MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 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 83 1 950 542 2 900 1023 3 850 1526 SFC 807 1976 20.5 14.4 68 6.1 16.4 57 1 312.2 314.7 297.1 352.0 12.92 5 800 2052 19.6 13.1 66 6.4 15.3 47 2 312.0 314.3 296.4 348.8 11.97 6 750 2605 15.3 10.6 74 4.7 12.3 138 4 313.2 315.2 295.8 346.5 10.78 7 700 3186 10.2 8.8 91 1.4 9.3 150 5 313.7 315.7 295.6 345.4 10.20 8 650 3798 5.4 4.8 95 0.7 5.0 213 9 315.1 316.7 294.6 341.1 8.31 9 600 4449 1.9 -0.2 86 2.0 0.8 265 13 318.3 319.5 293.9 338.4 6.31 10 550 5147 -2.0 -4.6 83 2.5 -3.3 280 18 321.7 322.6 293.8 337.8 4.96 11 500 5898 -6.4 -8.8 83 2.5 -7.5 278 20 325.3 326.0 293.9 338.3 3.92 12 450 6716 -10.7 -17.4 57 6.8 -13.0 291 28 329.8 330.3 293.7 337.4 2.16 13 400 7612 -16.9 -22.4 62 5.5 -18.5 275 38 333.0 333.4 294.0 338.7 1.59 14 350 8600 -23.7 -32.5 44 8.8 -25.4 274 37 336.8 337.0 294.2 339.5 0.71 15 300 9707 -32.3 -41.3 41 8.9 -33.4 274 38 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.2 0.34 16 250 10965 -42.8 -50.9 41 8.1 -43.3 282 52 342.4 342.5 295.0 343.0 0.14 17 200 12431 -52.4 -69.5 11 17.1 -52.7 274 64 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.02 18 150 14251 -61.3 -82.7 4 21.4 -61.4 279 54 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16714 -68.6 -84.6 8 15.9 -68.7 278 13 395.1 395.1 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5815.32 m Freezing level: 576.11 mb = 4782.33 m = 15689.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.70 mb = 4574.27 m = 15007.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.01 % Est. max temperature: 23.03 C = 73.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.80 mb = 2742.83 m = 8998.68 ft T: 14.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 697.46 mb = 3215.56 m = 10549.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.99 C = 71.58 F Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lifted Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 656.60 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 36.24 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.90 mb = 3114.84 m = 10219.18 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 680.90 mb = 3414.10 m = 11200.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 220.90 mb = 11778.02 m = 38641.33 ft B at Equ Level: 653.85 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.90 mb = 14631.01 m = 48001.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.2 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 304.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.7 neg: -2.1 tot: 91.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 4.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.27 Bulk Rich Number: 12.21 Bulk Shear: 53.76 m/s