MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508290000F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 21Z SAT 30 AUG 25 Station: 38.93,-103.64 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -103.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 94 1 950 543 2 900 1024 3 850 1526 SFC 842 1609 24.7 12.7 47 12.0 16.6 51 6 312.8 314.9 295.9 346.8 11.02 5 800 2051 18.5 11.0 62 7.5 13.6 42 6 310.9 312.9 295.0 342.7 10.37 6 750 2600 13.2 9.7 80 3.4 11.0 33 7 310.9 312.8 294.8 342.0 10.16 7 700 3176 8.1 5.4 83 2.7 6.5 6 9 311.4 313.0 293.4 336.3 8.04 8 650 3783 4.1 -1.2 68 5.3 1.3 332 13 313.6 314.6 291.9 330.6 5.38 9 600 4429 -0.2 -4.0 76 3.8 -2.0 303 16 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.0 4.75 10 550 5121 -4.2 -11.0 59 6.9 -7.0 305 18 319.1 319.7 291.5 329.0 2.99 11 500 5865 -8.3 -18.9 42 10.6 -11.8 279 27 322.9 323.2 291.4 328.8 1.72 12 450 6674 -14.3 -36.4 14 22.0 -18.5 278 36 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.6 0.38 13 400 7552 -22.4 -38.8 21 16.4 -24.9 276 36 325.8 325.9 290.9 327.1 0.33 14 350 8518 -28.7 -47.6 14 18.9 -30.5 275 37 330.1 330.1 291.9 330.7 0.15 15 300 9607 -34.9 -58.8 7 23.9 -36.3 267 55 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.4 0.05 16 250 10863 -40.8 -66.5 5 25.6 -41.8 258 84 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 17 200 12346 -51.4 -70.4 9 19.0 -51.8 262 83 351.4 351.4 297.0 351.5 0.01 18 150 14176 -60.3 -83.2 3 23.0 -60.4 263 57 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.00 19 100 16651 -67.2 -83.8 8 16.6 -67.3 245 21 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.85 m Freezing level: 602.45 mb = 4397.81 m = 14428.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.41 mb = 4030.47 m = 13223.17 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.11 % Est. max temperature: 23.67 C = 74.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.11 mb = 3103.19 m = 10180.95 ft T: 8.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 16.27 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 711.91 mb = 3034.88 m = 9956.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.22 C = 73.79 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -2.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.60 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 947.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 43.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 712.39 mb = 3029.27 m = 9938.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.39 mb = 3088.05 m = 10131.29 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.39 mb = 10399.82 m = 34119.72 ft B at Equ Level: 943.26 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 157.39 mb = 13869.94 m = 45504.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 295.0 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 325.0 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.0 neg: 3.3 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 121.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: -16.0 tot: -14.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -4.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.08 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: -0.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 14.04 Bulk Shear: 67.50 m/s