 7 16.8 -68.4 295 13 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.50 m Freezing level: 569.56 mb = 4873.99 m = 15990.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.50 mb = 4700.14 m = 15420.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.76 % Est. max temperature: 25.26 C = 77.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.90 mb = 2246.35 m = 7369.82 ft T: 18.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.76 C/km ThetaE index: 15.75 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 664.65 mb = 3608.65 m = 11839.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.91 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.98 C = 76.97 F Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lifted Index: -2.58 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.59 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 49.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.82 mb = 3275.00 m = 10744.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.82 mb = 3961.68 m = 12997.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.82 mb = 11058.78 m = 36281.63 ft B at Equ Level: 592.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 146.82 mb = 14409.34 m = 47274.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 165.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 52.8 neg: -5.3 tot: 47.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 15.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 17.10 Bulk Shear: 34.75 m/s