MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 106 1 950 557 2 900 1037 3 850 1539 SFC 808 1975 21.5 13.9 62 7.6 16.3 139 4 313.2 315.6 297.0 351.6 12.45 5 800 2064 18.8 13.2 70 5.6 15.0 142 4 311.2 313.5 296.1 347.9 11.98 6 750 2614 13.8 10.8 82 3.0 11.9 140 3 311.5 313.6 295.5 345.1 10.91 7 700 3193 9.9 6.5 79 3.4 7.8 287 3 313.5 315.1 294.4 340.4 8.69 8 650 3805 5.5 2.2 79 3.4 3.7 267 5 315.2 316.6 293.6 336.9 6.90 9 600 4455 1.3 -2.4 76 3.8 -0.6 266 9 317.7 318.7 293.0 334.8 5.34 10 550 5149 -3.1 -6.7 76 3.5 -4.8 270 9 320.4 321.2 292.8 334.1 4.22 11 500 5899 -6.5 -14.9 51 8.5 -9.7 275 15 325.2 325.6 292.6 333.3 2.40 12 450 6715 -11.1 -46.2 4 35.1 -16.8 278 28 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.14 13 400 7609 -16.2 -26.3 42 10.1 -18.9 263 36 333.9 334.1 293.8 337.9 1.12 14 350 8600 -23.5 -28.0 67 4.5 -24.5 272 42 337.1 337.3 294.6 341.1 1.09 15 300 9707 -32.2 -43.0 33 10.8 -33.4 287 43 340.0 340.0 294.6 341.1 0.28 16 250 10964 -43.4 -54.5 28 11.1 -44.0 292 52 341.5 341.6 294.8 341.9 0.09 17 200 12430 -52.0 -73.0 6 21.0 -52.4 272 61 350.4 350.4 296.7 350.4 0.01 18 150 14245 -62.7 -71.3 30 8.6 -62.8 275 67 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.2 0.02 19 100 16698 -68.0 -85.2 7 17.2 -68.1 273 14 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.04 m Freezing level: 585.00 mb = 4663.08 m = 15298.64 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.30 mb = 4356.34 m = 14292.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.70 % Est. max temperature: 23.19 C = 73.73 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 721.97 mb = 2933.63 m = 9624.65 ft T: 11.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 21.77 C Layer 800.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.78 mb = 3230.77 m = 10599.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.89 C = 71.41 F Cap Strength: 0.98 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.63 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 435.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.43 mb = 3033.34 m = 9951.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.43 mb = 3573.67 m = 11724.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.43 mb = 11556.54 m = 37914.68 ft B at Equ Level: 429.21 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.43 mb = 13900.10 m = 45603.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.5 at 14.8 knts Storm direction: 299.5 at 11.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.4 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 18.4 neg: -4.8 tot: 13.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 4.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.6 stream: 1.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 11.20 Bulk Shear: 38.94 m/s