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: 40.84,-102.40 Latitude: 40.84 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 82 1 950 522 2 900 994 SFC 883 1160 21.4 12.9 59 8.4 15.8 164 13 305.2 307.2 293.6 337.2 10.68 4 850 1487 17.4 11.8 70 5.5 13.8 168 17 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.1 10.31 5 800 2001 12.3 10.9 91 1.4 11.4 174 18 304.3 306.2 293.1 335.1 10.30 6 750 2539 9.1 7.0 87 2.1 7.9 239 10 306.5 308.0 292.2 331.9 8.42 7 700 3108 5.7 0.3 68 5.4 2.9 341 9 308.8 309.9 290.6 326.1 5.60 8 650 3711 2.3 -5.9 55 8.2 -1.4 311 9 311.6 312.3 289.9 323.6 3.79 9 600 4352 -3.0 -10.1 58 7.1 -5.9 320 11 312.6 313.2 289.4 322.2 2.96 10 550 5033 -8.4 -14.8 60 6.5 -10.6 309 10 314.2 314.6 289.2 321.4 2.20 11 500 5766 -12.7 -17.6 67 4.8 -14.3 267 13 317.5 317.9 289.9 323.9 1.92 12 450 6562 -17.3 -19.2 86 1.8 -17.9 253 21 321.4 321.8 291.1 327.8 1.87 13 400 7435 -23.0 -25.4 81 2.4 -23.6 262 23 325.1 325.3 291.5 329.3 1.21 14 350 8399 -30.1 -33.1 76 2.9 -30.6 267 32 328.1 328.3 291.9 330.6 0.67 15 300 9478 -38.9 -42.7 67 3.9 -39.2 256 50 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.7 0.29 16 250 10697 -50.0 -54.7 58 4.7 -50.2 252 62 331.7 331.7 292.3 332.0 0.09 17 200 12130 -55.3 -69.9 15 14.7 -55.5 259 71 345.2 345.2 295.6 345.3 0.02 18 150 13946 -59.1 -78.6 6 19.5 -59.3 260 64 368.3 368.3 300.2 368.3 0.01 19 100 16477 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.4 259 38 409.6 409.6 306.5 409.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.51 m Freezing level: 628.22 mb = 3990.18 m = 13090.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 666.66 mb = 3505.23 m = 11499.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.93 % Est. max temperature: 23.35 C = 74.03 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 779.52 mb = 2217.34 m = 7274.65 ft T: 11.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.94 C/km ThetaE index: 15.84 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 768.36 mb = 2337.64 m = 7669.32 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.31 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.81 C = 71.27 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -3.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.96 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.46 C Showalter Index: -3.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.69 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.58 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 302.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.27 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 781.47 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 39.53 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.78 mb = 2203.83 m = 7230.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 735.78 mb = 2697.24 m = 8849.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 235.78 mb = 11073.50 m = 36329.93 ft B at Equ Level: 778.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 165.78 mb = 13314.90 m = 43683.53 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.6 at 13.4 knts Storm direction: 291.6 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -109.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 66.0 neg: -2.3 tot: 63.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 21.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.17 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 1.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.32 Bulk Rich Number: 12.82 Bulk Shear: 60.94 m/s