MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 21Z WED 27 AUG 25 Station: 38.38,-104.84 Latitude: 38.38 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 497 2 900 985 3 850 1494 SFC 839 1606 28.9 13.2 38 15.7 18.1 202 3 317.5 319.8 297.4 353.4 11.42 5 800 2027 22.8 11.6 49 11.2 15.3 212 3 315.5 317.6 296.4 349.1 10.78 6 750 2585 17.4 10.3 63 7.1 12.7 218 3 315.4 317.5 296.3 348.3 10.54 7 700 3169 12.5 5.6 62 7.0 8.3 244 5 316.4 317.9 294.8 342.1 8.16 8 650 3786 8.0 0.4 59 7.6 3.8 270 14 318.0 319.2 293.7 337.4 6.07 9 600 4441 3.1 -3.0 64 6.1 -0.0 274 17 319.7 320.7 293.4 336.2 5.11 10 550 5140 -1.5 -6.2 71 4.6 -3.8 275 19 322.3 323.1 293.5 336.6 4.38 11 500 5893 -6.4 -8.7 83 2.4 -7.4 272 21 325.3 326.1 293.9 338.4 3.95 12 450 6710 -11.2 -15.7 69 4.5 -12.8 264 23 329.2 329.7 293.8 337.8 2.50 13 400 7603 -17.1 -35.0 20 17.9 -20.7 271 30 332.7 332.8 292.9 334.5 0.49 14 350 8588 -24.8 -41.6 19 16.8 -27.1 268 35 335.3 335.4 293.4 336.4 0.28 15 300 9692 -31.6 -59.0 5 27.4 -33.5 271 38 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.0 0.04 16 250 10962 -39.8 -69.1 3 29.4 -40.9 272 47 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.01 17 200 12446 -51.5 -76.1 4 24.7 -51.8 274 47 351.3 351.3 296.9 351.3 0.01 18 150 14263 -63.4 -82.3 6 18.9 -63.6 284 38 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16702 -69.0 -85.5 7 16.5 -69.1 277 12 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5844.65 m Freezing level: 566.59 mb = 4908.33 m = 16103.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.51 mb = 4434.14 m = 14547.54 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.01 % Est. max temperature: 28.09 C = 82.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 667.50 mb = 3565.16 m = 11696.56 ft T: 9.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 17.21 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 657.03 mb = 3696.86 m = 12128.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.09 C = 84.36 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -3.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.45 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 800.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.02 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 26.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.59 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 674.24 mb = 3481.53 m = 11422.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 639.24 mb = 3922.96 m = 12870.44 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.24 mb = 11538.48 m = 37855.45 ft B at Equ Level: 797.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.24 mb = 15159.05 m = 49733.80 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 297.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 30.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 30.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 29.66 Bulk Shear: 26.99 m/s