MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 3Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: 38.92,-104.29 Latitude: 38.92 Longitude: -104.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 551 2 900 1029 3 850 1527 SFC 810 1940 17.8 15.8 88 1.9 16.4 51 8 309.0 311.6 297.0 351.8 14.12 5 800 2049 17.0 14.9 87 2.1 15.5 54 13 309.3 311.8 296.7 350.0 13.42 6 750 2598 13.8 10.2 79 3.6 11.5 66 13 311.6 313.6 295.3 343.9 10.51 7 700 3177 10.4 7.2 80 3.2 8.4 81 5 314.0 315.8 294.9 342.4 9.14 8 650 3791 6.4 4.7 89 1.6 5.4 223 5 316.2 317.8 294.8 342.2 8.30 9 600 4443 1.9 1.6 97 0.4 1.7 250 12 318.4 319.7 294.6 341.1 7.16 10 550 5141 -2.3 -2.6 98 0.3 -2.4 283 15 321.4 322.5 294.3 340.1 5.77 11 500 5893 -6.6 -7.2 95 0.7 -6.9 279 23 325.0 325.9 294.3 339.8 4.45 12 450 6709 -11.3 -24.9 31 13.7 -15.1 277 28 329.1 329.3 292.6 333.1 1.12 13 400 7600 -17.7 -40.8 11 23.1 -21.5 278 26 332.0 332.0 292.5 333.0 0.27 14 350 8585 -24.1 -43.9 14 19.8 -26.7 277 33 336.3 336.3 293.6 337.1 0.22 15 300 9693 -31.7 -55.2 8 23.6 -33.5 280 43 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.07 16 250 10956 -40.6 -63.8 7 23.2 -41.6 282 58 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.8 0.03 17 200 12443 -50.5 -72.5 6 22.1 -50.9 275 58 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14263 -62.9 -81.9 6 18.9 -63.1 284 40 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.7 0.00 19 100 16711 -68.6 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.7 327 14 395.3 395.3 304.6 395.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.43 m Freezing level: 576.93 mb = 4764.96 m = 15632.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 579.34 mb = 4724.07 m = 15498.74 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.92 % Est. max temperature: 24.13 C = 75.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.69 mb = 2181.34 m = 7156.53 ft T: 16.23 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 18.80 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.95 mb = 3201.61 m = 10503.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.61 C = 72.69 F Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.01 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 456.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 726.59 mb = 2864.25 m = 9397.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 651.59 mb = 3770.88 m = 12371.49 ft Equ Level (EL): 261.59 mb = 10641.69 m = 34913.26 ft B at Equ Level: 452.10 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 171.59 mb = 13412.29 m = 44003.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.5 at 16.8 knts Storm direction: 309.5 at 12.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.1 neg: -11.4 tot: 115.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 4.72 Bulk Shear: 96.76 m/s