MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z 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 119 1 950 558 2 900 1034 3 850 1530 SFC 807 1974 15.2 14.3 94 1.0 14.6 283 0 306.6 309.0 295.5 345.1 12.78 5 800 2050 16.2 13.9 86 2.3 14.7 263 1 308.5 310.8 295.9 346.6 12.59 6 750 2599 14.6 9.8 73 4.7 11.5 276 6 312.4 314.3 295.3 343.9 10.21 7 700 3180 11.9 4.6 61 7.2 7.6 277 10 315.6 317.1 294.2 339.6 7.64 8 650 3797 7.8 -0.5 56 8.3 3.3 286 13 317.8 318.9 293.3 336.0 5.69 9 600 4450 2.0 -2.8 71 4.7 -0.4 285 16 318.4 319.4 293.1 335.1 5.21 10 550 5146 -2.8 -11.6 51 8.8 -6.5 276 19 320.7 321.3 291.7 330.2 2.86 11 500 5894 -7.2 -14.5 56 7.3 -10.0 267 18 324.2 324.7 292.4 332.6 2.49 12 450 6708 -12.5 -17.0 69 4.5 -14.0 286 27 327.6 328.0 293.2 335.3 2.24 13 400 7598 -18.0 -20.3 82 2.3 -18.7 280 39 331.6 331.9 293.9 338.3 1.91 14 350 8582 -24.7 -28.6 70 3.9 -25.5 276 37 335.5 335.7 294.1 339.3 1.03 15 300 9687 -32.5 -39.1 51 6.7 -33.3 283 38 339.6 339.7 294.6 341.3 0.43 16 250 10947 -41.3 -46.8 55 5.5 -41.7 275 43 344.7 344.8 295.7 345.6 0.23 17 200 12424 -52.2 -63.8 23 11.6 -52.5 278 59 350.1 350.2 296.7 350.3 0.04 18 150 14245 -62.3 -81.5 6 19.2 -62.4 287 53 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.00 19 100 16692 -69.7 -84.9 9 15.2 -69.8 310 17 393.0 393.0 304.2 393.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.99 m Freezing level: 579.39 mb = 4736.85 m = 15540.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.99 mb = 4369.13 m = 14334.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.31 % Est. max temperature: 25.49 C = 77.89 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 795.57 mb = 2097.47 m = 6881.39 ft T: 16.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.40 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.32 mb = 3754.44 m = 12317.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.65 C = 78.17 F Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lifted Index: -2.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 392.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 28.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 108.45 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.02 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 708.62 mb = 3077.23 m = 10095.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.62 mb = 4401.01 m = 14438.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 273.62 mb = 10322.98 m = 33867.65 ft B at Equ Level: 388.96 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 173.62 mb = 13319.37 m = 43698.19 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 14.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 32.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 32.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.3 stream: 2.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.07 Bulk Rich Number: 11.36 Bulk Shear: 34.58 m/s