MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F033.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 73 1 950 527 2 900 1011 3 850 1516 SFC 806 1976 23.2 13.5 54 9.8 16.5 104 4 315.2 317.5 297.3 352.9 12.12 5 800 2045 21.1 12.5 58 8.5 15.3 98 4 313.6 315.8 296.4 349.2 11.50 6 750 2600 15.9 10.9 72 5.0 12.6 82 4 313.8 315.9 296.1 347.8 10.97 7 700 3181 10.7 7.7 81 3.1 8.8 29 4 314.4 316.2 295.2 343.8 9.44 8 650 3795 6.1 3.8 85 2.3 4.8 337 6 315.9 317.4 294.4 340.4 7.78 9 600 4446 1.8 0.8 94 0.9 1.3 299 10 318.2 319.5 294.3 339.8 6.80 10 550 5143 -2.5 -3.6 92 1.1 -3.0 289 28 321.2 322.2 294.0 338.5 5.35 11 500 5895 -6.6 -10.1 76 3.6 -8.1 282 38 325.0 325.7 293.5 336.9 3.54 12 450 6710 -11.7 -19.3 54 7.5 -14.2 271 40 328.5 328.9 293.0 335.0 1.85 13 400 7601 -17.6 -33.5 24 15.8 -20.8 262 38 332.1 332.2 292.9 334.2 0.57 14 350 8584 -25.3 -46.3 12 21.0 -27.8 268 48 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.3 0.17 15 300 9687 -31.8 -56.4 7 24.5 -33.6 267 58 340.5 340.5 294.5 340.8 0.06 16 250 10954 -40.1 -61.7 8 21.5 -41.1 274 58 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.6 0.04 17 200 12440 -50.6 -73.3 5 22.7 -51.1 280 48 352.6 352.6 297.2 352.6 0.01 18 150 14254 -63.5 -76.0 17 12.5 -63.7 287 43 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.7 0.01 19 100 16702 -70.0 -84.6 10 14.6 -70.1 263 14 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5822.18 m Freezing level: 579.00 mb = 4739.17 m = 15548.28 ft Wetbulb zero: 585.39 mb = 4643.97 m = 15235.92 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 82.29 % Est. max temperature: 23.71 C = 74.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 698.41 mb = 3200.17 m = 10499.13 ft T: 10.60 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.38 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 684.38 mb = 3368.15 m = 11050.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.91 C = 73.24 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -2.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.42 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 708.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 693.27 mb = 3261.21 m = 10699.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 668.27 mb = 3565.21 m = 11696.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 248.27 mb = 10999.96 m = 36088.67 ft B at Equ Level: 702.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 148.27 mb = 14323.94 m = 46993.98 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 278.6 at 22.8 knts Storm direction: 308.6 at 17.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 4.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 132.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.1 neg: -19.5 tot: 4.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.3 stream: 1.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 7.63 Bulk Shear: 92.84 m/s