MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 40.11,-103.25 Latitude: 40.11 Longitude: -103.25 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 81 1 950 516 2 900 989 SFC 859 1393 19.4 13.7 69 5.7 15.6 84 8 305.5 307.7 294.3 340.1 11.52 4 850 1483 18.8 12.5 66 6.4 14.7 87 11 305.9 307.9 293.9 338.2 10.75 5 800 2000 14.0 11.1 83 2.9 12.1 93 7 306.1 308.0 293.7 337.4 10.41 6 750 2541 9.5 8.4 93 1.1 8.8 223 1 306.9 308.6 293.0 334.9 9.27 7 700 3110 5.2 4.6 95 0.7 4.8 264 6 308.3 309.7 292.1 331.5 7.59 8 650 3712 1.4 -0.2 89 1.5 0.6 277 12 310.5 311.6 291.3 328.6 5.83 9 600 4352 -2.7 -4.7 86 2.0 -3.6 290 20 313.0 313.9 290.9 327.3 4.51 10 550 5037 -6.9 -8.4 90 1.4 -7.5 289 24 315.8 316.6 291.1 327.8 3.70 11 500 5774 -11.7 -14.1 82 2.4 -12.5 279 28 318.8 319.3 291.0 327.3 2.58 12 450 6572 -17.4 -23.5 59 6.1 -19.0 273 36 321.4 321.6 290.5 325.8 1.28 13 400 7444 -23.0 -30.4 50 7.5 -24.4 256 50 325.2 325.3 291.1 327.9 0.76 14 350 8407 -30.3 -39.3 41 9.0 -31.4 246 55 327.9 328.0 291.5 329.3 0.36 15 300 9484 -39.0 -49.7 31 10.7 -39.7 242 53 330.4 330.4 292.0 330.9 0.14 16 250 10707 -48.1 -60.9 21 12.9 -48.4 247 57 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.8 0.04 17 200 12150 -55.7 -71.0 13 15.2 -56.0 255 75 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.5 0.01 18 150 13964 -58.7 -77.1 8 18.4 -59.0 258 71 368.9 368.9 300.4 368.9 0.01 19 100 16500 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 262 30 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5692.22 m Freezing level: 633.03 mb = 3929.02 m = 12890.32 ft Wetbulb zero: 643.12 mb = 3796.89 m = 12456.84 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.05 % Est. max temperature: 21.78 C = 71.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 789.09 mb = 2115.31 m = 6939.90 ft T: 13.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 12.81 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 757.32 mb = 2459.78 m = 8070.03 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 20.56 C = 69.01 F Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lifted Index: -3.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -4.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.50 C Cross Totals Index: 24.13 C K Index: 42.28 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 311.88 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 984.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.48 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 764.20 mb = 2383.96 m = 7821.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 749.20 mb = 2550.00 m = 8366.05 ft Equ Level (EL): 229.20 mb = 11268.85 m = 36970.85 ft B at Equ Level: 970.54 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 149.20 mb = 13996.83 m = 45920.81 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 275.8 at 20.5 knts Storm direction: 305.8 at 15.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 86.6 neg: -6.5 tot: 80.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.4 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.41 Bulk Rich Number: 8.42 Bulk Shear: 116.92 m/s