MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 36.67,-103.22 Latitude: 36.67 Longitude: -103.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 507 2 900 996 3 850 1507 SFC 846 1548 30.0 16.2 43 13.8 20.1 180 9 317.9 320.6 299.0 361.4 13.82 5 800 2041 23.0 14.7 60 8.3 17.2 188 9 315.6 318.2 298.1 356.9 13.24 6 750 2600 17.4 13.6 78 3.8 14.8 194 9 315.5 318.0 298.0 356.3 13.13 7 700 3185 13.5 3.4 50 10.1 7.5 288 7 317.4 318.7 294.2 339.6 6.99 8 650 3804 8.6 2.0 63 6.6 4.8 302 14 318.7 320.1 294.4 340.6 6.84 9 600 4461 3.6 -0.1 77 3.7 1.5 295 18 320.2 321.5 294.4 340.6 6.32 10 550 5161 -1.3 -5.0 76 3.8 -3.1 284 21 322.6 323.5 293.9 338.3 4.80 11 500 5914 -6.2 -9.1 80 2.8 -7.5 280 22 325.4 326.2 293.9 338.3 3.85 12 450 6731 -11.0 -15.3 71 4.3 -12.6 271 28 329.4 329.9 293.9 338.2 2.58 13 400 7626 -16.6 -19.7 77 3.1 -17.6 262 33 333.3 333.8 294.4 340.4 2.00 14 350 8616 -23.3 -27.4 69 4.1 -24.3 271 42 337.3 337.6 294.7 341.6 1.15 15 300 9726 -31.2 -39.8 43 8.6 -32.4 276 45 341.3 341.4 295.0 342.9 0.40 16 250 10993 -40.7 -52.0 29 11.3 -41.5 286 44 345.5 345.5 295.7 346.0 0.12 17 200 12473 -51.3 -66.2 15 14.9 -51.7 289 38 351.5 351.6 297.0 351.7 0.03 18 150 14286 -64.5 -76.8 17 12.4 -64.6 277 30 359.0 359.0 298.5 359.0 0.01 19 100 16706 -71.6 -84.1 14 12.5 -71.6 263 7 389.4 389.4 303.7 389.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.81 m Freezing level: 563.00 mb = 4979.05 m = 16335.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.33 mb = 4687.57 m = 15378.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.53 C = 85.15 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 692.82 mb = 3271.30 m = 10732.48 ft T: 12.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.21 C/km ThetaE index: 21.82 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 689.65 mb = 3309.67 m = 10858.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.70 C = 85.46 F Cap Strength: 1.00 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.84 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2029.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.74 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 704.80 mb = 3127.23 m = 10259.80 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 669.80 mb = 3553.66 m = 11658.86 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.80 mb = 14293.93 m = 46895.52 ft B at Equ Level: 2003.69 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 273.3 at 18.1 knts Storm direction: 303.3 at 13.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.6 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 22.9 neg: -6.6 tot: 16.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 38.09 Bulk Shear: 53.27 m/s