MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508280600F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 131 1 950 574 2 900 1047 3 850 1542 SFC 808 1975 15.6 15.1 97 0.5 15.3 136 4 306.9 309.5 296.1 347.5 13.48 5 800 2060 14.9 14.8 100 0.1 14.8 148 7 307.0 309.5 296.0 347.1 13.33 6 750 2606 12.8 12.5 98 0.3 12.6 187 11 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.7 12.20 7 700 3184 9.9 7.7 86 2.2 8.6 233 9 313.5 315.3 295.0 342.9 9.48 8 650 3798 7.4 1.5 66 6.0 4.1 267 14 317.4 318.7 293.9 338.3 6.57 9 600 4453 3.2 -2.8 65 6.0 0.1 283 12 319.8 320.8 293.4 336.6 5.20 10 550 5151 -2.5 -3.7 91 1.2 -3.1 263 17 321.2 322.2 293.9 338.4 5.31 11 500 5902 -6.5 -9.4 80 2.9 -7.8 276 22 325.1 325.9 293.7 337.7 3.76 12 450 6718 -11.4 -14.1 81 2.6 -12.5 286 29 328.8 329.4 294.0 338.6 2.86 13 400 7610 -17.5 -20.4 78 2.8 -18.4 277 35 332.2 332.6 294.0 338.9 1.89 14 350 8599 -23.5 -29.4 58 5.9 -24.8 267 41 337.1 337.3 294.5 340.7 0.96 15 300 9708 -32.1 -38.6 53 6.5 -33.0 275 45 340.1 340.2 294.8 341.9 0.45 16 250 10966 -42.3 -46.9 61 4.6 -42.7 283 45 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.0 0.22 17 200 12434 -53.7 -58.8 53 5.1 -53.8 276 51 347.8 347.8 296.2 348.0 0.07 18 150 14240 -62.7 -81.7 6 19.0 -62.9 282 61 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16697 -67.8 -84.3 8 16.5 -67.9 322 18 396.7 396.7 304.8 396.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.01 m Freezing level: 571.83 mb = 4846.33 m = 15899.83 ft Wetbulb zero: 598.76 mb = 4469.18 m = 14662.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.34 % Est. max temperature: 24.86 C = 76.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.72 mb = 2041.83 m = 6698.82 ft T: 15.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 11.11 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 736.33 mb = 2760.32 m = 9056.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.70 C = 67.45 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -2.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.25 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 584.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 22.33 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 750.52 mb = 2600.39 m = 8531.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 615.52 mb = 4243.83 m = 13923.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 215.52 mb = 11942.34 m = 39180.43 ft B at Equ Level: 581.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.52 mb = 14424.05 m = 47322.43 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 19.4 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.0 neg: -1.7 tot: 86.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 28.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.0 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.31 Bulk Rich Number: 8.35 Bulk Shear: 69.92 m/s