MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 113 1 950 550 2 900 1027 3 850 1525 SFC 807 1975 15.3 13.6 90 1.7 14.2 344 7 306.7 309.0 295.2 343.6 12.25 5 800 2048 17.9 13.9 78 3.9 15.2 352 11 310.2 312.6 296.3 348.7 12.62 6 750 2599 14.7 10.6 77 4.1 12.0 356 8 312.5 314.6 295.7 345.7 10.77 7 700 3179 10.8 7.8 82 3.0 8.9 324 9 314.4 316.2 295.3 344.1 9.53 8 650 3793 6.5 3.4 81 3.1 4.7 310 12 316.3 317.8 294.3 340.1 7.55 9 600 4445 2.2 -1.3 78 3.4 0.4 300 16 318.6 319.8 293.6 337.3 5.83 10 550 5144 -1.5 -7.2 65 5.7 -4.2 296 17 322.3 323.1 293.2 335.6 4.05 11 500 5896 -6.2 -16.1 45 9.9 -9.8 290 16 325.5 326.0 292.5 333.0 2.18 12 450 6711 -11.6 -35.1 12 23.5 -16.6 275 19 328.6 328.7 291.7 330.2 0.43 13 400 7603 -17.2 -54.1 2 36.9 -21.5 268 21 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.06 14 350 8591 -23.5 -57.3 3 33.8 -26.7 273 32 337.0 337.1 293.6 337.2 0.05 15 300 9697 -32.2 -56.7 7 24.5 -34.0 278 45 339.9 339.9 294.4 340.2 0.06 16 250 10960 -40.9 -61.8 9 20.8 -41.8 280 63 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.4 0.04 17 200 12441 -51.2 -68.2 12 17.0 -51.6 283 67 351.6 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.02 18 150 14257 -63.4 -78.6 11 15.2 -63.6 274 48 360.8 360.8 298.9 360.9 0.01 19 100 16709 -67.9 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.0 300 3 396.5 396.5 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.17 m Freezing level: 570.52 mb = 4856.95 m = 15934.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.94 mb = 4499.55 m = 14762.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.16 % Est. max temperature: 24.07 C = 75.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.31 mb = 2184.32 m = 7166.33 ft T: 17.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 18.46 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.30 mb = 3330.62 m = 10927.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.99 C = 73.39 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -1.78 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.73 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 448.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 34.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.65 mb = 3004.76 m = 9858.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 649.65 mb = 3797.50 m = 12458.84 ft Equ Level (EL): 249.65 mb = 10969.16 m = 35987.60 ft B at Equ Level: 443.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.65 mb = 13863.18 m = 45482.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 292.8 at 15.4 knts Storm direction: 322.8 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 2.4 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 144.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.0 neg: -5.5 tot: 3.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 18.76 Bulk Shear: 23.92 m/s