MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 120 1 950 555 2 900 1031 3 850 1528 SFC 807 1974 14.2 12.8 91 1.4 13.3 342 5 305.5 307.7 294.4 340.3 11.60 5 800 2049 17.6 12.4 72 5.2 14.1 337 9 309.9 312.1 295.4 344.7 11.40 6 750 2599 14.8 9.4 70 5.5 11.3 346 7 312.7 314.6 295.1 343.3 9.91 7 700 3180 10.7 5.8 72 4.9 7.8 332 11 314.4 316.0 294.4 340.3 8.30 8 650 3793 6.2 1.1 70 5.1 3.4 325 11 316.0 317.2 293.4 336.2 6.39 9 600 4444 1.8 -2.3 74 4.2 -0.3 306 13 318.2 319.3 293.2 335.5 5.37 10 550 5142 -2.0 -7.2 67 5.2 -4.4 298 13 321.7 322.5 293.0 335.0 4.04 11 500 5893 -6.7 -17.3 43 10.6 -10.5 290 14 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.6 1.97 12 450 6707 -11.3 -36.2 11 24.9 -16.5 273 20 329.0 329.1 291.8 330.4 0.38 13 400 7600 -16.6 -53.5 3 36.9 -21.1 264 29 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.7 0.07 14 350 8588 -23.9 -54.4 4 30.4 -26.9 276 37 336.5 336.5 293.5 336.8 0.07 15 300 9692 -32.5 -53.5 11 21.0 -34.1 280 50 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.9 0.09 16 250 10953 -41.0 -58.4 14 17.4 -41.9 283 64 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.06 17 200 12434 -51.7 -65.7 17 14.0 -52.1 285 67 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.03 18 150 14251 -62.2 -81.2 6 19.0 -62.3 279 44 363.0 363.0 299.2 363.0 0.00 19 100 16709 -68.2 -84.8 8 16.6 -68.2 261 8 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.29 m Freezing level: 576.14 mb = 4776.86 m = 15671.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.49 mb = 4383.44 m = 14381.20 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.91 % Est. max temperature: 23.85 C = 74.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 790.79 mb = 2147.86 m = 7046.69 ft T: 17.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.42 C/km ThetaE index: 14.25 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.97 mb = 3567.41 m = 11703.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.51 C = 74.31 F Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lifted Index: -1.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 146.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 59.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.14 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.95 mb = 3180.20 m = 10433.60 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 614.95 mb = 4243.96 m = 13923.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 294.95 mb = 9809.70 m = 32183.66 ft B at Equ Level: 146.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 224.95 mb = 11653.66 m = 38233.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.6 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 320.6 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 1.6 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: -6.5 tot: -5.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.1 stream: -1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 7.80 Bulk Shear: 18.80 m/s