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: 37.97,-103.11 Latitude: 37.97 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 75 1 950 520 2 900 989 SFC 875 1231 18.4 15.2 82 3.1 16.3 135 11 302.9 305.2 294.3 340.0 12.54 4 850 1479 15.7 14.4 92 1.3 14.8 140 16 302.5 304.8 294.0 338.7 12.20 5 800 1993 14.8 13.2 90 1.6 13.8 199 15 306.9 309.2 295.1 343.2 12.03 6 750 2538 11.7 9.1 84 2.6 10.0 209 10 309.2 311.1 294.0 338.9 9.73 7 700 3112 7.5 5.2 85 2.3 6.1 204 14 310.8 312.3 293.1 335.2 7.94 8 650 3719 3.6 2.1 90 1.5 2.8 212 17 313.1 314.4 292.9 334.5 6.87 9 600 4365 -0.4 -0.8 97 0.5 -0.6 227 20 315.7 316.8 293.0 334.7 6.01 10 550 5056 -4.3 -4.7 97 0.4 -4.5 240 24 319.0 319.9 293.0 334.8 4.90 11 500 5802 -8.6 -9.0 97 0.4 -8.8 248 30 322.5 323.3 293.2 335.4 3.88 12 450 6611 -13.8 -14.6 94 0.7 -14.1 252 40 325.8 326.4 293.1 335.1 2.75 13 400 7493 -21.3 -33.1 34 11.8 -23.5 252 52 327.3 327.4 291.5 329.4 0.59 14 350 8461 -29.3 -58.6 4 29.3 -31.3 255 55 329.2 329.2 291.5 329.4 0.04 15 300 9543 -37.4 -59.4 8 22.0 -38.5 256 65 332.7 332.7 292.5 332.9 0.04 16 250 10778 -45.9 -64.7 10 18.8 -46.4 256 71 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 12231 -54.9 -70.2 13 15.3 -55.1 259 73 345.8 345.8 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 14032 -61.9 -76.7 12 14.8 -62.0 261 71 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.01 19 100 16536 -62.2 -89.1 2 26.9 -62.4 264 28 407.6 407.6 306.2 407.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5727.07 m Freezing level: 604.62 mb = 4304.91 m = 14123.53 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.19 mb = 4241.96 m = 13917.03 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.39 % Est. max temperature: 25.24 C = 77.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.46 mb = 1625.52 m = 5333.02 ft T: 15.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.99 C/km ThetaE index: 8.70 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 762.30 mb = 2400.95 m = 7877.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.94 C = 75.10 F Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lifted Index: -2.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.80 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.43 C Showalter Index: -1.25 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.25 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 36.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.73 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 872.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 33.31 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.84 mb = 1963.40 m = 6441.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.84 mb = 3019.28 m = 9905.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 227.84 mb = 11382.25 m = 37342.90 ft B at Equ Level: 864.28 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 147.84 mb = 14121.94 m = 46331.27 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.9 at 23.4 knts Storm direction: 262.9 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 0.5 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 59.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.3 neg: -15.7 tot: 118.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 3.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 9.07 Bulk Shear: 96.23 m/s