MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z 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 66 1 950 516 2 900 987 3 850 1479 SFC 802 1976 15.2 11.2 77 4.1 12.6 163 11 307.2 309.2 294.0 338.8 10.47 5 800 1994 13.6 11.0 84 2.6 11.9 163 10 305.6 307.5 293.5 336.7 10.34 6 750 2534 8.9 8.4 97 0.5 8.6 172 14 306.2 307.9 292.8 334.0 9.24 7 700 3103 5.7 2.9 82 2.8 4.2 202 13 308.8 310.1 291.6 329.6 6.77 8 650 3707 3.2 -5.6 53 8.7 -0.9 202 4 312.5 313.3 290.2 324.9 3.88 9 600 4350 -1.9 -8.2 62 6.3 -4.7 296 5 313.9 314.6 290.2 324.9 3.42 10 550 5035 -7.1 -13.0 62 6.0 -9.3 302 10 315.7 316.2 290.0 324.1 2.55 11 500 5771 -12.3 -21.9 45 9.6 -15.0 290 14 318.1 318.3 289.5 322.6 1.33 12 450 6567 -17.8 -21.7 72 3.8 -18.8 286 14 320.8 321.1 290.6 326.0 1.50 13 400 7436 -23.7 -26.5 78 2.8 -24.3 258 16 324.2 324.4 291.2 328.1 1.10 14 350 8399 -30.2 -33.1 75 3.0 -30.6 245 26 328.1 328.2 291.9 330.5 0.67 15 300 9478 -38.7 -41.9 72 3.2 -39.0 241 37 330.8 330.8 292.3 332.0 0.32 16 250 10698 -50.1 -53.6 66 3.6 -50.2 233 46 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 17 200 12139 -53.3 -72.0 8 18.7 -53.6 252 60 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.5 0.01 18 150 13963 -59.0 -77.7 7 18.6 -59.2 256 49 368.4 368.4 300.3 368.4 0.01 19 100 16491 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 254 39 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5704.76 m Freezing level: 618.75 mb = 4108.77 m = 13480.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 659.00 mb = 3595.01 m = 11794.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.33 % Est. max temperature: 20.12 C = 68.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 754.48 mb = 2484.68 m = 8151.75 ft T: 9.29 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 13.99 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 726.17 mb = 2800.52 m = 9187.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.93 g/kg Conv temperature: 15.44 C = 59.79 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -2.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.13 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 478.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.93 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.13 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 733.63 mb = 2716.37 m = 8911.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 618.63 mb = 4104.36 m = 13465.58 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.63 mb = 10998.49 m = 36083.86 ft B at Equ Level: 463.27 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 188.63 mb = 12510.01 m = 41042.84 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 257.0 at 11.9 knts Storm direction: 287.0 at 8.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -128.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 43.8 neg: -27.7 tot: 16.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.14 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.13 Bulk Rich Number: 12.76 Bulk Shear: 37.48 m/s