MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 128 1 950 574 2 900 1049 3 850 1546 SFC 809 1975 16.8 15.9 94 0.9 16.2 121 7 308.1 310.8 296.8 351.0 14.17 5 800 2067 15.9 15.3 96 0.6 15.5 127 12 308.1 310.6 296.6 349.8 13.80 6 750 2614 12.8 12.6 98 0.3 12.7 153 17 310.5 312.8 296.2 348.1 12.29 7 700 3192 9.3 8.6 95 0.7 8.9 196 11 312.8 314.7 295.3 343.9 10.07 8 650 3803 5.4 4.6 94 0.8 4.9 238 15 315.1 316.7 294.6 340.9 8.23 9 600 4456 2.8 -0.4 79 3.2 1.0 269 17 319.4 320.6 294.1 339.2 6.20 10 550 5155 -1.6 -4.7 79 3.1 -3.1 278 18 322.2 323.1 293.9 338.2 4.89 11 500 5908 -5.7 -10.0 72 4.2 -7.6 277 21 326.0 326.8 293.9 338.1 3.59 12 450 6725 -11.2 -15.0 74 3.8 -12.6 292 30 329.1 329.7 293.9 338.3 2.65 13 400 7619 -16.6 -22.5 61 5.9 -18.3 277 37 333.4 333.7 294.1 339.0 1.58 14 350 8609 -23.3 -32.2 44 8.9 -25.1 270 39 337.3 337.5 294.3 340.1 0.73 15 300 9718 -32.0 -41.5 38 9.5 -33.1 272 43 340.3 340.4 294.7 341.6 0.33 16 250 10977 -42.5 -46.8 63 4.3 -42.8 288 49 342.9 342.9 295.2 343.8 0.23 17 200 12443 -54.6 -62.7 37 8.0 -54.8 288 48 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.4 0.04 18 150 14245 -63.7 -83.3 5 19.5 -63.8 270 68 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16696 -68.2 -83.9 9 15.7 -68.3 294 20 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.81 m Freezing level: 568.23 mb = 4900.00 m = 16075.91 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.53 mb = 4624.44 m = 15171.87 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.53 % Est. max temperature: 23.01 C = 73.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.49 mb = 2093.45 m = 6868.18 ft T: 15.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.53 C/km ThetaE index: 12.89 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 747.07 mb = 2646.57 m = 8682.88 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.18 C = 66.53 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.47 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.76 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 770.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.27 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.59 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.71 mb = 2583.21 m = 8474.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 737.71 mb = 2752.14 m = 9029.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.71 mb = 12839.84 m = 42124.95 ft B at Equ Level: 754.86 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 127.71 mb = 15217.21 m = 49924.63 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 267.3 at 21.5 knts Storm direction: 297.3 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 178.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 178.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.79 Bulk Rich Number: 5.87 Bulk Shear: 131.24 m/s