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: 37.69,-103.54 Latitude: 37.69 Longitude: -103.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 495 2 900 970 SFC 857 1390 20.0 16.4 80 3.6 17.5 99 11 306.3 308.9 296.1 347.8 13.80 4 850 1466 19.5 15.6 79 3.8 16.8 103 15 306.5 309.0 295.8 346.4 13.26 5 800 1986 16.5 13.6 83 2.8 14.6 158 15 308.7 311.0 295.8 346.2 12.37 6 750 2534 13.0 11.0 88 2.0 11.7 207 14 310.6 312.7 295.4 344.4 11.04 7 700 3111 8.6 7.7 94 0.9 8.0 228 19 312.0 313.8 294.6 341.2 9.45 8 650 3720 4.5 4.1 97 0.4 4.2 233 24 314.0 315.5 294.0 338.8 7.93 9 600 4367 -0.0 -0.6 96 0.6 -0.3 237 27 316.1 317.3 293.2 335.6 6.13 10 550 5060 -3.9 -5.7 87 1.8 -4.8 252 32 319.5 320.4 292.9 334.2 4.54 11 500 5807 -8.0 -12.1 73 4.1 -9.6 261 38 323.3 323.8 292.6 333.4 3.03 12 450 6616 -14.2 -41.0 8 26.9 -18.7 258 42 325.4 325.4 290.6 326.3 0.23 13 400 7497 -21.2 -50.0 6 28.7 -24.5 258 49 327.4 327.4 291.1 327.8 0.10 14 350 8466 -28.8 -52.4 8 23.6 -30.8 259 52 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.08 15 300 9550 -36.9 -59.7 8 22.8 -38.1 255 63 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.04 16 250 10787 -45.8 -64.8 10 19.0 -46.4 255 68 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.0 0.02 17 200 12239 -55.2 -69.9 14 14.7 -55.4 257 72 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.4 0.02 18 150 14037 -62.4 -76.8 13 14.4 -62.6 260 73 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16538 -61.9 -88.9 2 27.0 -62.1 268 27 408.1 408.1 306.3 408.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5751.96 m Freezing level: 600.00 mb = 4367.47 m = 14328.79 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.03 mb = 4326.77 m = 14195.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 88.60 % Est. max temperature: 25.23 C = 77.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 812.84 mb = 1849.63 m = 6068.25 ft T: 17.24 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 21.50 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.29 mb = 2575.27 m = 8448.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.23 C = 75.61 F Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lifted Index: -3.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.35 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.86 C Showalter Index: -3.77 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.14 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.48 C Cross Totals Index: 23.66 C K Index: 42.20 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 298.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.60 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1596.99 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.52 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 771.54 mb = 2293.59 m = 7524.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 716.54 mb = 2915.31 m = 9564.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.54 mb = 12347.94 m = 40511.13 ft B at Equ Level: 1588.98 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.54 mb = 15593.74 m = 51159.95 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 28.7 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 21.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 249.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 83.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.17 Bulk Rich Number: 8.08 Bulk Shear: 197.59 m/s