MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 101 1 950 541 2 900 1020 3 850 1521 SFC 807 1975 16.3 14.5 89 1.8 15.1 342 7 307.8 310.3 296.0 347.2 13.01 5 800 2046 19.4 13.2 68 6.2 15.2 19 9 311.8 314.1 296.3 348.7 12.01 6 750 2598 15.7 10.4 71 5.2 12.3 29 5 313.6 315.6 295.8 346.6 10.64 7 700 3181 11.4 8.5 82 2.9 9.6 293 5 315.1 317.1 295.8 346.4 10.04 8 650 3796 6.8 4.7 86 2.1 5.5 288 10 316.6 318.2 295.0 342.6 8.25 9 600 4448 1.6 0.2 90 1.4 0.8 292 16 318.0 319.3 294.0 338.7 6.49 10 550 5145 -2.1 -5.2 79 3.1 -3.6 291 20 321.6 322.6 293.6 337.1 4.73 11 500 5897 -6.3 -10.6 72 4.3 -8.2 291 19 325.3 326.0 293.5 336.7 3.41 12 450 6713 -11.2 -27.8 24 16.6 -15.5 280 18 329.2 329.4 292.3 332.3 0.87 13 400 7605 -16.9 -50.9 4 34.0 -21.3 274 19 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.3 0.09 14 350 8595 -22.9 -53.3 4 30.4 -26.1 279 28 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.08 15 300 9706 -31.4 -58.9 5 27.5 -33.3 283 43 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 16 250 10972 -40.6 -64.0 6 23.5 -41.5 281 64 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.03 17 200 12455 -50.7 -71.4 7 20.7 -51.1 280 61 352.4 352.4 297.2 352.5 0.01 18 150 14272 -63.7 -79.6 10 15.9 -63.8 273 45 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16718 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 312 8 396.4 396.5 304.7 396.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.26 m Freezing level: 577.85 mb = 4756.85 m = 15606.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.57 mb = 4575.01 m = 15009.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.06 % Est. max temperature: 24.42 C = 75.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 785.46 mb = 2202.91 m = 7227.32 ft T: 18.31 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 16.34 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 677.25 mb = 3455.16 m = 11335.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.97 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.83 C = 74.89 F Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lifted Index: -2.38 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.61 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 493.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.43 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 701.73 mb = 3159.88 m = 10366.95 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 646.73 mb = 3837.15 m = 12588.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 246.73 mb = 11059.17 m = 36282.94 ft B at Equ Level: 488.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 156.73 mb = 13994.82 m = 45914.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 289.1 at 14.7 knts Storm direction: 319.1 at 11.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.2 neg: 2.8 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 152.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 36.9 neg: -3.8 tot: 33.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.58 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.08 Bulk Rich Number: 13.78 Bulk Shear: 35.84 m/s