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: 38.29,-104.52 Latitude: 38.29 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 71 1 950 527 2 900 997 SFC 851 1480 17.6 9.7 60 7.9 12.7 346 17 304.5 306.2 292.0 331.3 8.93 4 850 1488 17.3 9.5 60 7.8 12.4 345 17 304.2 305.9 291.9 330.6 8.81 5 800 2001 13.5 6.2 61 7.3 9.2 349 26 305.6 306.9 291.2 328.0 7.44 6 750 2543 11.2 6.5 72 4.8 8.4 332 9 308.8 310.3 292.7 333.5 8.09 7 700 3116 6.7 3.2 78 3.6 4.7 265 5 309.9 311.2 292.0 331.2 6.88 8 650 3720 2.3 1.2 92 1.1 1.7 223 11 311.6 312.8 292.2 331.6 6.44 9 600 4363 -1.4 -1.8 97 0.4 -1.6 219 18 314.5 315.6 292.3 332.1 5.58 10 550 5052 -5.6 -6.0 97 0.4 -5.8 231 24 317.4 318.3 292.2 331.7 4.43 11 500 5793 -10.3 -11.0 94 0.8 -10.6 244 31 320.5 321.1 292.1 331.4 3.29 12 450 6596 -16.0 -17.2 90 1.2 -16.4 254 38 323.1 323.6 291.9 330.6 2.20 13 400 7471 -22.6 -25.2 79 2.7 -23.2 262 32 325.7 325.9 291.7 330.0 1.23 14 350 8437 -29.7 -32.9 74 3.2 -30.2 268 27 328.8 328.9 292.0 331.3 0.69 15 300 9515 -38.5 -45.0 50 6.5 -39.1 263 36 331.0 331.1 292.2 331.9 0.23 16 250 10750 -45.4 -67.3 7 21.9 -46.0 258 67 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.6 0.02 17 200 12203 -54.9 -71.9 10 17.0 -55.1 256 75 345.9 345.9 295.7 345.9 0.01 18 150 14016 -60.1 -79.5 6 19.4 -60.3 256 78 366.5 366.5 299.9 366.5 0.00 19 100 16536 -61.1 -88.2 2 27.1 -61.3 265 41 409.8 409.8 306.5 409.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5722.17 m Freezing level: 618.81 mb = 4121.29 m = 13521.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.27 mb = 4044.71 m = 13269.89 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.95 % Est. max temperature: 22.78 C = 73.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 756.02 mb = 2476.27 m = 8124.15 ft T: 11.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 3.25 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 676.17 mb = 3398.17 m = 11148.70 ft Mean mixing ratio: 7.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.54 C = 74.38 F Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lifted Index: 0.94 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.39 C Showalter Index: 0.65 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.36 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.56 C Cross Totals Index: 19.79 C K Index: 33.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 179.24 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.12 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 19.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.19 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5811.88 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.10 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 721.68 mb = 2862.68 m = 9391.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.2 at 22.5 knts Storm direction: 285.2 at 16.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 6.9 tot: 8.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.3 neg: -30.8 tot: 92.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.53 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.15 Bulk Shear: 130.17 m/s