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: 38.81,-103.62 Latitude: 38.81 Longitude: -103.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 71 1 950 526 2 900 1010 3 850 1515 SFC 845 1566 25.9 15.8 54 10.1 18.8 57 5 313.8 316.3 297.8 355.4 13.45 5 800 2044 20.1 14.3 69 5.8 16.1 51 6 312.6 315.0 297.1 352.4 12.93 6 750 2597 14.7 12.8 88 1.9 13.4 41 6 312.5 314.9 296.8 350.9 12.48 7 700 3177 10.8 5.8 71 5.0 7.8 340 3 314.4 316.0 294.4 340.4 8.31 8 650 3792 7.4 0.6 62 6.8 3.6 265 14 317.3 318.5 293.6 336.9 6.15 9 600 4446 2.3 -0.8 80 3.1 0.7 290 29 318.8 320.0 293.9 338.1 6.02 10 550 5143 -2.6 -3.8 92 1.2 -3.1 288 32 321.0 322.1 293.9 338.2 5.28 11 500 5893 -6.9 -8.2 91 1.2 -7.5 281 32 324.6 325.4 293.9 338.3 4.14 12 450 6708 -11.7 -13.1 89 1.4 -12.2 277 34 328.6 329.2 294.1 339.2 3.11 13 400 7601 -17.5 -19.0 87 1.6 -18.0 268 37 332.3 332.7 294.3 339.7 2.12 14 350 8586 -24.9 -26.4 88 1.5 -25.3 265 46 335.1 335.4 294.3 339.7 1.26 15 300 9689 -32.5 -41.6 40 9.1 -33.6 268 57 339.6 339.7 294.6 340.9 0.33 16 250 10953 -40.2 -59.8 10 19.6 -41.2 277 60 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.5 0.05 17 200 12442 -50.1 -74.1 4 24.0 -50.5 286 48 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 18 150 14261 -63.9 -80.7 8 16.7 -64.0 276 35 359.9 359.9 298.7 360.0 0.00 19 100 16694 -70.0 -84.3 11 14.3 -70.1 275 16 392.4 392.4 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5821.92 m Freezing level: 576.21 mb = 4777.37 m = 15673.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 591.28 mb = 4563.04 m = 14970.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 77.65 % Est. max temperature: 26.77 C = 80.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 729.06 mb = 2834.98 m = 9301.00 ft T: 13.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.53 C/km ThetaE index: 18.48 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 725.00 mb = 2881.94 m = 9455.08 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.58 C = 78.04 F Cap Strength: 0.36 C Lifted Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1380.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 731.74 mb = 2804.12 m = 9199.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.74 mb = 2978.35 m = 9771.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.74 mb = 12220.97 m = 40094.54 ft B at Equ Level: 1374.05 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.74 mb = 16303.03 m = 53486.97 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 283.2 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 313.2 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 4.3 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 148.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 98.7 neg: -4.2 tot: 94.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 31.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.22 Bulk Rich Number: 15.12 Bulk Shear: 91.36 m/s