MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041200F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.10,-102.64 Latitude: 38.10 Longitude: -102.64 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 506 2 900 983 SFC 883 1151 24.5 16.1 60 8.4 18.7 117 11 308.5 310.9 296.3 348.4 13.17 4 850 1481 20.3 15.1 72 5.2 16.8 120 13 307.4 309.8 295.8 346.2 12.84 5 800 2001 15.3 13.7 90 1.6 14.2 134 12 307.4 309.7 295.4 344.8 12.38 6 750 2547 12.5 7.4 71 5.1 9.3 247 8 310.1 311.7 293.4 336.6 8.64 7 700 3122 8.5 -1.2 51 9.7 3.4 279 11 311.9 312.8 291.0 327.6 5.01 8 650 3729 4.1 -6.1 47 10.3 -0.6 271 15 313.7 314.4 290.5 325.6 3.73 9 600 4375 -0.1 -9.4 50 9.2 -4.1 264 21 315.9 316.6 290.6 326.1 3.13 10 550 5065 -4.8 -10.7 63 5.9 -7.2 260 26 318.4 319.0 291.3 328.5 3.08 11 500 5808 -9.7 -17.9 51 8.2 -12.5 258 31 321.2 321.5 291.0 327.5 1.87 12 450 6612 -15.4 -32.2 22 16.9 -18.8 256 38 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.0 0.57 13 400 7489 -21.8 -45.5 10 23.7 -24.8 258 49 326.7 326.7 290.9 327.3 0.16 14 350 8457 -29.1 -54.1 7 25.0 -31.1 258 57 329.5 329.5 291.6 329.8 0.07 15 300 9541 -37.0 -59.7 8 22.8 -38.1 255 64 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.04 16 250 10778 -45.6 -65.5 9 19.9 -46.2 256 66 338.3 338.3 293.9 338.4 0.02 17 200 12234 -53.9 -71.8 9 17.9 -54.2 261 74 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.5 0.01 18 150 14042 -62.1 -77.0 12 14.9 -62.2 261 73 363.1 363.1 299.3 363.1 0.01 19 100 16536 -62.7 -88.2 2 25.5 -63.0 267 44 406.5 406.5 306.0 406.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5745.92 m Freezing level: 601.72 mb = 4352.68 m = 14280.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.73 mb = 3632.15 m = 11916.37 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.03 % Est. max temperature: 26.68 C = 80.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 780.76 mb = 2207.07 m = 7240.95 ft T: 14.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.78 C/km ThetaE index: 22.81 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.72 mb = 2415.76 m = 7925.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.49 C = 77.88 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -5.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.93 C Showalter Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.93 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 35.53 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 357.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1636.35 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.77 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 781.33 mb = 2200.88 m = 7220.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 726.33 mb = 2813.98 m = 9232.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 206.33 mb = 12030.84 m = 39470.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1627.00 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.33 mb = 15605.74 m = 51199.32 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.5 at 21.8 knts Storm direction: 285.5 at 16.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.0 neg: -7.4 tot: 79.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 12.16 Bulk Shear: 134.54 m/s