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: 39.86,-104.62 Latitude: 39.86 Longitude: -104.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 508 2 900 992 3 850 1499 SFC 839 1609 27.1 13.7 44 13.4 17.9 42 7 315.7 317.9 297.2 352.5 11.80 5 800 2029 21.0 12.2 57 8.7 15.1 41 7 313.5 315.6 296.3 348.4 11.27 6 750 2583 15.5 11.0 75 4.4 12.6 38 7 313.4 315.5 296.1 347.7 11.10 7 700 3163 10.3 7.6 83 2.7 8.6 343 5 313.9 315.7 295.1 343.1 9.41 8 650 3777 6.4 1.2 69 5.2 3.5 289 11 316.2 317.4 293.4 336.5 6.43 9 600 4428 1.9 -2.2 74 4.1 -0.2 285 18 318.4 319.4 293.3 335.8 5.45 10 550 5125 -2.5 -5.1 82 2.6 -3.8 277 20 321.1 322.1 293.5 336.6 4.76 11 500 5875 -7.2 -8.3 92 1.1 -7.7 268 19 324.3 325.1 293.8 337.8 4.09 12 450 6690 -11.7 -12.3 95 0.6 -11.9 257 21 328.6 329.2 294.3 339.8 3.31 13 400 7584 -17.1 -24.2 54 7.1 -19.0 261 30 332.8 333.1 293.7 337.6 1.35 14 350 8570 -24.5 -35.4 36 10.9 -26.4 284 31 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.7 0.54 15 300 9671 -33.0 -50.0 17 17.0 -34.4 278 38 338.9 338.9 294.2 339.4 0.13 16 250 10932 -41.1 -68.1 4 26.9 -42.1 282 46 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.02 17 200 12414 -50.8 -74.1 5 23.3 -51.2 272 55 352.3 352.3 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14234 -62.7 -83.9 4 21.1 -62.9 281 44 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16695 -67.0 -85.8 5 18.7 -67.1 303 11 398.2 398.2 305.0 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.28 m Freezing level: 578.06 mb = 4734.05 m = 15531.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.91 mb = 4388.99 m = 14399.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.63 % Est. max temperature: 25.84 C = 78.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 689.55 mb = 3287.89 m = 10786.92 ft T: 9.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.43 C/km ThetaE index: 16.63 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.80 mb = 3165.79 m = 10386.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.39 C = 77.71 F Cap Strength: -0.01 C Lifted Index: -3.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.00 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 939.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.35 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.85 mb = 3165.27 m = 10384.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.85 mb = 3224.59 m = 10579.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.85 mb = 11636.14 m = 38175.86 ft B at Equ Level: 933.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.85 mb = 15348.22 m = 50354.44 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.5 at 15.6 knts Storm direction: 306.5 at 11.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 153.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 12.5 neg: -2.3 tot: 10.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 3.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.41 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 1.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 17.20 Bulk Shear: 54.64 m/s