MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 123 1 950 567 2 900 1042 3 850 1537 SFC 808 1975 15.8 14.9 94 0.9 15.2 304 2 307.1 309.6 296.0 347.2 13.29 5 800 2057 15.7 15.1 97 0.6 15.3 196 4 307.8 310.4 296.4 349.0 13.62 6 750 2604 13.2 11.8 91 1.5 12.3 197 10 311.0 313.2 295.9 346.7 11.65 7 700 3183 10.1 7.3 83 2.8 8.3 225 11 313.7 315.4 294.8 342.3 9.21 8 650 3797 7.4 2.1 69 5.3 4.4 256 12 317.3 318.6 294.1 339.1 6.88 9 600 4451 2.5 -2.1 72 4.6 0.1 275 11 319.0 320.0 293.4 336.6 5.48 10 550 5148 -3.0 -5.0 87 1.9 -4.0 265 16 320.5 321.4 293.3 336.1 4.82 11 500 5897 -6.6 -17.2 43 10.5 -10.4 272 18 324.9 325.3 292.2 331.8 1.99 12 450 6711 -12.2 -14.9 81 2.6 -13.2 293 28 327.8 328.4 293.6 337.0 2.68 13 400 7602 -17.5 -20.3 79 2.8 -18.4 278 39 332.2 332.6 294.0 338.9 1.90 14 350 8588 -24.2 -27.7 73 3.5 -25.0 273 40 336.1 336.4 294.4 340.2 1.12 15 300 9694 -32.3 -35.5 74 3.1 -32.8 270 46 339.8 339.9 294.8 342.2 0.62 16 250 10955 -41.6 -45.6 65 4.0 -42.0 278 49 344.1 344.2 295.6 345.2 0.26 17 200 12427 -52.9 -58.4 51 5.5 -53.1 278 60 349.0 349.0 296.5 349.3 0.07 18 150 14241 -62.3 -82.3 5 20.0 -62.4 286 57 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16692 -68.2 -84.8 8 16.6 -68.3 302 14 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.14 m Freezing level: 577.53 mb = 4763.97 m = 15629.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.03 mb = 4463.85 m = 14645.00 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.73 % Est. max temperature: 24.81 C = 76.66 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.03 mb = 2088.16 m = 6850.83 ft T: 15.52 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 17.22 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.14 mb = 2956.46 m = 9699.56 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.93 C = 69.68 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.47 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 623.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 35.30 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 28.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 740.99 mb = 2705.50 m = 8876.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 625.99 mb = 4104.46 m = 13465.93 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.99 mb = 11334.96 m = 37187.75 ft B at Equ Level: 621.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 145.99 mb = 14405.11 m = 47260.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 271.1 at 18.6 knts Storm direction: 301.1 at 13.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 2.1 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 68.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 66.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.2 stream: 3.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.24 Bulk Rich Number: 14.81 Bulk Shear: 42.06 m/s