MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 38.97,-103.9 Latitude: 38.97 Longitude: -103.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 80 1 950 522 2 900 993 3 850 1484 SFC 822 1766 15.9 10.7 71 5.2 12.6 162 12 305.7 307.5 293.2 335.3 9.88 5 800 1999 13.3 9.8 80 3.4 11.1 163 16 305.3 307.1 292.8 334.0 9.57 6 750 2538 8.7 8.5 99 0.1 8.6 179 17 306.0 307.7 292.8 334.1 9.34 7 700 3107 5.8 2.9 81 2.9 4.2 236 13 308.9 310.2 291.6 329.7 6.75 8 650 3711 3.0 -7.6 46 10.6 -1.7 119 3 312.3 313.0 289.6 322.9 3.31 9 600 4353 -1.8 -14.3 38 12.6 -6.5 25 4 314.0 314.4 289.0 320.9 2.10 10 550 5038 -6.4 -20.6 32 14.1 -10.8 327 5 316.5 316.7 289.0 321.0 1.35 11 500 5775 -12.0 -18.8 57 6.8 -14.2 293 9 318.4 318.7 290.0 324.2 1.73 12 450 6572 -17.8 -20.6 79 2.8 -18.6 273 12 320.9 321.2 290.7 326.5 1.65 13 400 7443 -22.8 -25.6 78 2.8 -23.5 255 20 325.3 325.6 291.6 329.5 1.19 14 350 8408 -30.2 -33.8 70 3.7 -30.7 258 30 328.1 328.2 291.8 330.4 0.63 15 300 9485 -39.4 -43.1 68 3.7 -39.6 251 37 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.0 0.28 16 250 10703 -49.8 -54.0 61 4.2 -50.0 240 38 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.4 0.10 17 200 12144 -53.4 -72.4 8 19.0 -53.7 260 53 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.3 0.01 18 150 13967 -58.6 -78.2 6 19.6 -58.8 257 51 369.1 369.1 300.4 369.1 0.01 19 100 16499 -61.4 -88.5 2 27.1 -61.6 252 35 409.1 409.1 306.4 409.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5695.73 m Freezing level: 618.79 mb = 4111.42 m = 13488.74 ft Wetbulb zero: 664.68 mb = 3528.80 m = 11577.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.96 % Est. max temperature: 20.72 C = 69.30 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.08 mb = 2415.52 m = 7924.85 ft T: 9.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 13.19 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 742.19 mb = 2624.29 m = 8609.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.61 C = 61.90 F Cap Strength: 0.44 C Lifted Index: -2.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.18 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 460.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 10.96 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 747.45 mb = 2566.06 m = 8418.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 632.45 mb = 3930.35 m = 12894.68 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.45 mb = 10901.26 m = 35764.84 ft B at Equ Level: 453.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 192.45 mb = 12387.60 m = 40641.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.3 at 11.0 knts Storm direction: 276.3 at 8.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.6 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -73.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 74.0 neg: -77.2 tot: -3.1 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: -1.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 11.61 Bulk Shear: 39.71 m/s