MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 107 1 950 557 2 900 1036 3 850 1536 SFC 808 1975 18.4 16.1 86 2.3 16.8 90 5 309.9 312.6 297.4 353.8 14.41 5 800 2061 18.4 14.8 79 3.7 15.9 109 8 310.8 313.3 297.0 351.6 13.34 6 750 2612 14.7 11.2 80 3.5 12.4 161 11 312.6 314.7 296.0 347.2 11.25 7 700 3192 9.5 9.1 98 0.4 9.3 176 11 313.0 315.0 295.6 345.3 10.46 8 650 3803 5.8 4.6 92 1.1 5.1 228 14 315.5 317.1 294.6 341.3 8.22 9 600 4456 2.5 -0.3 82 2.8 1.0 263 20 319.0 320.2 294.1 339.0 6.25 10 550 5155 -1.2 -6.2 69 5.0 -3.6 281 22 322.6 323.5 293.6 337.0 4.38 11 500 5908 -5.7 -20.2 31 14.6 -10.5 283 22 326.1 326.4 292.1 331.4 1.53 12 450 6725 -11.6 -13.8 83 2.3 -12.5 288 33 328.7 329.3 294.0 338.7 2.92 13 400 7618 -16.6 -22.0 63 5.4 -18.2 273 43 333.5 333.8 294.1 339.3 1.65 14 350 8609 -23.0 -36.8 27 13.8 -25.4 270 40 337.8 337.9 294.2 339.6 0.47 15 300 9719 -31.9 -43.6 31 11.6 -33.3 271 40 340.4 340.4 294.7 341.4 0.27 16 250 10977 -42.3 -50.4 41 8.2 -42.8 290 52 343.2 343.3 295.3 343.8 0.15 17 200 12444 -54.1 -64.0 29 9.9 -54.3 281 54 347.1 347.1 296.0 347.3 0.04 18 150 14253 -62.1 -77.1 12 15.0 -62.2 273 57 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16709 -69.2 -82.9 12 13.6 -69.3 283 17 393.9 393.9 304.3 394.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5801.67 m Freezing level: 566.51 mb = 4923.69 m = 16153.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 589.53 mb = 4596.97 m = 15081.75 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.86 % Est. max temperature: 23.28 C = 73.91 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.83 mb = 2267.78 m = 7440.14 ft T: 17.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.59 C/km ThetaE index: 22.38 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.70 mb = 2993.48 m = 9821.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.20 C = 70.16 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.66 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 772.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.32 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 724.90 mb = 2897.91 m = 9507.46 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 709.90 mb = 3073.56 m = 10083.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.90 mb = 12770.16 m = 41896.35 ft B at Equ Level: 753.34 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 129.90 mb = 15124.70 m = 49621.10 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.1 at 22.6 knts Storm direction: 299.1 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 116.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 190.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 190.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.73 Bulk Rich Number: 6.63 Bulk Shear: 116.41 m/s