MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 38.88,-104.47 Latitude: 38.88 Longitude: -104.47 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 63 1 950 507 2 900 980 3 850 1474 SFC 807 1921 17.9 10.9 64 6.9 13.4 216 7 309.4 311.4 294.4 340.6 10.22 5 800 1992 15.1 10.0 71 5.2 11.9 218 7 307.3 309.1 293.4 336.5 9.67 6 750 2534 9.6 8.3 91 1.3 8.8 226 7 307.0 308.7 293.0 334.9 9.20 7 700 3104 6.5 1.8 72 4.8 3.9 317 10 309.7 310.9 291.4 328.9 6.22 8 650 3708 2.3 -2.3 71 4.7 0.0 310 12 311.6 312.5 290.9 327.2 4.96 9 600 4350 -2.1 -5.2 79 3.2 -3.6 281 14 313.7 314.6 291.0 327.5 4.32 10 550 5036 -6.3 -10.0 75 3.8 -7.8 258 21 316.7 317.3 290.9 327.2 3.25 11 500 5776 -10.8 -14.0 77 3.3 -11.9 256 24 319.9 320.4 291.3 328.5 2.59 12 450 6577 -16.3 -20.6 69 4.3 -17.5 252 28 322.8 323.1 291.3 328.5 1.65 13 400 7451 -23.5 -30.3 54 6.7 -24.8 250 32 324.4 324.6 290.9 327.2 0.77 14 350 8412 -30.1 -51.3 11 21.2 -31.9 247 42 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.10 15 300 9492 -37.7 -59.7 8 22.0 -38.7 247 54 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.4 0.04 16 250 10724 -46.8 -64.4 12 17.6 -47.3 249 61 336.6 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.03 17 200 12175 -54.6 -70.8 12 16.1 -54.9 247 70 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 13989 -59.7 -77.8 8 18.1 -59.9 254 67 367.1 367.1 300.1 367.2 0.01 19 100 16508 -61.6 -88.6 2 27.0 -61.9 262 44 408.7 408.7 306.3 408.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5712.80 m Freezing level: 623.39 mb = 4049.71 m = 13286.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.72 mb = 3711.62 m = 12177.08 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 76.58 % Est. max temperature: 19.65 C = 67.36 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 727.49 mb = 2785.82 m = 9139.71 ft T: 8.26 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.47 C/km ThetaE index: 13.44 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 701.56 mb = 3086.03 m = 10124.63 ft Mean mixing ratio: 8.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.03 C = 64.45 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -1.52 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.71 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 368.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 27.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 13.50 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 720.69 mb = 2863.52 m = 9394.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 665.69 mb = 3513.88 m = 11528.33 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.69 mb = 9589.91 m = 31462.57 ft B at Equ Level: 367.97 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.69 mb = 12312.25 m = 40394.04 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.7 at 19.6 knts Storm direction: 289.7 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.3 neg: 2.6 tot: 5.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 80.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 4.9 neg: -16.4 tot: -11.5 m^2/s^2 ave: -3.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.12 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: -0.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.32 Bulk Shear: 29.90 m/s