MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 90 1 950 546 2 900 1027 3 850 1530 SFC 808 1976 20.8 14.0 65 6.8 16.1 149 5 312.5 314.9 296.8 351.1 12.53 5 800 2057 19.7 13.3 67 6.4 15.4 148 5 312.2 314.5 296.5 349.5 12.13 6 750 2609 14.7 11.4 81 3.3 12.6 156 7 312.6 314.7 296.1 347.7 11.40 7 700 3189 9.6 8.7 94 1.0 9.0 182 6 313.2 315.1 295.4 344.5 10.14 8 650 3801 5.8 3.8 87 2.0 4.6 252 9 315.5 317.0 294.3 339.8 7.75 9 600 4452 2.1 -1.1 79 3.2 0.4 268 14 318.5 319.6 293.7 337.3 5.88 10 550 5150 -2.1 -5.7 76 3.6 -3.8 283 19 321.6 322.5 293.4 336.5 4.56 11 500 5902 -6.4 -8.4 85 2.1 -7.3 289 16 325.3 326.1 294.0 338.7 4.05 12 450 6720 -10.6 -17.5 57 6.9 -13.0 286 28 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.3 2.14 13 400 7614 -16.9 -21.7 66 4.8 -18.3 278 37 333.1 333.4 294.1 339.1 1.69 14 350 8603 -23.8 -26.3 80 2.5 -24.4 273 37 336.7 336.9 294.6 341.3 1.28 15 300 9709 -32.4 -38.1 57 5.7 -33.1 280 45 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.6 0.48 16 250 10968 -42.2 -48.9 48 6.7 -42.7 283 52 343.3 343.3 295.3 344.0 0.18 17 200 12439 -53.8 -57.6 62 3.9 -53.9 277 65 347.6 347.6 296.2 347.9 0.08 18 150 14246 -61.7 -85.4 3 23.6 -61.9 280 62 363.7 363.7 299.4 363.7 0.00 19 100 16713 -68.0 -85.3 7 17.4 -68.1 294 12 396.4 396.4 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5812.03 m Freezing level: 575.07 mb = 4800.23 m = 15748.61 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.54 mb = 4512.32 m = 14804.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.83 % Est. max temperature: 23.28 C = 73.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.94 mb = 2837.22 m = 9308.36 ft T: 12.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.91 C/km ThetaE index: 14.57 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 709.38 mb = 3077.19 m = 10095.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.34 C = 70.40 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -2.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 737.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.28 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 714.26 mb = 3019.59 m = 9906.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 699.26 mb = 3197.70 m = 10491.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 199.26 mb = 12462.42 m = 40886.70 ft B at Equ Level: 728.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 139.26 mb = 14698.10 m = 48221.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.8 at 17.8 knts Storm direction: 304.8 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 68.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 12.08 Bulk Shear: 61.04 m/s