MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 15Z THU 28 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 127 1 950 564 2 900 1042 3 850 1540 SFC 808 1975 18.9 13.6 71 5.3 15.3 86 3 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.7 12.20 5 800 2063 17.5 12.5 73 5.0 14.2 91 3 309.8 311.9 295.4 344.7 11.47 6 750 2612 13.9 9.2 73 4.7 10.9 25 2 311.7 313.5 294.8 341.9 9.81 7 700 3191 10.3 6.4 77 3.9 7.9 334 5 313.9 315.6 294.6 340.9 8.66 8 650 3803 5.8 2.8 81 2.9 4.1 320 5 315.5 316.9 293.9 338.2 7.24 9 600 4453 1.1 -1.4 83 2.5 -0.2 286 8 317.4 318.5 293.3 335.9 5.78 10 550 5147 -3.8 -6.1 85 2.2 -4.9 284 11 319.5 320.4 292.7 333.9 4.43 11 500 5895 -6.8 -28.7 16 21.9 -12.5 281 15 324.8 324.9 291.0 327.4 0.71 12 450 6710 -11.1 -49.6 3 38.6 -16.9 273 24 329.3 329.4 291.6 329.7 0.09 13 400 7604 -16.1 -40.0 11 23.8 -20.3 269 34 334.0 334.1 293.1 335.2 0.29 14 350 8594 -23.9 -31.6 49 7.7 -25.5 278 39 336.5 336.7 294.2 339.4 0.78 15 300 9699 -33.0 -38.5 58 5.5 -33.7 283 46 338.8 338.9 294.4 340.6 0.46 16 250 10953 -42.9 -52.3 35 9.4 -43.4 294 55 342.4 342.4 295.0 342.9 0.12 17 200 12428 -51.3 -66.9 14 15.5 -51.7 270 62 351.5 351.5 297.0 351.6 0.02 18 150 14249 -62.4 -77.5 12 15.1 -62.6 279 55 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16697 -69.0 -84.7 9 15.7 -69.1 270 17 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5767.36 m Freezing level: 588.67 mb = 4610.37 m = 15125.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.18 mb = 4423.56 m = 14512.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.24 % Est. max temperature: 23.44 C = 74.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.92 mb = 2646.10 m = 8681.33 ft T: 13.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.32 C/km ThetaE index: 20.31 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.46 mb = 3473.32 m = 11395.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.91 C = 73.23 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -1.11 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.81 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 179.80 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 18.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 44.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 706.42 mb = 3113.97 m = 10216.30 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.42 mb = 3911.11 m = 12831.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 411.42 mb = 7390.45 m = 24246.57 ft B at Equ Level: 149.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 201.42 mb = 12381.14 m = 40620.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.2 at 14.0 knts Storm direction: 309.2 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.3 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 9.7 neg: -5.7 tot: 4.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.36 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.8 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 4.94 Bulk Shear: 36.40 m/s