MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 13 AUG 25 Station: 38.4,-105.4 Latitude: 38.40 Longitude: -105.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 1 950 557 2 900 1033 3 850 1532 4 800 2054 SFC 787 2198 14.4 7.3 63 7.0 10.1 338 2 307.9 309.5 292.5 332.9 8.19 6 750 2604 16.6 5.3 47 11.4 9.7 143 12 314.6 316.0 293.8 337.9 7.44 7 700 3189 13.4 5.1 57 8.3 8.3 160 14 317.3 318.8 294.8 342.2 7.87 8 650 3808 8.8 3.8 71 4.9 5.9 198 8 318.9 320.4 295.2 343.7 7.79 9 600 4465 3.7 -0.7 73 4.4 1.3 260 15 320.4 321.6 294.3 340.0 6.08 10 550 5167 -0.7 -4.6 75 3.8 -2.7 304 16 323.2 324.2 294.2 339.5 4.96 11 500 5920 -6.7 -10.6 74 3.9 -8.3 312 17 324.9 325.6 293.4 336.4 3.42 12 450 6736 -11.0 -19.1 51 8.1 -13.7 278 9 329.5 329.8 293.3 336.0 1.88 13 400 7630 -17.4 -27.6 41 10.2 -19.9 282 10 332.4 332.6 293.3 336.0 0.99 14 350 8614 -25.3 -38.9 27 13.7 -27.3 313 17 334.7 334.7 293.3 336.1 0.37 15 300 9711 -35.0 -47.9 26 12.9 -36.1 321 21 336.0 336.1 293.5 336.7 0.17 16 250 10952 -45.8 -55.0 35 9.2 -46.2 331 21 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.09 17 200 12397 -57.4 -62.5 53 5.0 -57.5 320 19 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14172 -64.3 -73.8 26 9.5 -64.4 297 19 359.3 359.3 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16665 -62.8 -89.6 2 26.8 -63.0 227 5 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5816.63 m Freezing level: 558.14 mb = 5052.34 m = 16575.71 ft Wetbulb zero: 583.58 mb = 4688.79 m = 15382.99 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.75 % Est. max temperature: 24.97 C = 76.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 707.52 mb = 3098.18 m = 10164.51 ft T: 13.86 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 582.62 mb = 4702.04 m = 15426.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.89 C = 80.40 F Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lifted Index: 0.65 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.48 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 45.86 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 387.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.15 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 638.47 mb = 3954.87 m = 12975.14 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 313.47 mb = 9398.19 m = 30833.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 263.47 mb = 10594.89 m = 34759.70 ft B at Equ Level: 45.45 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 213.47 mb = 11974.92 m = 39287.33 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 272.8 at 12.6 knts Storm direction: 302.8 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -168.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 172.2 neg: -6.6 tot: 165.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 55.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.04 Bulk Rich Number: 0.97 Bulk Shear: 47.05 m/s