MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F039.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 107 1 950 556 2 900 1036 3 850 1537 SFC 808 1976 18.7 15.3 81 3.4 16.4 153 3 310.2 312.8 297.1 352.0 13.70 5 800 2062 18.8 14.0 74 4.8 15.5 156 7 311.2 313.6 296.6 350.0 12.66 6 750 2613 13.8 12.2 90 1.6 12.8 161 9 311.6 313.9 296.3 348.5 12.03 7 700 3192 9.7 8.8 94 0.9 9.2 191 8 313.2 315.2 295.5 344.9 10.23 8 650 3804 6.1 4.4 89 1.7 5.1 253 12 315.9 317.4 294.6 341.4 8.11 9 600 4457 2.4 -0.6 80 3.0 0.8 274 19 318.9 320.1 294.0 338.6 6.13 10 550 5156 -1.7 -6.7 69 5.0 -4.1 283 21 322.0 322.8 293.3 335.8 4.21 11 500 5907 -6.8 -12.1 66 5.3 -8.9 280 17 324.8 325.4 293.0 335.0 3.02 12 450 6722 -11.6 -25.9 29 14.3 -15.5 286 25 328.7 328.9 292.3 332.4 1.03 13 400 7615 -17.1 -19.9 79 2.8 -18.0 282 33 332.8 333.2 294.3 339.7 1.97 14 350 8604 -23.2 -31.3 48 8.1 -24.9 278 39 337.4 337.6 294.4 340.4 0.80 15 300 9714 -31.9 -44.5 28 12.6 -33.3 284 43 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.3 0.24 16 250 10970 -42.7 -46.6 66 3.9 -43.0 283 54 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.5 0.23 17 200 12437 -54.0 -58.5 58 4.4 -54.2 278 61 347.2 347.2 296.1 347.5 0.07 18 150 14250 -61.2 -81.4 5 20.2 -61.3 282 58 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.00 19 100 16717 -68.7 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.8 289 15 394.9 394.9 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5800.63 m Freezing level: 570.89 mb = 4863.75 m = 15956.99 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.97 mb = 4565.34 m = 14977.98 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.01 % Est. max temperature: 23.63 C = 74.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.95 mb = 2400.30 m = 7874.89 ft T: 15.76 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 19.60 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 721.97 mb = 2932.54 m = 9621.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.88 C = 69.58 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 870.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.85 mb = 2841.50 m = 9322.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 704.85 mb = 3133.77 m = 10281.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 194.85 mb = 12601.68 m = 41343.61 ft B at Equ Level: 863.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 134.85 mb = 14897.44 m = 48875.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.2 at 18.7 knts Storm direction: 303.2 at 14.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 103.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 103.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.8 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.43 Bulk Rich Number: 13.00 Bulk Shear: 66.99 m/s