MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z 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 103 1 950 555 2 900 1034 3 850 1535 SFC 808 1975 17.8 15.1 84 2.8 16.0 8 2 309.3 311.8 296.7 350.2 13.45 5 800 2060 19.2 12.5 65 6.7 14.7 146 3 311.7 313.8 296.0 346.9 11.46 6 750 2612 15.1 9.8 71 5.3 11.7 167 8 312.9 314.9 295.4 344.4 10.18 7 700 3192 9.6 8.3 92 1.2 8.8 177 8 313.1 315.0 295.2 343.8 9.90 8 650 3804 6.0 4.0 87 2.0 4.8 242 15 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.4 7.87 9 600 4456 2.3 -0.9 80 3.2 0.6 275 17 318.8 319.9 293.8 338.0 6.00 10 550 5154 -2.0 -6.2 73 4.3 -4.0 277 22 321.7 322.6 293.3 336.0 4.37 11 500 5906 -5.9 -18.8 35 13.0 -10.4 281 21 325.9 326.2 292.2 331.8 1.73 12 450 6723 -10.8 -22.5 38 11.6 -14.4 286 30 329.6 329.9 292.9 334.6 1.40 13 400 7617 -16.5 -22.3 61 5.8 -18.2 273 34 333.6 333.9 294.1 339.3 1.60 14 350 8608 -23.4 -30.9 50 7.5 -25.0 268 33 337.1 337.3 294.4 340.2 0.83 15 300 9715 -32.3 -42.5 36 10.2 -33.5 274 37 339.8 339.9 294.6 341.0 0.30 16 250 10973 -43.2 -52.5 35 9.3 -43.7 283 43 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.3 0.12 17 200 12437 -53.4 -71.5 9 18.0 -53.7 286 65 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14250 -61.5 -80.7 6 19.1 -61.7 281 55 364.1 364.1 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16708 -68.9 -84.8 8 15.9 -69.0 283 14 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.45 m Freezing level: 573.06 mb = 4831.93 m = 15852.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.46 mb = 4543.80 m = 14907.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 74.55 % Est. max temperature: 23.47 C = 74.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 775.50 mb = 2326.33 m = 7632.23 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 18.34 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.12 mb = 3249.68 m = 10661.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.66 C = 70.98 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -1.17 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.37 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 350.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.60 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 703.60 mb = 3148.84 m = 10330.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.60 mb = 3570.81 m = 11715.13 ft Equ Level (EL): 228.60 mb = 11559.81 m = 37925.43 ft B at Equ Level: 349.12 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.60 mb = 13898.65 m = 45598.68 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 270.9 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 300.9 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 123.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.6 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 5.55 Bulk Shear: 63.15 m/s