MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.89,-102.41 Latitude: 37.89 Longitude: -102.41 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 509 2 900 981 SFC 880 1174 20.7 17.2 80 3.5 18.2 119 12 304.8 307.4 296.0 347.0 14.15 4 850 1474 17.2 16.2 94 1.0 16.5 135 17 304.2 306.7 295.6 345.2 13.78 5 800 1992 16.1 14.5 90 1.6 15.0 198 23 308.3 310.8 296.2 348.0 13.11 6 750 2540 13.9 7.4 65 6.6 9.9 254 14 311.7 313.4 293.9 338.4 8.64 7 700 3117 8.3 6.0 85 2.3 6.9 254 14 311.7 313.2 293.7 337.6 8.40 8 650 3724 3.2 2.3 94 0.9 2.7 249 19 312.6 313.9 292.9 334.3 6.97 9 600 4370 -0.5 -2.5 86 2.0 -1.5 248 27 315.6 316.6 292.4 332.5 5.32 10 550 5061 -4.6 -7.8 78 3.2 -6.0 257 32 318.7 319.4 292.0 331.3 3.87 11 500 5804 -9.4 -17.5 52 8.1 -12.1 259 39 321.6 322.0 291.2 328.2 1.94 12 450 6609 -14.9 -28.8 29 13.9 -18.1 258 45 324.5 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.79 13 400 7488 -21.9 -44.6 11 22.7 -24.8 256 49 326.6 326.6 290.9 327.3 0.18 14 350 8457 -28.4 -56.6 5 28.2 -30.6 254 59 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.6 0.05 15 300 9544 -36.1 -61.2 6 25.1 -37.4 253 68 334.5 334.5 293.0 334.6 0.03 16 250 10785 -45.2 -65.3 9 20.1 -45.9 254 71 338.8 338.8 294.0 338.9 0.02 17 200 12238 -55.7 -71.6 12 16.0 -55.9 256 71 344.6 344.6 295.4 344.7 0.01 18 150 14042 -61.1 -79.4 7 18.3 -61.2 259 76 364.9 364.9 299.7 364.9 0.00 19 100 16551 -62.0 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 262 23 407.9 407.9 306.2 407.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5741.82 m Freezing level: 606.19 mb = 4289.90 m = 14074.29 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.82 mb = 4133.77 m = 13562.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.27 % Est. max temperature: 27.38 C = 81.28 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 835.98 mb = 1616.34 m = 5302.89 ft T: 16.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 20.76 C Layer 750.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 748.05 mb = 2562.24 m = 8406.18 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.39 C = 81.30 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -5.04 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.29 C Showalter Index: -4.63 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.59 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 40.50 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1726.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 43.48 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 806.80 mb = 1919.38 m = 6297.09 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 711.80 mb = 2977.35 m = 9768.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.80 mb = 12500.64 m = 41012.11 ft B at Equ Level: 1712.53 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.80 mb = 15860.36 m = 52034.66 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.2 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 279.2 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.0 neg: 1.9 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 274.8 neg: -16.4 tot: 258.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 86.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 5.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.67 Bulk Rich Number: 9.55 Bulk Shear: 180.87 m/s