MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.93,-104.52 Latitude: 38.93 Longitude: -104.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 1 950 530 2 900 1004 3 850 1499 SFC 802 1992 17.8 11.3 66 6.5 13.6 150 8 309.8 311.8 294.8 342.0 10.55 5 800 2017 15.7 10.7 72 5.0 12.4 154 8 307.9 309.8 294.0 338.5 10.13 6 750 2561 10.2 9.0 92 1.2 9.5 155 9 307.7 309.5 293.6 336.9 9.64 7 700 3131 5.8 3.4 84 2.4 4.5 227 7 309.0 310.3 291.9 330.5 7.01 8 650 3735 3.4 -2.8 63 6.3 0.3 257 15 312.9 313.8 291.1 328.0 4.78 9 600 4379 -1.3 -10.4 50 9.1 -5.0 267 14 314.7 315.2 290.0 324.0 2.89 10 550 5066 -6.3 -13.8 55 7.5 -9.1 265 24 316.6 317.1 290.1 324.5 2.39 11 500 5803 -12.2 -16.7 69 4.5 -13.6 268 30 318.2 318.6 290.3 325.1 2.07 12 450 6599 -17.6 -26.5 46 8.9 -19.7 260 37 321.1 321.3 290.1 324.5 0.97 13 400 7471 -23.4 -43.8 14 20.4 -25.9 261 47 324.6 324.7 290.4 325.4 0.20 14 350 8431 -31.1 -49.3 15 18.1 -32.7 261 44 326.7 326.8 290.9 327.2 0.12 15 300 9505 -38.9 -57.8 12 18.8 -39.9 260 52 330.5 330.5 291.9 330.7 0.05 16 250 10734 -46.9 -64.1 12 17.3 -47.3 257 66 336.4 336.4 293.4 336.5 0.03 17 200 12183 -54.8 -71.5 11 16.7 -55.0 256 80 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 13996 -60.0 -77.7 8 17.7 -60.2 255 72 366.8 366.8 300.0 366.8 0.01 19 100 16508 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 269 46 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5710.54 m Freezing level: 613.45 mb = 4206.02 m = 13799.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 647.07 mb = 3771.82 m = 12374.58 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 67.86 % Est. max temperature: 20.44 C = 68.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 728.87 mb = 2796.93 m = 9176.16 ft T: 8.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 17.97 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 719.92 mb = 2898.99 m = 9511.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 16.47 C = 61.65 F Cap Strength: 0.27 C Lifted Index: -3.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.50 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 695.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.29 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.04 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 723.94 mb = 2852.97 m = 9360.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 708.94 mb = 3025.95 m = 9927.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 658.94 mb = 3623.96 m = 11889.47 ft B at Equ Level: 10.49 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.94 mb = 13246.24 m = 43458.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.9 neg: -3.0 tot: 66.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 22.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.23 Bulk Rich Number: 6.77 Bulk Shear: 102.72 m/s