MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.63,-102.82 Latitude: 37.63 Longitude: -102.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 503 2 900 977 SFC 860 1369 20.5 18.0 86 2.5 18.7 85 12 306.5 309.4 297.1 352.4 15.26 4 850 1472 18.5 17.2 92 1.3 17.7 84 15 305.6 308.3 296.5 349.6 14.70 5 800 1992 17.2 12.6 75 4.5 14.1 153 5 309.4 311.6 295.4 344.6 11.56 6 750 2542 15.4 7.3 58 8.1 10.4 218 18 313.3 314.9 294.3 340.0 8.58 7 700 3122 10.4 4.8 68 5.6 7.1 218 26 314.0 315.4 293.9 338.1 7.73 8 650 3733 4.5 3.3 92 1.2 3.8 218 28 314.0 315.4 293.7 337.4 7.48 9 600 4380 0.1 -1.9 87 2.0 -1.0 235 32 316.2 317.3 292.7 333.8 5.55 10 550 5073 -3.7 -7.5 75 3.8 -5.4 254 34 319.6 320.4 292.4 332.5 3.95 11 500 5819 -8.5 -15.4 57 6.9 -11.1 255 32 322.6 323.1 291.8 330.4 2.30 12 450 6627 -14.0 -40.4 9 26.4 -18.5 261 41 325.6 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.25 13 400 7508 -21.1 -44.5 10 23.3 -24.2 259 45 327.5 327.6 291.2 328.2 0.18 14 350 8477 -28.7 -50.0 11 21.3 -30.7 260 57 330.0 330.0 291.9 330.5 0.11 15 300 9562 -36.9 -57.0 11 20.1 -38.0 256 63 333.4 333.4 292.7 333.6 0.06 16 250 10800 -45.0 -64.8 9 19.8 -45.6 256 68 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12262 -53.3 -70.4 11 17.0 -53.6 259 69 348.3 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14068 -62.4 -77.8 11 15.4 -62.6 259 62 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16551 -65.2 -87.3 3 22.1 -65.3 268 45 401.8 401.8 305.5 401.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.67 m Freezing level: 599.22 mb = 4391.22 m = 14406.70 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.29 mb = 4243.00 m = 13920.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.97 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.42 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.69 mb = 1679.68 m = 5510.68 ft T: 17.99 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 25.79 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 712.21 mb = 2977.07 m = 9767.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.43 C = 81.37 F Cap Strength: 3.38 C Lifted Index: -4.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.16 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.96 C Showalter Index: -5.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.84 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.75 C K Index: 38.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 346.27 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1446.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.79 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.87 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.33 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 763.37 mb = 2391.52 m = 7846.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 678.37 mb = 3381.25 m = 11093.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 208.37 mb = 11993.15 m = 39347.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1432.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.37 mb = 15518.56 m = 50913.28 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.0 at 28.8 knts Storm direction: 273.0 at 21.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 276.6 neg: -4.9 tot: 271.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 90.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.96 Bulk Rich Number: 7.10 Bulk Shear: 203.81 m/s