MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 36.2,-103.67 Latitude: 36.20 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 520 2 900 1004 3 850 1511 SFC 837 1645 21.6 15.8 69 5.9 17.5 192 5 310.2 312.7 297.0 351.6 13.58 5 800 2043 23.0 12.0 50 11.0 15.6 221 20 315.6 317.7 296.7 350.2 11.08 6 750 2601 18.0 9.6 58 8.4 12.6 236 19 316.1 318.1 296.1 347.7 10.08 7 700 3186 12.3 8.6 78 3.7 9.9 238 20 316.1 318.1 296.1 347.7 10.08 8 650 3802 6.9 6.0 94 1.0 6.3 256 20 316.8 318.5 295.6 345.2 9.04 9 600 4457 3.3 0.6 83 2.7 1.8 298 14 319.9 321.2 294.6 341.3 6.68 10 550 5158 -0.6 -4.3 77 3.6 -2.5 304 14 323.3 324.3 294.3 340.0 5.08 11 500 5914 -4.9 -7.5 82 2.6 -6.1 302 15 327.1 328.0 294.7 341.7 4.36 12 450 6736 -9.8 -15.4 64 5.6 -11.9 294 15 330.9 331.4 294.3 339.8 2.56 13 400 7635 -15.0 -47.4 4 32.5 -19.9 293 24 335.5 335.5 293.3 336.0 0.13 14 350 8629 -22.4 -42.5 14 20.0 -25.4 286 30 338.5 338.5 294.2 339.5 0.26 15 300 9741 -30.6 -51.7 11 21.0 -32.6 297 38 342.2 342.2 295.0 342.6 0.11 16 250 11012 -39.9 -62.5 7 22.5 -40.9 286 37 346.7 346.7 296.0 346.9 0.03 17 200 12494 -51.8 -68.3 12 16.5 -52.1 293 34 350.8 350.8 296.8 350.9 0.02 18 150 14302 -64.5 -78.0 14 13.4 -64.6 305 36 358.9 358.9 298.5 358.9 0.01 19 100 16730 -69.0 -84.7 9 15.6 -69.1 286 10 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.23 m Freezing level: 558.27 mb = 5042.31 m = 16542.81 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.22 mb = 4741.14 m = 15554.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.22 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 767.85 mb = 2397.41 m = 7865.43 ft T: 19.81 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 3.88 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 673.24 mb = 3510.31 m = 11516.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.65 C = 81.77 F Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.02 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.17 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 491.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.34 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 53.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 688.61 mb = 3322.71 m = 10901.15 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.61 mb = 3756.44 m = 12324.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 223.61 mb = 11753.22 m = 38559.96 ft B at Equ Level: 487.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.61 mb = 14995.23 m = 49196.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.9 at 17.0 knts Storm direction: 302.9 at 12.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 129.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 129.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 43.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 5.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 17.24 Bulk Shear: 28.49 m/s