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 the city database file for: KTAD ... Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 AUG 25 Station: KTAD Latitude: 37.27 Longitude: -104.33 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 84 1 950 539 2 900 1023 3 850 1530 SFC 826 1786 26.1 13.9 47 12.2 17.7 95 8 316.1 318.4 297.5 354.1 12.15 5 800 2060 21.2 12.7 58 8.5 15.5 95 8 313.8 316.0 296.6 349.8 11.63 6 750 2614 15.6 11.5 77 4.1 12.9 94 8 313.5 315.7 296.4 348.9 11.45 7 700 3196 11.2 5.4 67 5.8 7.7 58 3 314.9 316.4 294.3 340.1 8.05 8 650 3810 6.8 1.0 67 5.7 3.6 283 5 316.6 317.9 293.5 336.8 6.36 9 600 4462 2.0 -3.9 65 5.9 -1.0 255 9 318.4 319.3 292.7 333.8 4.77 10 550 5159 -2.1 -8.0 64 6.0 -4.8 276 15 321.7 322.4 292.9 334.2 3.80 11 500 5912 -5.2 -19.4 32 14.1 -10.1 286 19 326.6 327.0 292.3 332.4 1.65 12 450 6731 -10.0 -16.3 60 6.3 -12.3 278 31 330.6 331.1 294.0 338.9 2.38 13 400 7630 -15.3 -26.3 39 11.0 -18.3 277 32 335.0 335.3 294.1 339.1 1.12 14 350 8622 -23.3 -31.5 47 8.2 -25.0 276 32 337.3 337.5 294.4 340.2 0.78 15 300 9730 -32.1 -43.2 32 11.1 -33.3 285 37 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.3 0.28 16 250 10989 -42.4 -53.0 30 10.6 -42.9 289 41 343.1 343.1 295.2 343.6 0.11 17 200 12462 -52.3 -61.4 33 9.1 -52.6 283 55 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.05 18 150 14269 -64.3 -75.0 22 10.7 -64.4 278 58 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.3 0.01 19 100 16710 -69.2 -84.6 9 15.4 -69.3 275 14 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5828.18 m Freezing level: 575.59 mb = 4802.06 m = 15754.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.68 mb = 4318.26 m = 14167.33 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.54 % Est. max temperature: 25.74 C = 78.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 690.04 mb = 3314.32 m = 10873.63 ft T: 10.35 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.32 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 687.11 mb = 3349.59 m = 10989.34 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.36 C = 77.65 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.80 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 785.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 699.82 mb = 3197.59 m = 10490.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.82 mb = 3622.95 m = 11886.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 204.82 mb = 12304.48 m = 40368.55 ft B at Equ Level: 780.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 124.82 mb = 15375.29 m = 50443.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.8 at 15.8 knts Storm direction: 308.8 at 11.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.6 neg: 2.7 tot: 3.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -7.3 tot: 22.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.06 Bulk Rich Number: 10.74 Bulk Shear: 73.19 m/s