MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F000.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508181200F000.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 1200Z 18 AUG 25 Station: 41.0,-104.1 Latitude: 41.00 Longitude: -104.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 113 1 950 554 2 900 1026 3 850 1519 SFC 842 1601 14.6 11.8 83 2.8 12.8 253 2 302.3 304.2 292.5 333.0 10.37 5 800 2044 23.4 6.6 34 16.8 13.0 154 4 316.1 317.6 294.4 340.2 7.66 6 750 2602 18.2 9.0 55 9.2 12.3 209 10 316.3 318.2 295.9 346.7 9.66 7 700 3189 14.1 4.2 51 9.8 8.2 217 14 318.1 319.5 294.7 341.6 7.43 8 650 3808 8.7 1.2 59 7.5 4.4 226 16 318.8 320.0 294.1 339.3 6.41 9 600 4464 3.1 -3.7 61 6.8 -0.3 242 15 319.7 320.7 293.2 335.5 4.86 10 550 5161 -3.0 -9.4 62 6.3 -5.8 246 16 320.5 321.2 292.2 331.8 3.42 11 500 5906 -9.7 -16.6 57 6.9 -12.1 251 26 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.3 2.09 12 450 6712 -13.6 -40.0 9 26.4 -18.3 253 25 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.1 0.26 13 400 7596 -20.3 -39.4 16 19.1 -23.3 244 27 328.6 328.7 291.6 329.8 0.31 14 350 8571 -26.3 -46.8 13 20.4 -28.6 240 30 333.2 333.3 292.7 333.9 0.16 15 300 9670 -33.2 -54.3 10 21.0 -34.8 238 32 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.8 0.08 16 250 10928 -41.3 -64.2 7 22.9 -42.2 246 33 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.03 17 200 12413 -50.4 -73.4 5 23.0 -50.9 253 31 352.9 352.9 297.3 352.9 0.01 18 150 14241 -61.0 -78.6 8 17.6 -61.2 258 25 365.0 365.0 299.7 365.0 0.01 19 100 16722 -65.8 -85.3 5 19.5 -66.0 193 6 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.54 m Freezing level: 574.57 mb = 4818.72 m = 15809.25 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.50 mb = 4416.58 m = 14489.90 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.41 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 806.77 mb = 1970.73 m = 6465.57 ft T: 21.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.74 C/km ThetaE index: 19.54 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 615.62 mb = 4253.57 m = 13955.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.88 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lifted Index: -3.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 4.20 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 422.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 29.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 278.89 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 667.87 mb = 3581.75 m = 11750.99 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 562.87 mb = 4976.04 m = 16325.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 302.87 mb = 9602.38 m = 31503.49 ft B at Equ Level: 421.09 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.87 mb = 12317.95 m = 40412.74 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.9 at 17.4 knts Storm direction: 270.9 at 13.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 65.3 neg: -0.5 tot: 64.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.6 stream: 3.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.15 Bulk Rich Number: 12.35 Bulk Shear: 34.18 m/s