MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508120600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z TUE 12 AUG 25 Station: 44.3,-104.2 Latitude: 44.30 Longitude: -104.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 158 1 950 596 2 900 1063 3 850 1550 SFC 840 1653 13.1 9.7 80 3.4 11.0 192 2 301.0 302.6 291.0 327.7 9.04 5 800 2062 12.4 8.4 77 4.0 10.0 347 6 304.4 306.0 291.9 330.5 8.70 6 750 2601 9.8 3.5 65 6.3 6.3 321 22 307.3 308.5 291.0 327.4 6.58 7 700 3171 6.0 1.0 71 4.9 3.4 321 29 309.1 310.2 290.9 327.3 5.90 8 650 3773 2.2 -2.9 69 5.1 -0.3 313 32 311.4 312.3 290.6 326.3 4.74 9 600 4416 -1.3 -7.3 64 6.0 -4.0 308 34 314.7 315.4 290.7 326.5 3.69 10 550 5106 -3.0 -19.7 26 16.7 -8.6 314 34 320.5 320.8 290.4 325.5 1.45 11 500 5855 -7.2 -23.0 27 15.7 -12.0 314 31 324.2 324.5 291.3 328.4 1.21 12 450 6667 -12.9 -32.2 18 19.3 -17.1 312 28 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.2 0.57 13 400 7553 -18.8 -43.2 10 24.3 -22.4 318 35 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.3 0.21 14 350 8531 -27.0 -42.4 22 15.4 -28.9 319 37 332.3 332.4 292.6 333.3 0.26 15 300 9622 -36.0 -49.5 24 13.5 -37.0 317 38 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 16 250 10858 -46.7 -55.7 36 8.9 -47.1 317 39 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.08 17 200 12302 -56.5 -66.3 28 9.8 -56.6 305 38 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.03 18 150 14100 -61.2 -76.3 12 15.1 -61.3 297 30 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16616 -58.9 -86.5 2 27.6 -59.2 320 24 413.9 413.9 307.0 413.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5697.69 m Freezing level: 618.46 mb = 4178.76 m = 13709.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.49 mb = 3717.41 m = 12196.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.72 % Est. max temperature: 21.33 C = 70.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.47 mb = 2088.17 m = 6850.87 ft T: 12.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.92 C/km ThetaE index: 4.17 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.52 mb = 3328.82 m = 10921.20 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.47 C = 70.64 F Cap Strength: 4.08 C Lifted Index: 4.58 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 5.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 28.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 7.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6197.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.50 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 735.07 mb = 2767.09 m = 9078.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 314.7 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 344.7 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 4.6 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 61.9 neg: -22.7 tot: 39.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.35 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.38 Bulk Shear: 75.04 m/s