MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271200F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 40.22,-107.92 Latitude: 40.22 Longitude: -107.92 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 88 1 950 536 2 900 1018 3 850 1522 4 800 2050 SFC 791 2146 22.8 6.5 35 16.3 12.7 254 8 316.5 318.0 294.5 340.7 7.70 6 750 2604 16.1 5.4 49 10.7 9.7 257 8 314.1 315.5 293.7 337.6 7.52 7 700 3185 10.4 4.2 66 6.1 6.8 264 8 314.0 315.4 293.6 337.2 7.42 8 650 3796 4.5 2.6 88 1.8 3.4 274 8 314.0 315.4 293.4 336.3 7.14 9 600 4442 -0.6 -1.8 91 1.2 -1.2 325 7 315.5 316.5 292.6 333.2 5.61 10 550 5133 -4.3 -7.7 78 3.3 -5.8 336 5 318.9 319.7 292.2 331.7 3.91 11 500 5877 -9.0 -11.5 82 2.5 -10.0 244 7 322.1 322.7 292.4 332.7 3.19 12 450 6688 -12.9 -14.3 89 1.4 -13.4 231 17 327.0 327.6 293.4 336.6 2.81 13 400 7575 -19.5 -25.8 57 6.3 -21.1 253 30 329.6 329.9 292.7 333.8 1.17 14 350 8552 -26.5 -44.0 18 17.5 -28.6 252 39 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.9 0.22 15 300 9646 -33.7 -56.6 8 22.9 -35.2 253 46 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.06 16 250 10907 -40.6 -66.0 5 25.4 -41.6 257 58 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.02 17 200 12396 -49.4 -77.3 2 27.9 -50.0 261 59 354.5 354.5 297.6 354.5 0.01 18 150 14227 -60.1 -83.1 3 23.0 -60.3 266 38 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16695 -68.0 -85.4 7 17.4 -68.1 221 7 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5789.43 m Freezing level: 605.57 mb = 4370.08 m = 14337.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.08 mb = 4268.00 m = 14002.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.16 % Est. max temperature: 20.75 C = 69.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 621.26 mb = 4160.93 m = 13651.17 ft T: 1.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.18 C/km ThetaE index: 9.08 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 635.35 mb = 3979.83 m = 13057.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.52 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.91 C = 69.63 F Cap Strength: -0.06 C Lifted Index: -1.37 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 153.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 634.67 mb = 3988.51 m = 13085.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 629.67 mb = 4052.37 m = 13295.03 ft Equ Level (EL): 339.67 mb = 8764.65 m = 28755.06 ft B at Equ Level: 152.72 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 259.67 mb = 10644.38 m = 34922.08 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.6 at 12.8 knts Storm direction: 286.6 at 9.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: -3.3 tot: 0.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.20 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.0 stream: -0.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 49.72 Bulk Shear: 3.08 m/s