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: 40.35,-108.1 Latitude: 40.35 Longitude: -108.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 86 1 950 533 2 900 1016 3 850 1521 SFC 802 2031 23.1 6.8 35 16.3 12.9 290 6 315.6 317.0 294.3 339.9 7.73 5 800 2050 22.0 6.7 37 15.3 12.5 293 6 314.6 316.0 294.0 338.7 7.71 6 750 2604 16.5 5.4 48 11.0 9.8 283 7 314.5 315.9 293.9 338.1 7.54 7 700 3186 10.8 4.4 65 6.4 7.1 275 7 314.4 315.9 293.9 338.0 7.54 8 650 3797 4.8 3.2 90 1.6 3.9 266 7 314.4 315.8 293.7 337.6 7.44 9 600 4445 0.2 -3.2 78 3.4 -1.5 261 16 316.4 317.3 292.4 332.5 5.05 10 550 5137 -4.0 -11.9 54 7.9 -7.2 259 17 319.3 319.9 291.3 328.5 2.79 11 500 5882 -8.3 -28.9 17 20.6 -13.5 251 20 322.9 323.0 290.4 325.4 0.70 12 450 6691 -13.3 -42.7 6 29.4 -18.1 258 24 326.5 326.5 290.9 327.3 0.20 13 400 7577 -18.8 -37.1 18 18.2 -22.0 261 44 330.5 330.6 292.3 332.0 0.40 14 350 8559 -24.5 -30.6 57 6.1 -25.8 249 50 335.7 335.9 294.0 338.9 0.86 15 300 9664 -32.7 -37.8 60 5.1 -33.4 253 54 339.3 339.4 294.6 341.2 0.49 16 250 10919 -43.3 -48.0 60 4.7 -43.6 272 52 341.7 341.7 294.9 342.5 0.20 17 200 12383 -52.1 -66.6 16 14.5 -52.4 261 55 350.3 350.3 296.7 350.4 0.02 18 150 14210 -59.3 -82.5 3 23.1 -59.6 269 59 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.9 0.00 19 100 16698 -67.4 -85.7 6 18.3 -67.5 233 11 397.6 397.6 304.9 397.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5795.95 m Freezing level: 597.56 mb = 4478.60 m = 14693.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.95 mb = 4258.95 m = 13972.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.94 % Est. max temperature: 21.96 C = 71.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 629.66 mb = 4054.52 m = 13302.08 ft T: 2.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 14.44 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 630.66 mb = 4041.69 m = 13259.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.67 C = 72.80 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -0.77 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.04 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 81.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 636.15 mb = 3971.66 m = 13030.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.15 mb = 4295.89 m = 14093.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 391.15 mb = 7741.57 m = 25398.55 ft B at Equ Level: 80.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 321.15 mb = 9175.81 m = 30103.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.1 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 290.1 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 2.1 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -0.4 tot: 23.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.3 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 3.08 Bulk Shear: 26.45 m/s