MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 38.63,-104.84 Latitude: 38.63 Longitude: -104.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 1 950 537 2 900 1003 3 850 1490 4 800 2000 SFC 799 2014 12.1 10.1 87 2.0 10.9 150 7 304.2 306.0 292.6 333.4 9.76 6 750 2535 7.9 6.4 90 1.6 7.1 248 7 305.2 306.7 291.6 329.5 8.06 7 700 3105 7.5 -1.0 55 8.4 3.1 269 11 310.8 311.7 290.7 326.6 5.09 8 650 3712 4.0 -10.6 33 14.6 -2.1 293 9 313.5 314.0 289.3 322.0 2.62 9 600 4355 -1.6 -15.9 33 14.2 -6.8 302 10 314.2 314.6 288.8 320.3 1.85 10 550 5039 -7.5 -22.0 30 14.5 -11.7 275 10 315.2 315.4 288.5 319.2 1.19 11 500 5772 -13.2 -22.0 47 8.8 -15.6 260 14 316.9 317.2 289.2 321.4 1.31 12 450 6566 -18.4 -21.4 77 3.0 -19.2 260 14 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.3 1.54 13 400 7436 -23.5 -26.1 79 2.7 -24.1 250 19 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.13 14 350 8398 -30.7 -33.7 74 3.1 -31.2 256 25 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 15 300 9471 -40.3 -43.9 69 3.6 -40.6 263 31 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.6 0.26 16 250 10689 -48.6 -54.2 52 5.6 -48.8 253 45 333.8 333.8 292.9 334.2 0.10 17 200 12135 -54.0 -70.8 11 16.8 -54.2 249 68 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 13962 -58.3 -78.0 6 19.6 -58.6 259 54 369.5 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16494 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 255 36 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5685.11 m Freezing level: 614.47 mb = 4168.95 m = 13677.48 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.60 mb = 3456.40 m = 11339.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.99 % Est. max temperature: 20.86 C = 69.55 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.73 mb = 2266.06 m = 7434.51 ft T: 10.09 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 14.13 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 645.02 mb = 3773.53 m = 12380.21 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.91 C = 69.64 F Cap Strength: 3.29 C Lifted Index: -1.79 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.29 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 150.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 17.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 144.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 711.29 mb = 2973.04 m = 9753.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 566.29 mb = 4809.80 m = 15780.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 386.29 mb = 7687.38 m = 25220.75 ft B at Equ Level: 150.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 236.29 mb = 11054.44 m = 36267.41 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.9 at 12.5 knts Storm direction: 293.9 at 9.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.7 neg: 0.6 tot: 3.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 76.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.9 neg: -1.3 tot: 30.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 8.74 Bulk Shear: 17.23 m/s