MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2509230000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 23 SEP 25 Station: 37.82,-105 Latitude: 37.82 Longitude: -105.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 100 1 950 537 2 900 1010 3 850 1504 4 800 2022 SFC 779 2253 16.2 5.8 50 10.4 9.9 69 4 310.8 312.2 292.7 333.7 7.42 6 750 2566 11.2 4.6 64 6.6 7.4 72 2 308.7 310.1 291.9 330.5 7.10 7 700 3137 5.7 2.8 82 2.9 4.1 306 2 308.8 310.0 291.5 329.4 6.71 8 650 3738 0.6 -0.9 90 1.5 -0.2 274 10 309.7 310.7 290.8 326.8 5.52 9 600 4375 -4.0 -7.8 75 3.8 -5.6 280 21 311.5 312.2 289.6 322.8 3.54 10 550 5057 -7.1 -27.6 18 20.5 -12.2 252 28 315.7 315.8 288.2 318.2 0.72 11 500 5792 -12.3 -28.3 25 16.0 -16.0 268 36 318.1 318.2 288.9 320.7 0.75 12 450 6591 -15.9 -38.1 13 22.2 -19.7 267 57 323.2 323.3 290.1 324.4 0.32 13 400 7467 -22.0 -46.5 9 24.4 -25.0 264 66 326.3 326.4 290.8 326.9 0.15 14 350 8435 -28.4 -55.0 6 26.6 -30.5 262 70 330.4 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.06 15 300 9523 -34.9 -59.4 6 24.5 -36.3 265 74 336.2 336.2 293.4 336.3 0.04 16 250 10779 -40.8 -66.1 5 25.3 -41.8 275 66 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.02 17 200 12271 -48.7 -74.0 4 25.4 -49.2 268 50 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.7 0.01 18 150 14117 -59.1 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.3 258 41 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16604 -65.4 -87.5 3 22.0 -65.5 275 18 401.3 401.3 305.4 401.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.50 m Freezing level: 643.22 mb = 3824.21 m = 12546.46 ft Wetbulb zero: 651.82 mb = 3715.02 m = 12188.24 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.00 % Est. max temperature: 15.85 C = 60.53 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 665.80 mb = 3542.88 m = 11623.49 ft T: 2.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 15.51 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 668.55 mb = 3509.42 m = 11513.71 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 14.82 C = 58.67 F Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lifted Index: -1.18 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.27 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 98.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 670.96 mb = 3480.25 m = 11418.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 655.96 mb = 3663.66 m = 12019.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 465.96 mb = 6326.94 m = 20757.43 ft B at Equ Level: 98.62 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 345.96 mb = 8516.95 m = 27942.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 265.6 at 34.2 knts Storm direction: 295.6 at 25.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 4.5 tot: 6.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 88.9 neg: -5.9 tot: 83.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.55 Bulk Shear: 179.81 m/s