MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z 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 120 1 950 564 2 900 1042 3 850 1540 SFC 808 1975 16.9 14.4 85 2.5 15.3 141 4 308.3 310.7 296.0 347.4 12.91 5 800 2062 17.2 14.0 81 3.3 15.0 143 13 309.5 311.9 296.2 347.9 12.63 6 750 2611 13.7 11.1 84 2.6 12.0 170 12 311.4 313.5 295.7 345.6 11.14 7 700 3189 9.4 8.3 93 1.1 8.7 226 11 312.9 314.8 295.1 343.4 9.85 8 650 3801 6.2 3.7 84 2.4 4.7 257 15 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.2 7.72 9 600 4454 2.4 -1.3 77 3.7 0.4 278 17 318.9 320.0 293.7 337.5 5.80 10 550 5152 -2.4 -5.8 77 3.4 -4.0 275 21 321.3 322.1 293.3 336.0 4.51 11 500 5902 -6.2 -17.0 42 10.8 -10.1 274 21 325.5 325.9 292.4 332.4 2.02 12 450 6718 -11.5 -18.3 57 6.7 -13.8 287 29 328.7 329.1 293.3 335.7 2.02 13 400 7612 -16.5 -23.5 55 7.0 -18.5 272 37 333.6 333.9 294.0 338.8 1.44 14 350 8602 -23.3 -31.7 46 8.4 -25.1 268 38 337.3 337.4 294.4 340.2 0.77 15 300 9710 -32.3 -37.2 61 4.9 -33.0 268 40 339.8 339.9 294.8 341.8 0.52 16 250 10970 -41.9 -45.3 69 3.4 -42.1 277 51 343.8 343.9 295.5 344.9 0.27 17 200 12441 -54.1 -57.9 63 3.7 -54.2 295 60 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.4 0.08 18 150 14248 -62.0 -81.8 5 19.8 -62.1 279 61 363.3 363.3 299.3 363.3 0.00 19 100 16702 -68.2 -85.0 7 16.8 -68.2 286 16 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.03 m Freezing level: 575.04 mb = 4802.07 m = 15754.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.17 mb = 4518.56 m = 14824.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.43 % Est. max temperature: 23.62 C = 74.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 778.87 mb = 2289.74 m = 7512.16 ft T: 15.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.73 C/km ThetaE index: 15.48 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 715.04 mb = 3011.17 m = 9879.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.83 C = 69.49 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -1.73 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.69 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.06 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 438.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 729.20 mb = 2846.78 m = 9339.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 694.20 mb = 3258.07 m = 10689.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 234.20 mb = 11400.46 m = 37402.61 ft B at Equ Level: 438.15 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.20 mb = 14074.37 m = 46175.20 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.5 at 21.1 knts Storm direction: 298.5 at 15.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 105.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 125.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 125.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.61 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.5 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 4.06 Bulk Shear: 107.97 m/s