MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508281800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 36.18,-103.96 Latitude: 36.18 Longitude: -103.96 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 1 950 543 2 900 1022 3 850 1522 SFC 826 1769 19.5 18.8 95 0.8 19.0 138 9 309.1 312.3 298.7 360.0 16.75 5 800 2046 17.8 17.6 99 0.2 17.7 150 18 310.1 313.1 298.5 359.0 16.04 6 750 2597 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 194 23 312.7 315.3 297.8 355.7 13.96 7 700 3179 10.9 10.2 96 0.6 10.4 215 28 314.5 316.7 296.5 349.5 11.27 8 650 3794 6.8 5.9 94 0.9 6.3 229 26 316.7 318.4 295.5 345.0 9.00 9 600 4448 3.2 1.3 88 1.8 2.1 260 20 319.8 321.2 294.9 342.4 7.05 10 550 5149 -0.9 -3.4 83 2.5 -2.2 292 23 323.0 324.1 294.5 340.7 5.41 11 500 5905 -5.3 -6.9 88 1.6 -6.1 304 31 326.5 327.5 294.7 341.7 4.55 12 450 6724 -10.3 -11.1 94 0.8 -10.7 296 36 330.2 331.0 295.0 342.6 3.63 13 400 7623 -15.7 -16.7 92 1.0 -16.0 289 35 334.6 335.1 295.2 343.7 2.59 14 350 8618 -21.8 -23.5 87 1.6 -22.3 268 31 339.3 339.6 295.6 345.3 1.65 15 300 9736 -29.6 -31.9 80 2.3 -30.0 250 34 343.7 343.9 296.0 347.0 0.88 16 250 11007 -40.4 -48.4 42 8.0 -41.0 256 35 346.0 346.1 295.9 346.8 0.19 17 200 12484 -52.8 -61.6 34 8.8 -53.1 275 30 349.1 349.1 296.5 349.3 0.05 18 150 14283 -66.1 -74.5 30 8.4 -66.1 282 32 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.3 0.01 19 100 16697 -70.5 -84.9 10 14.3 -70.6 62 4 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5806.47 m Freezing level: 560.92 mb = 4996.31 m = 16391.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.45 mb = 4785.04 m = 15698.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.68 % Est. max temperature: 25.61 C = 78.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 817.19 mb = 1862.23 m = 6109.62 ft T: 18.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 19.37 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.19 mb = 2403.36 m = 7884.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.03 C = 71.66 F Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lifted Index: -4.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.58 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1932.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.17 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.55 mb = 2354.93 m = 7726.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.55 mb = 2522.63 m = 8276.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.55 mb = 14421.62 m = 47314.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1914.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 268.3 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 298.3 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 344.2 neg: -0.3 tot: 343.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 114.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.90 Bulk Rich Number: 10.69 Bulk Shear: 180.82 m/s