MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508140600F003.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 hour NAM valid 9Z THU 14 AUG 25 Station: 41.3,-109.1 Latitude: 41.30 Longitude: -109.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 511 2 900 990 3 850 1492 4 800 2017 SFC 781 2224 15.9 0.2 34 15.7 7.4 300 4 310.2 311.2 290.5 325.7 4.98 6 750 2572 19.4 0.2 27 19.3 8.6 329 15 317.7 318.7 292.9 334.2 5.16 7 700 3161 15.4 0.3 36 15.0 6.9 338 11 319.5 320.6 293.7 337.6 5.61 8 650 3783 10.5 -2.0 42 12.5 3.8 298 6 320.8 321.8 293.7 337.3 5.08 9 600 4443 5.0 -3.1 56 8.1 0.8 239 12 321.9 322.9 293.9 338.4 5.07 10 550 5145 -1.5 -5.2 75 3.8 -3.3 233 17 322.4 323.3 293.7 337.8 4.71 11 500 5896 -7.4 -7.7 98 0.3 -7.5 245 19 324.0 324.9 293.9 338.2 4.30 12 450 6707 -13.9 -14.3 97 0.4 -14.0 245 27 325.8 326.3 293.2 335.3 2.82 13 400 7590 -19.9 -23.1 76 3.1 -20.8 257 25 329.1 329.4 292.9 334.3 1.49 14 350 8567 -26.4 -34.0 49 7.5 -27.7 265 25 333.1 333.2 293.2 335.4 0.62 15 300 9661 -35.4 -46.5 31 11.1 -36.4 264 28 335.4 335.5 293.4 336.2 0.19 16 250 10901 -45.5 -56.1 29 10.6 -46.0 258 26 338.3 338.4 294.0 338.7 0.08 17 200 12350 -56.6 -64.5 36 8.0 -56.7 261 21 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.03 18 150 14144 -61.9 -78.0 10 16.1 -62.0 237 10 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16642 -62.7 -89.5 2 26.8 -63.0 228 8 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5838.63 m Freezing level: 561.30 mb = 4986.50 m = 16359.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 590.76 mb = 4568.28 m = 14987.60 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.15 % Est. max temperature: 26.16 C = 79.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 616.43 mb = 4220.29 m = 13845.94 ft T: 6.85 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.33 C/km Conv cond level (CCL): 525.78 mb = 5499.76 m = 18043.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 5.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.94 C = 82.29 F Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lifted Index: 1.79 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.85 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 38.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 8.76 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4356.07 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.04 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 566.74 mb = 4903.22 m = 16086.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.2 at 17.7 knts Storm direction: 287.2 at 13.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 51.3 neg: -17.8 tot: 33.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.0 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.99 Bulk Shear: 38.69 m/s