MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 550 2 900 1031 3 850 1534 SFC 808 1976 18.9 14.5 76 4.4 15.8 179 3 310.4 312.8 296.6 349.8 12.92 5 800 2060 19.6 12.4 63 7.2 14.8 176 8 312.1 314.2 296.0 347.0 11.37 6 750 2612 15.0 10.2 73 4.8 11.9 180 11 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.3 10.51 7 700 3192 9.5 8.4 92 1.2 8.8 189 11 313.0 314.9 295.2 343.7 9.92 8 650 3804 6.2 3.5 83 2.7 4.6 246 12 316.0 317.4 294.3 339.8 7.58 9 600 4456 2.2 -0.6 82 2.8 0.7 261 19 318.7 319.9 293.9 338.3 6.13 10 550 5154 -2.0 -5.1 80 3.1 -3.5 273 20 321.7 322.6 293.6 337.3 4.78 11 500 5906 -6.3 -9.4 78 3.1 -7.7 285 16 325.4 326.2 293.8 338.0 3.76 12 450 6723 -11.0 -13.2 84 2.2 -11.9 292 30 329.4 330.0 294.3 339.9 3.07 13 400 7618 -16.9 -20.2 75 3.3 -18.0 282 37 333.0 333.4 294.3 339.8 1.91 14 350 8608 -23.2 -30.0 54 6.8 -24.7 276 40 337.4 337.6 294.5 340.8 0.90 15 300 9716 -32.4 -37.1 63 4.7 -33.1 278 43 339.7 339.8 294.7 341.7 0.53 16 250 10971 -43.1 -46.6 68 3.6 -43.3 279 50 342.1 342.1 295.0 343.0 0.23 17 200 12438 -53.1 -58.8 50 5.7 -53.3 284 66 348.7 348.7 296.4 349.0 0.07 18 150 14253 -61.8 -81.4 6 19.6 -62.0 273 58 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.00 19 100 16710 -68.9 -84.3 9 15.4 -69.0 302 14 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.89 m Freezing level: 573.76 mb = 4822.31 m = 15821.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.43 mb = 4571.52 m = 14998.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.03 % Est. max temperature: 23.67 C = 74.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.67 mb = 2536.51 m = 8321.77 ft T: 15.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.82 C/km ThetaE index: 12.55 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 699.41 mb = 3198.71 m = 10494.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.39 C = 70.51 F Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lifted Index: -1.71 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.61 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.14 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 431.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.37 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.37 mb = 3139.49 m = 10300.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 679.37 mb = 3438.80 m = 11282.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 219.37 mb = 11830.12 m = 38812.25 ft B at Equ Level: 422.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 159.37 mb = 13870.43 m = 45506.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.4 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 300.4 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 101.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.20 Bulk Rich Number: 6.63 Bulk Shear: 65.08 m/s