MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 28 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 76 1 950 532 2 900 1015 3 850 1519 SFC 807 1976 22.4 13.1 56 9.2 16.1 118 4 314.3 316.5 296.8 351.1 11.86 5 800 2048 20.6 12.4 59 8.2 15.1 116 4 313.1 315.3 296.3 348.4 11.42 6 750 2601 15.6 10.1 70 5.5 12.0 121 4 313.5 315.5 295.7 345.7 10.40 7 700 3182 10.3 8.1 86 2.2 8.9 131 4 313.9 315.8 295.3 344.2 9.73 8 650 3795 5.8 3.4 85 2.4 4.4 229 5 315.5 317.0 294.1 339.3 7.56 9 600 4446 1.8 -1.2 81 2.9 0.2 250 11 318.1 319.3 293.6 336.9 5.87 10 550 5142 -2.5 -5.6 79 3.1 -4.0 261 15 321.1 322.0 293.3 336.1 4.60 11 500 5893 -6.5 -9.2 81 2.7 -7.7 268 17 325.2 325.9 293.8 337.9 3.81 12 450 6711 -10.7 -15.5 68 4.8 -12.5 284 26 329.8 330.3 294.0 338.5 2.54 13 400 7606 -16.3 -31.1 27 14.8 -19.6 268 38 333.9 334.0 293.4 336.5 0.72 14 350 8596 -23.9 -30.9 52 7.1 -25.3 268 40 336.6 336.8 294.3 339.7 0.83 15 300 9703 -32.0 -43.9 30 11.9 -33.3 280 41 340.2 340.3 294.6 341.2 0.26 16 250 10961 -42.7 -51.3 39 8.5 -43.2 283 46 342.5 342.6 295.1 343.1 0.14 17 200 12430 -52.7 -65.0 21 12.3 -52.9 276 62 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.5 0.03 18 150 14244 -61.9 -79.8 8 17.8 -62.1 276 56 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.00 19 100 16710 -67.7 -85.0 7 17.3 -67.8 287 12 396.8 396.8 304.8 396.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.83 m Freezing level: 579.37 mb = 4733.14 m = 15528.47 ft Wetbulb zero: 597.65 mb = 4477.12 m = 14688.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.61 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 703.76 mb = 3137.08 m = 10292.14 ft T: 10.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 14.97 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 685.06 mb = 3360.48 m = 11025.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.51 C = 72.51 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -2.15 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.38 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 514.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.52 mb = 3259.06 m = 10692.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.52 mb = 3562.49 m = 11687.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.52 mb = 11552.71 m = 37902.13 ft B at Equ Level: 513.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.52 mb = 14304.56 m = 46930.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.5 at 16.2 knts Storm direction: 296.5 at 12.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 50.9 neg: -0.7 tot: 50.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.10 Bulk Rich Number: 10.19 Bulk Shear: 50.44 m/s