MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z 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 94 1 950 540 2 900 1022 3 850 1526 SFC 807 1975 22.4 14.5 61 7.9 17.0 81 4 314.2 316.7 297.5 354.4 12.95 5 800 2053 19.7 13.9 69 5.8 15.8 73 4 312.2 314.6 296.8 350.9 12.58 6 750 2606 15.4 9.5 68 5.8 11.6 30 6 313.2 315.2 295.3 344.2 10.00 7 700 3187 11.2 4.2 62 7.0 7.1 351 8 314.9 316.3 293.9 338.1 7.39 8 650 3801 6.6 1.1 68 5.5 3.5 300 10 316.4 317.7 293.5 336.7 6.38 9 600 4452 1.8 -3.7 67 5.5 -1.0 284 18 318.2 319.1 292.7 333.8 4.86 10 550 5149 -2.5 -4.7 85 2.2 -3.6 281 30 321.1 322.1 293.6 337.0 4.90 11 500 5899 -7.1 -9.9 80 2.8 -8.3 280 32 324.4 325.1 293.4 336.4 3.61 12 450 6712 -12.6 -15.2 81 2.6 -13.6 280 30 327.3 327.9 293.4 336.2 2.61 13 400 7600 -18.8 -22.5 72 3.7 -19.8 275 34 330.6 330.9 293.4 336.2 1.57 14 350 8582 -24.8 -48.4 9 23.7 -27.5 271 46 335.4 335.4 293.3 335.9 0.13 15 300 9685 -32.1 -58.8 5 26.7 -33.9 268 50 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.05 16 250 10950 -40.5 -56.8 16 16.2 -41.4 272 56 345.8 345.8 295.7 346.1 0.07 17 200 12435 -50.4 -77.8 2 27.5 -50.8 278 51 353.0 353.0 297.3 353.0 0.00 18 150 14252 -63.6 -82.1 6 18.5 -63.8 286 46 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.5 0.00 19 100 16701 -68.9 -84.8 8 15.9 -69.0 305 9 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5805.24 m Freezing level: 579.11 mb = 4743.40 m = 15562.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.82 mb = 4306.79 m = 14129.73 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.29 % Est. max temperature: 24.28 C = 75.70 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 718.02 mb = 2972.59 m = 9752.46 ft T: 12.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 20.56 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 667.29 mb = 3583.19 m = 11755.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.98 C = 75.17 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -2.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.44 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 525.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 36.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 691.42 mb = 3288.75 m = 10789.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.42 mb = 3972.52 m = 13033.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 266.42 mb = 10508.81 m = 34477.30 ft B at Equ Level: 520.44 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.42 mb = 13596.22 m = 44606.46 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 284.0 at 21.9 knts Storm direction: 314.0 at 16.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 5.3 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 45.6 neg: -20.5 tot: 25.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.2 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 6.27 Bulk Shear: 83.80 m/s