MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.60,-103.86 Latitude: 37.60 Longitude: -103.86 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 488 2 900 965 3 850 1463 SFC 844 1522 20.4 16.6 79 3.8 17.8 59 10 308.1 310.8 296.9 351.2 14.22 5 800 1984 17.2 12.8 75 4.4 14.3 96 7 309.5 311.7 295.6 345.2 11.70 6 750 2533 14.5 9.0 69 5.5 11.0 224 10 312.3 314.1 294.8 342.0 9.63 7 700 3112 9.6 6.0 78 3.6 7.5 227 18 313.1 314.7 294.1 339.3 8.42 8 650 3722 4.0 3.5 97 0.4 3.7 225 23 313.5 314.9 293.6 337.2 7.61 9 600 4368 -0.3 -1.8 90 1.5 -1.0 240 27 315.8 316.9 292.7 333.6 5.60 10 550 5060 -3.9 -7.1 78 3.2 -5.4 257 34 319.5 320.3 292.4 332.8 4.08 11 500 5806 -8.5 -13.0 70 4.5 -10.3 263 40 322.6 323.2 292.3 332.0 2.80 12 450 6614 -14.3 -27.7 31 13.4 -17.6 261 47 325.3 325.5 291.3 328.4 0.87 13 400 7495 -21.3 -45.3 10 23.9 -24.4 259 52 327.3 327.3 291.1 327.9 0.17 14 350 8465 -28.6 -52.0 9 23.4 -30.6 260 55 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.09 15 300 9550 -36.7 -58.3 9 21.6 -37.8 256 63 333.7 333.7 292.7 333.9 0.05 16 250 10788 -45.6 -64.6 10 18.9 -46.2 255 67 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12241 -55.0 -69.8 14 14.8 -55.3 257 70 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14039 -62.6 -76.7 13 14.1 -62.7 259 72 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16538 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 267 27 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5758.17 m Freezing level: 603.29 mb = 4325.67 m = 14191.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.90 mb = 4222.80 m = 13854.18 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.20 C = 77.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 797.95 mb = 2005.79 m = 6580.60 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 23.24 C Layer 800.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.18 mb = 2955.83 m = 9697.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.95 C = 76.91 F Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lifted Index: -3.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.77 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.26 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1490.33 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 54.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 40.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 741.18 mb = 2632.65 m = 8637.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 686.18 mb = 3276.46 m = 10749.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.18 mb = 12361.18 m = 40554.57 ft B at Equ Level: 1474.65 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.18 mb = 15613.05 m = 51223.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.1 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 282.1 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.8 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 248.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 248.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 82.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.81 Bulk Rich Number: 7.97 Bulk Shear: 187.05 m/s