MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 87 1 950 542 2 900 1025 3 850 1530 SFC 808 1976 22.8 14.2 58 8.6 16.8 129 6 314.6 317.0 297.5 353.9 12.67 5 800 2058 20.4 13.4 64 7.0 15.7 128 6 312.9 315.2 296.7 350.4 12.17 6 750 2611 15.1 11.8 80 3.4 12.9 130 7 313.0 315.2 296.4 349.0 11.66 7 700 3191 9.9 8.7 92 1.2 9.2 141 6 313.5 315.4 295.5 345.0 10.15 8 650 3804 5.9 2.9 81 2.9 4.2 239 6 315.6 317.0 294.0 338.6 7.30 9 600 4455 2.1 -2.8 70 4.9 -0.4 260 12 318.5 319.5 293.1 335.2 5.20 10 550 5152 -2.2 -7.9 65 5.7 -4.8 268 13 321.5 322.2 292.8 334.1 3.84 11 500 5903 -6.3 -19.5 34 13.3 -10.8 276 18 325.4 325.7 292.0 331.0 1.62 12 450 6719 -11.4 -23.3 37 12.0 -14.9 284 29 328.9 329.2 292.7 333.5 1.30 13 400 7613 -16.5 -27.3 39 10.8 -19.3 269 40 333.5 333.7 293.6 337.2 1.02 14 350 8602 -23.5 -34.7 35 11.2 -25.5 271 42 337.1 337.2 294.1 339.2 0.57 15 300 9709 -32.5 -44.6 29 12.1 -33.7 276 41 339.6 339.7 294.4 340.6 0.24 16 250 10965 -43.5 -52.1 38 8.6 -43.9 290 52 341.5 341.5 294.8 342.0 0.12 17 200 12428 -53.0 -70.0 11 17.0 -53.4 272 60 348.8 348.8 296.4 348.9 0.02 18 150 14241 -62.3 -72.6 24 10.3 -62.4 278 62 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16707 -67.1 -84.0 7 16.9 -67.2 274 15 398.1 398.1 304.9 398.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.24 m Freezing level: 575.55 mb = 4795.97 m = 15734.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 604.27 mb = 4397.52 m = 14427.40 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.47 % Est. max temperature: 23.44 C = 74.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.22 mb = 3057.68 m = 10031.63 ft T: 11.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.97 C/km ThetaE index: 22.87 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 707.81 mb = 3098.04 m = 10164.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.56 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.69 C = 71.03 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -2.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.34 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 955.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.65 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 710.91 mb = 3061.32 m = 10043.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 705.91 mb = 3120.68 m = 10238.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.91 mb = 12558.42 m = 41201.68 ft B at Equ Level: 941.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.91 mb = 15305.82 m = 50215.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.1 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 298.1 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.9 neg: -0.9 tot: 49.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.5 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 14.17 Bulk Shear: 67.42 m/s