MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 6Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 39.18,-104.36 Latitude: 39.18 Longitude: -104.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 120 1 950 562 2 900 1037 3 850 1534 SFC 806 1993 16.4 15.5 95 0.8 15.8 16 3 308.0 310.6 296.7 350.1 13.92 5 800 2054 15.8 15.3 97 0.5 15.4 42 4 308.0 310.5 296.5 349.6 13.76 6 750 2600 12.7 11.3 91 1.4 11.7 22 6 310.3 312.5 295.4 344.8 11.26 7 700 3178 10.3 8.0 86 2.2 8.9 296 7 313.8 315.7 295.3 343.9 9.67 8 650 3792 6.8 3.3 78 3.5 4.7 292 15 316.6 318.1 294.4 340.2 7.46 9 600 4444 1.9 -0.5 84 2.4 0.6 300 18 318.3 319.5 293.8 338.0 6.16 10 550 5142 -1.8 -5.9 73 4.2 -3.8 303 21 322.0 322.8 293.4 336.6 4.46 11 500 5894 -6.5 -11.9 65 5.5 -8.7 290 20 325.1 325.7 293.2 335.4 3.06 12 450 6710 -11.4 -33.9 14 22.5 -16.3 263 21 328.9 329.0 291.9 330.7 0.48 13 400 7601 -17.3 -44.3 8 27.0 -21.4 261 19 332.5 332.6 292.6 333.3 0.19 14 350 8590 -22.8 -51.7 5 28.9 -26.0 277 32 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.09 15 300 9699 -32.3 -54.0 10 21.7 -34.0 278 37 339.8 339.8 294.4 340.2 0.08 16 250 10959 -41.1 -63.9 7 22.7 -42.1 286 57 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.03 17 200 12441 -50.6 -73.9 5 23.3 -51.1 278 64 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14261 -62.6 -81.0 7 18.3 -62.8 285 39 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.00 19 100 16712 -67.5 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 343 4 397.4 397.4 304.9 397.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.37 m Freezing level: 574.49 mb = 4800.15 m = 15748.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.11 mb = 4536.80 m = 14884.35 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.50 % Est. max temperature: 24.19 C = 75.54 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.96 mb = 2096.63 m = 6878.62 ft T: 15.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 19.34 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 718.36 mb = 2961.20 m = 9715.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.68 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.65 C = 69.16 F Cap Strength: 0.80 C Lifted Index: -2.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 434.08 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.39 mb = 2708.07 m = 8884.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 635.39 mb = 3977.41 m = 13049.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 255.39 mb = 10811.51 m = 35470.40 ft B at Equ Level: 433.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.39 mb = 13643.17 m = 44760.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.3 at 16.4 knts Storm direction: 316.3 at 12.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 2.2 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 160.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.7 neg: -12.0 tot: 16.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.0 stream: 2.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 9.89 Bulk Shear: 43.90 m/s