MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 110 1 950 555 2 900 1037 3 850 1540 SFC 808 1975 22.6 11.9 51 10.7 15.4 73 4 314.3 316.4 296.2 348.0 10.87 5 800 2067 19.9 10.9 56 9.0 14.0 62 4 312.3 314.3 295.3 344.0 10.27 6 750 2618 14.6 9.1 69 5.5 11.1 41 5 312.5 314.3 294.9 342.5 9.73 7 700 3197 9.5 5.9 78 3.6 7.3 20 8 313.0 314.6 294.1 339.0 8.37 8 650 3808 4.9 2.3 83 2.6 3.5 336 5 314.5 315.9 293.4 336.5 6.99 9 600 4457 1.2 -1.7 81 3.0 -0.3 285 11 317.5 318.6 293.2 335.5 5.63 10 550 5153 -2.7 -6.5 75 3.8 -4.5 280 13 320.9 321.7 293.0 334.9 4.28 11 500 5901 -7.2 -15.8 50 8.6 -10.4 278 15 324.2 324.6 292.2 331.8 2.23 12 450 6716 -11.0 -49.8 2 38.8 -16.9 284 30 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.09 13 400 7609 -17.2 -54.1 2 36.9 -21.6 273 34 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.8 0.06 14 350 8597 -24.2 -27.8 72 3.7 -25.0 281 45 336.2 336.4 294.4 340.3 1.11 15 300 9702 -32.5 -38.8 54 6.2 -33.3 286 54 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.3 0.45 16 250 10963 -41.2 -54.5 23 13.2 -42.0 289 57 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.2 0.09 17 200 12441 -52.0 -64.8 20 12.8 -52.3 273 56 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.5 0.03 18 150 14253 -61.8 -79.8 7 18.0 -62.0 283 58 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16708 -69.0 -84.9 8 15.9 -69.1 291 13 394.3 394.3 304.4 394.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5791.55 m Freezing level: 584.37 mb = 4674.21 m = 15335.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.36 mb = 4398.05 m = 14429.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 72.85 % Est. max temperature: 22.59 C = 72.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.90 mb = 3316.76 m = 10881.63 ft T: 8.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 18.30 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 678.03 mb = 3459.81 m = 11350.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.04 C = 71.67 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -1.46 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.40 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 162.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.33 mb = 3335.57 m = 10943.35 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 663.33 mb = 3640.33 m = 11943.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 303.33 mb = 9622.54 m = 31569.62 ft B at Equ Level: 162.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 223.33 mb = 11709.78 m = 38417.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.0 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 316.0 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.7 tot: 2.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.2 neg: -17.6 tot: 0.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.27 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.9 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.35 Bulk Shear: 48.45 m/s