MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508271800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 38.88,-105.05 Latitude: 38.88 Longitude: -105.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 509 2 900 992 3 850 1496 4 800 2025 5 750 2580 SFC 741 2678 16.7 9.5 63 7.2 12.0 57 6 315.7 317.7 296.1 347.4 10.13 7 700 3165 12.4 6.8 69 5.5 8.9 59 8 316.2 317.9 295.3 344.1 8.92 8 650 3781 7.1 5.0 87 2.1 5.8 140 1 316.9 318.6 295.1 343.6 8.45 9 600 4434 2.2 1.8 97 0.5 2.0 246 11 318.7 320.1 294.7 341.8 7.26 10 550 5132 -2.5 -3.1 96 0.5 -2.8 258 28 321.1 322.2 294.1 339.1 5.56 11 500 5882 -7.7 -9.5 87 1.7 -8.5 270 40 323.6 324.3 293.3 336.0 3.73 12 450 6693 -12.9 -21.7 48 8.8 -15.5 269 40 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.3 1.50 13 400 7582 -18.1 -43.1 9 25.0 -21.9 266 34 331.5 331.6 292.3 332.3 0.21 14 350 8563 -25.5 -51.9 7 26.4 -28.1 271 46 334.3 334.4 293.0 334.7 0.09 15 300 9667 -31.5 -58.5 5 27.0 -33.4 275 47 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 16 250 10933 -40.3 -66.5 4 26.1 -41.3 274 52 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.02 17 200 12422 -49.9 -72.6 5 22.7 -50.3 273 47 353.8 353.8 297.4 353.9 0.01 18 150 14251 -61.4 -76.1 13 14.7 -61.5 254 27 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.4 0.01 19 100 16696 -70.6 -86.0 9 15.4 -70.7 286 12 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.72 m Freezing level: 576.66 mb = 4760.18 m = 15617.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.42 mb = 4714.31 m = 15466.72 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.40 % Est. max temperature: 19.77 C = 67.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 666.08 mb = 3577.93 m = 11738.47 ft T: 8.80 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.40 C/km ThetaE index: 15.07 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 633.40 mb = 3992.33 m = 13098.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.33 C = 65.00 F Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lifted Index: -2.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 454.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.71 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 643.34 mb = 3865.18 m = 12680.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.34 mb = 4188.69 m = 13742.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 288.34 mb = 9942.03 m = 32617.81 ft B at Equ Level: 451.67 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.34 mb = 12804.18 m = 42007.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.1 at 27.0 knts Storm direction: 297.1 at 20.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 134.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 227.0 neg: -4.4 tot: 222.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 74.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.38 Bulk Rich Number: 3.10 Bulk Shear: 146.77 m/s