MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 15Z 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 118 1 950 561 2 900 1037 3 850 1535 SFC 808 1975 18.2 14.5 79 3.8 15.7 106 1 309.8 312.2 296.4 349.2 12.96 5 800 2056 16.5 14.0 85 2.5 14.8 74 1 308.7 311.1 296.0 347.1 12.64 6 750 2605 15.0 7.9 63 7.1 10.6 349 7 312.8 314.5 294.4 340.5 8.94 7 700 3187 11.7 4.0 59 7.7 7.1 341 9 315.4 316.8 293.9 338.3 7.28 8 650 3801 6.9 0.3 63 6.6 3.3 313 9 316.8 317.9 293.3 335.9 6.03 9 600 4453 1.9 -4.6 62 6.4 -1.3 288 15 318.3 319.2 292.5 333.0 4.55 10 550 5149 -2.7 -9.5 60 6.8 -5.7 278 23 320.8 321.5 292.3 332.0 3.38 11 500 5898 -7.6 -11.4 74 3.8 -9.1 272 26 323.8 324.4 292.9 334.5 3.21 12 450 6710 -12.7 -15.9 77 3.2 -13.8 283 31 327.3 327.8 293.3 335.7 2.46 13 400 7599 -18.6 -21.2 80 2.6 -19.4 283 37 330.8 331.2 293.6 337.0 1.76 14 350 8582 -24.6 -32.3 49 7.7 -26.1 270 44 335.6 335.8 293.9 338.3 0.73 15 300 9687 -32.2 -45.9 24 13.7 -33.6 271 45 340.1 340.1 294.6 340.9 0.21 16 250 10949 -40.8 -60.3 11 19.5 -41.8 276 54 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 17 200 12432 -50.9 -70.4 8 19.5 -51.2 279 54 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.3 0.01 18 150 14253 -63.1 -81.6 7 18.5 -63.3 288 50 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16701 -69.0 -84.3 9 15.3 -69.1 318 16 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.81 m Freezing level: 579.65 mb = 4736.49 m = 15539.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.89 mb = 4267.01 m = 13999.22 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.55 % Est. max temperature: 24.63 C = 76.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 763.95 mb = 2448.37 m = 8032.62 ft T: 15.40 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.09 C/km ThetaE index: 17.24 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 653.03 mb = 3762.82 m = 12345.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.76 C = 76.56 F Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lifted Index: -1.74 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.03 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 265.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 23.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 102.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 695.57 mb = 3239.17 m = 10627.06 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 600.57 mb = 4445.60 m = 14585.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 310.57 mb = 9438.46 m = 30965.70 ft B at Equ Level: 263.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 220.57 mb = 11781.19 m = 38651.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 285.7 at 20.4 knts Storm direction: 315.7 at 15.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.8 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.7 neg: -22.7 tot: 0.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 0.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.25 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.1 stream: 1.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 4.67 Bulk Shear: 56.89 m/s