MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 30 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 83 1 950 546 2 900 1025 3 850 1525 SFC 807 1976 18.9 15.1 79 3.8 16.3 231 4 310.5 313.1 297.0 351.7 13.49 5 800 2049 17.9 14.6 81 3.4 15.6 232 5 310.3 312.7 296.7 350.4 13.15 6 750 2599 14.2 11.4 83 2.8 12.4 188 3 312.0 314.1 296.0 346.9 11.37 7 700 3179 9.9 8.0 88 1.9 8.7 106 1 313.4 315.3 295.1 343.4 9.67 8 650 3791 5.9 3.9 87 2.0 4.7 6 5 315.6 317.1 294.4 340.2 7.81 9 600 4442 1.4 0.4 93 0.9 0.8 355 5 317.7 319.0 294.0 338.7 6.59 10 550 5138 -2.4 -3.0 96 0.6 -2.7 304 8 321.2 322.3 294.1 339.2 5.57 11 500 5890 -6.8 -7.4 95 0.6 -7.0 283 25 324.8 325.7 294.1 339.4 4.41 12 450 6705 -11.8 -12.6 94 0.8 -12.1 271 39 328.4 329.0 294.1 339.4 3.23 13 400 7597 -17.6 -21.2 73 3.7 -18.7 263 44 332.2 332.5 293.9 338.4 1.76 14 350 8582 -25.2 -32.7 50 7.5 -26.6 265 46 334.8 334.9 293.7 337.4 0.70 15 300 9685 -31.6 -56.0 7 24.4 -33.4 267 52 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.06 16 250 10953 -39.9 -61.9 8 22.0 -40.9 274 54 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.04 17 200 12440 -50.9 -70.6 8 19.7 -51.3 276 44 352.2 352.2 297.1 352.2 0.01 18 150 14256 -63.0 -79.7 9 16.7 -63.1 288 32 361.6 361.6 299.0 361.6 0.00 19 100 16701 -70.4 -84.6 11 14.2 -70.5 278 17 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.99 m Freezing level: 582.06 mb = 4691.82 m = 15392.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 588.25 mb = 4600.26 m = 15092.53 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.72 % Est. max temperature: 23.39 C = 74.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 762.84 mb = 2454.71 m = 8053.43 ft T: 15.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.13 C/km ThetaE index: 13.03 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.91 mb = 3036.98 m = 9963.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.27 C = 70.28 F Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lifted Index: -2.85 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.00 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 708.22 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.64 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 725.15 mb = 2882.32 m = 9456.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.15 mb = 3295.79 m = 10812.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 260.15 mb = 10676.37 m = 35027.04 ft B at Equ Level: 706.46 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.15 mb = 14249.88 m = 46751.02 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 274.3 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 304.3 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 1.4 tot: 1.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -30.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 6.0 neg: -43.5 tot: -37.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -12.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.43 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: -1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 20.56 Bulk Shear: 34.44 m/s