MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 44.4,-104.0 Latitude: 44.40 Longitude: -104.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 478 2 900 958 3 850 1461 SFC 842 1545 19.1 10.2 56 8.9 13.5 193 5 307.0 308.8 293.1 335.2 9.32 5 800 1990 22.5 3.5 29 19.0 11.3 203 15 315.1 316.3 292.9 334.5 6.15 6 750 2546 17.9 2.8 36 15.1 9.2 215 17 316.1 317.3 293.3 335.9 6.27 7 700 3131 13.3 1.2 44 12.0 6.5 228 18 317.2 318.3 293.4 336.2 5.98 8 650 3748 8.0 -0.6 54 8.7 3.3 239 19 318.0 319.1 293.3 336.0 5.62 9 600 4402 2.5 -4.1 62 6.6 -0.8 254 18 319.0 319.9 292.9 334.2 4.70 10 550 5099 -2.6 -10.2 56 7.6 -5.9 283 20 321.0 321.6 292.2 331.5 3.19 11 500 5847 -7.8 -15.7 53 7.9 -10.7 293 25 323.5 324.0 292.0 331.2 2.25 12 450 6658 -13.6 -15.8 83 2.3 -14.4 293 35 326.2 326.7 293.0 334.6 2.47 13 400 7541 -20.5 -24.4 71 3.9 -21.5 290 34 328.4 328.6 292.6 333.1 1.33 14 350 8515 -27.7 -40.0 30 12.3 -29.3 281 36 331.4 331.5 292.4 332.7 0.34 15 300 9603 -36.6 -52.0 19 15.4 -37.6 279 38 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 16 250 10838 -46.7 -56.5 32 9.8 -47.1 272 36 336.6 336.6 293.6 336.9 0.07 17 200 12281 -56.2 -65.7 30 9.4 -56.4 274 38 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 18 150 14104 -59.2 -82.4 3 23.2 -59.5 311 22 368.0 368.0 300.2 368.1 0.00 19 100 16625 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 298 10 408.6 408.6 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5796.24 m Freezing level: 575.69 mb = 4740.97 m = 15554.17 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.04 mb = 4266.57 m = 13997.78 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.90 C = 84.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 737.04 mb = 2693.72 m = 8837.57 ft T: 16.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 0.71 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 579.20 mb = 4684.77 m = 15369.80 ft Mean mixing ratio: 6.83 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.28 C = 88.30 F Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lifted Index: 1.04 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.01 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.10 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 360.82 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.06 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 627.50 mb = 4036.14 m = 13241.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 412.50 mb = 7310.43 m = 23984.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 362.50 mb = 8259.02 m = 27096.20 ft B at Equ Level: 41.01 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 262.50 mb = 10507.25 m = 34472.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.1 at 22.4 knts Storm direction: 299.1 at 16.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 114.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 114.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 38.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.71 Bulk Shear: 58.14 m/s