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: 38.68,-104.77 Latitude: 38.68 Longitude: -104.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 89 1 950 541 2 900 1006 3 850 1491 SFC 802 1974 11.5 10.2 91 1.4 10.7 151 7 303.2 305.0 292.3 332.2 9.75 5 800 2000 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 152 8 302.0 303.8 291.8 330.4 9.59 6 750 2535 7.6 6.2 91 1.4 6.8 241 8 304.8 306.3 291.4 328.8 7.98 7 700 3105 7.6 -1.4 53 9.0 3.0 271 10 310.9 311.9 290.7 326.4 4.95 8 650 3712 4.0 -10.1 35 14.0 -2.0 295 9 313.5 314.0 289.5 322.3 2.74 9 600 4355 -1.7 -14.8 36 13.1 -6.5 298 11 314.2 314.5 289.0 320.8 2.03 10 550 5039 -7.6 -21.1 33 13.6 -11.6 272 11 315.1 315.4 288.6 319.4 1.29 11 500 5772 -13.2 -23.5 42 10.3 -15.9 260 14 317.0 317.2 289.0 320.9 1.15 12 450 6565 -18.4 -21.8 75 3.4 -19.3 261 13 320.1 320.4 290.3 325.2 1.49 13 400 7436 -23.4 -26.1 79 2.6 -24.0 248 18 324.5 324.7 291.3 328.5 1.14 14 350 8398 -30.7 -33.7 75 3.0 -31.2 255 24 327.4 327.5 291.6 329.7 0.63 15 300 9471 -40.2 -43.9 68 3.7 -40.5 263 31 328.7 328.7 291.6 329.7 0.26 16 250 10688 -48.7 -54.1 53 5.4 -48.9 253 44 333.7 333.7 292.8 334.1 0.10 17 200 12134 -54.0 -70.7 11 16.7 -54.2 250 67 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.01 18 150 13961 -58.4 -78.0 6 19.6 -58.6 259 54 369.5 369.6 300.5 369.6 0.01 19 100 16493 -61.2 -88.3 2 27.1 -61.5 254 36 409.4 409.4 306.5 409.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5683.41 m Freezing level: 614.94 mb = 4162.69 m = 13656.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 670.15 mb = 3461.68 m = 11357.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.78 % Est. max temperature: 21.07 C = 69.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 786.14 mb = 2145.12 m = 7037.72 ft T: 9.47 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 12.75 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 646.58 mb = 3753.96 m = 12315.99 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.23 C = 70.22 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -1.34 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.89 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.78 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 114.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 15.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 178.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.70 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.87 mb = 2850.89 m = 9353.19 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 556.87 mb = 4941.35 m = 16211.60 ft Equ Level (EL): 406.87 mb = 7309.80 m = 23981.99 ft B at Equ Level: 112.83 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 276.87 mb = 10006.51 m = 32829.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.9 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 292.9 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.7 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 34.0 neg: -2.6 tot: 31.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.19 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.9 stream: 0.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.02 Bulk Rich Number: 5.40 Bulk Shear: 21.19 m/s