MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 35.93,-104.06 Latitude: 35.93 Longitude: -104.06 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 518 2 900 1002 3 850 1509 SFC 832 1696 22.5 17.5 73 5.0 18.9 143 8 311.7 314.6 298.4 358.7 15.33 5 800 2039 21.5 16.5 73 5.0 17.9 159 21 314.1 316.9 298.7 360.2 14.89 6 750 2596 17.2 12.7 75 4.4 14.1 192 22 315.2 317.6 297.5 353.9 12.44 7 700 3182 13.2 8.5 73 4.7 10.2 222 18 317.1 319.1 296.3 348.6 10.01 8 650 3802 8.9 5.4 78 3.5 6.8 254 16 319.1 320.8 295.9 346.7 8.69 9 600 4459 3.3 1.7 89 1.6 2.4 276 19 319.9 321.4 295.1 343.1 7.24 10 550 5160 -1.2 -3.1 87 1.9 -2.2 302 25 322.7 323.8 294.5 340.7 5.54 11 500 5914 -5.8 -9.2 77 3.4 -7.3 303 31 326.0 326.8 294.0 338.8 3.83 12 450 6732 -10.7 -17.1 59 6.4 -13.0 295 35 329.8 330.2 293.7 337.5 2.22 13 400 7629 -15.6 -22.8 54 7.2 -17.7 286 32 334.7 335.0 294.4 340.2 1.53 14 350 8622 -22.7 -29.0 57 6.2 -24.1 270 34 338.1 338.3 294.7 341.8 1.00 15 300 9733 -31.2 -35.7 65 4.4 -31.9 265 37 341.3 341.5 295.2 343.7 0.61 16 250 11000 -40.7 -50.3 35 9.6 -41.3 273 38 345.6 345.6 295.8 346.2 0.15 17 200 12479 -52.4 -64.8 21 12.4 -52.7 278 34 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.03 18 150 14277 -65.5 -77.8 17 12.2 -65.6 279 30 357.2 357.2 298.1 357.2 0.01 19 100 16695 -72.1 -83.3 17 11.2 -72.2 290 7 388.4 388.4 303.6 388.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5843.44 m Freezing level: 563.17 mb = 4975.06 m = 16322.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 573.82 mb = 4818.24 m = 15807.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.64 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 773.15 mb = 2333.92 m = 7657.12 ft T: 19.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.96 C/km ThetaE index: 22.67 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 700.00 mb = 3181.98 m = 10439.44 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.74 C = 81.94 F Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lifted Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1923.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 728.24 mb = 2846.13 m = 9337.59 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 673.24 mb = 3507.95 m = 11508.87 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.24 mb = 14143.32 m = 46401.41 ft B at Equ Level: 1921.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 276.2 at 24.6 knts Storm direction: 306.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 256.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 256.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 85.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.62 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 6.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.78 Bulk Rich Number: 11.55 Bulk Shear: 166.47 m/s