MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/wx-climate-data/models/nam_218/2510181200F000.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KDEN ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 OCT 25 Station: KDEN Latitude: 39.87 Longitude: -104.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 504 2 900 965 3 850 1447 SFC 835 1598 7.9 -3.0 46 10.9 2.9 256 2 296.0 296.6 284.1 306.9 3.66 5 800 1953 10.8 -5.8 31 16.5 3.2 309 14 302.6 303.2 286.1 312.2 3.11 6 750 2486 7.0 -6.1 39 13.1 1.1 325 15 304.2 304.8 286.8 314.2 3.23 7 700 3048 2.3 -8.5 45 10.8 -2.2 342 12 305.0 305.5 286.7 314.0 2.87 8 650 3641 -2.4 -11.4 50 8.9 -5.8 324 18 306.2 306.7 286.8 314.0 2.47 9 600 4271 -6.7 -14.3 54 7.7 -9.3 320 30 308.4 308.8 287.1 315.2 2.10 10 550 4944 -11.3 -17.3 61 6.0 -13.2 317 33 310.7 311.0 287.6 316.5 1.79 11 500 5667 -17.0 -20.5 74 3.5 -17.9 315 30 312.3 312.6 287.9 317.3 1.50 12 450 6449 -22.8 -24.9 83 2.1 -23.2 311 27 314.6 314.8 288.2 318.4 1.13 13 400 7300 -29.5 -34.3 63 4.8 -30.2 296 30 316.6 316.7 288.2 318.4 0.52 14 350 8236 -37.4 -45.4 43 8.0 -38.0 293 34 318.2 318.3 288.4 318.9 0.19 15 300 9286 -42.7 -57.4 18 14.8 -43.3 297 43 325.2 325.2 290.4 325.4 0.05 16 250 10510 -44.8 -68.2 6 23.4 -45.4 302 53 339.5 339.5 294.2 339.6 0.02 17 200 11996 -45.5 -76.3 2 30.8 -46.3 284 47 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.01 18 150 13864 -57.0 -82.3 3 25.3 -57.3 292 59 371.9 371.9 300.9 371.9 0.00 19 100 16371 -63.7 -86.2 3 22.5 -63.8 272 34 404.7 404.7 305.8 404.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5589.85 m Freezing level: 675.74 mb = 3336.01 m = 10944.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 733.04 mb = 2672.73 m = 8768.68 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.66 % Est. max temperature: 16.85 C = 62.34 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 705.73 mb = 2981.87 m = 9782.93 ft T: 2.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.36 C/km ThetaE index: 0.20 C Layer 700.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 567.29 mb = 4704.97 m = 15436.06 ft Mean mixing ratio: 3.24 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.12 C = 70.01 F Cap Strength: 4.31 C Lifted Index: 4.00 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 9.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 33.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10988.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.30 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 630.52 mb = 3880.70 m = 12731.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.4 at 24.1 knts Storm direction: 344.4 at 18.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.1 neg: 3.5 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 75.6 neg: -6.8 tot: 68.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.29 Bulk Shear: 26.10 m/s