MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 29 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 85 1 950 538 2 900 1021 3 850 1525 SFC 807 1976 21.0 14.5 66 6.5 16.5 139 6 312.8 315.2 297.3 352.8 12.98 5 800 2054 20.4 13.4 64 6.9 15.7 140 7 312.8 315.2 296.7 350.4 12.18 6 750 2607 15.3 11.8 80 3.4 13.0 146 9 313.2 315.4 296.5 349.3 11.72 7 700 3188 10.1 9.8 98 0.3 9.9 157 10 313.7 315.8 296.1 347.6 10.94 8 650 3801 5.8 4.9 94 0.9 5.2 196 12 315.5 317.1 294.7 341.7 8.38 9 600 4452 2.3 -1.0 79 3.2 0.5 254 16 318.7 319.9 293.8 337.8 5.95 10 550 5151 -1.7 -5.6 75 3.9 -3.6 274 18 322.1 323.0 293.6 337.1 4.60 11 500 5904 -5.7 -8.6 80 3.0 -7.0 288 19 326.1 326.9 294.2 339.5 3.99 12 450 6722 -11.0 -15.5 70 4.5 -12.6 288 31 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.2 2.55 13 400 7616 -17.3 -19.4 83 2.2 -18.0 273 38 332.5 333.0 294.3 339.8 2.05 14 350 8604 -23.6 -31.7 47 8.1 -25.2 272 43 336.9 337.1 294.3 339.8 0.77 15 300 9711 -32.4 -40.8 43 8.4 -33.4 284 45 339.7 339.8 294.6 341.1 0.36 16 250 10968 -43.3 -51.1 42 7.8 -43.7 289 48 341.8 341.8 294.9 342.3 0.14 17 200 12434 -52.5 -73.5 6 20.9 -52.9 279 55 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.01 18 150 14251 -61.3 -79.4 7 18.1 -61.4 281 52 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16716 -68.9 -82.6 12 13.7 -68.9 278 20 394.7 394.7 304.5 394.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5819.02 m Freezing level: 571.31 mb = 4852.87 m = 15921.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.33 mb = 4541.88 m = 14901.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.42 % Est. max temperature: 23.34 C = 74.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 733.13 mb = 2798.51 m = 9181.35 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 15.64 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 708.69 mb = 3083.86 m = 10117.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.80 C = 71.25 F Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lifted Index: -2.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1017.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 45.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.35 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.00 mb = 3032.87 m = 9950.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 698.00 mb = 3211.39 m = 10535.92 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.00 mb = 12497.51 m = 41001.83 ft B at Equ Level: 1005.84 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 128.00 mb = 15215.19 m = 49918.01 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.8 at 20.0 knts Storm direction: 296.8 at 15.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 127.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 127.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 42.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 4.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 12.29 Bulk Shear: 82.82 m/s