MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 129 1 950 566 2 900 1044 3 850 1543 SFC 808 1975 19.2 12.7 66 6.5 14.9 330 1 310.7 312.9 295.7 346.0 11.52 5 800 2065 18.0 10.9 63 7.1 13.4 316 2 310.3 312.2 294.7 341.8 10.30 6 750 2615 14.7 6.8 59 7.9 9.9 355 8 312.5 314.1 293.9 338.3 8.31 7 700 3194 10.0 4.5 68 5.5 6.8 355 11 313.6 315.1 293.6 337.2 7.57 8 650 3806 5.2 2.0 80 3.1 3.4 346 9 314.8 316.2 293.4 336.3 6.84 9 600 4455 0.9 -1.7 82 2.7 -0.4 303 11 317.2 318.3 293.1 335.1 5.62 10 550 5150 -2.7 -5.6 80 2.9 -4.1 295 13 320.9 321.7 293.3 335.8 4.58 11 500 5899 -7.7 -13.9 61 6.1 -10.1 289 12 323.6 324.1 292.4 332.4 2.62 12 450 6712 -11.2 -42.2 6 31.0 -16.7 279 24 329.1 329.2 291.7 329.9 0.21 13 400 7605 -16.7 -55.6 2 38.8 -21.2 273 31 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.05 14 350 8592 -24.2 -37.1 29 12.9 -26.3 284 44 336.1 336.2 293.8 337.9 0.45 15 300 9696 -32.4 -42.4 37 9.9 -33.6 286 55 339.7 339.7 294.5 340.9 0.31 16 250 10955 -41.5 -52.0 31 10.5 -42.2 289 60 344.3 344.4 295.5 344.8 0.12 17 200 12434 -51.7 -67.6 13 15.9 -52.1 280 59 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14251 -61.9 -81.7 5 19.8 -62.0 278 47 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16706 -68.3 -84.9 7 16.6 -68.4 284 10 395.8 395.8 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.46 m Freezing level: 587.14 mb = 4633.58 m = 15201.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.80 mb = 4376.59 m = 14358.71 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.59 % Est. max temperature: 22.92 C = 73.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 734.18 mb = 2794.14 m = 9167.03 ft T: 13.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.58 C/km ThetaE index: 10.82 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 656.25 mb = 3726.78 m = 12226.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.97 C = 73.35 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -0.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 34.10 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.26 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 55.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 680.67 mb = 3425.39 m = 11238.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 605.67 mb = 4378.36 m = 14364.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.67 mb = 6448.13 m = 21155.01 ft B at Equ Level: 32.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.67 mb = 7313.48 m = 23994.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 293.5 at 15.3 knts Storm direction: 323.5 at 11.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.9 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 7.4 neg: -12.5 tot: -5.0 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.01 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 0.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.61 Bulk Shear: 21.22 m/s