MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F021.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 21 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.92,-103.83 Latitude: 37.92 Longitude: -103.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 496 2 900 977 SFC 863 1351 27.0 13.4 43 13.7 17.8 133 6 313.2 315.3 296.2 348.0 11.27 4 850 1480 23.8 12.3 49 11.5 16.1 135 6 311.0 313.0 295.2 343.6 10.63 5 800 2005 18.4 11.3 64 7.0 13.8 140 7 310.7 312.7 295.1 343.2 10.61 6 750 2554 13.1 9.8 81 3.3 11.0 162 6 310.8 312.7 294.8 342.2 10.23 7 700 3132 10.3 1.2 53 9.2 5.2 253 17 313.9 315.1 292.4 332.6 5.95 8 650 3743 5.3 -1.9 60 7.2 1.6 258 25 315.0 316.0 292.0 331.3 5.12 9 600 4391 0.4 -10.9 43 11.2 -4.3 264 33 316.6 317.1 290.5 325.7 2.78 10 550 5082 -4.5 -23.0 22 18.6 -10.1 265 42 318.8 319.0 289.5 322.5 1.09 11 500 5824 -9.9 -30.8 16 20.9 -14.7 264 48 321.0 321.1 289.7 323.1 0.59 12 450 6627 -15.9 -34.9 18 18.9 -19.5 257 41 323.2 323.3 290.2 324.8 0.44 13 400 7501 -22.9 -43.5 13 20.6 -25.5 262 49 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.20 14 350 8465 -29.5 -53.0 8 23.5 -31.4 262 52 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.2 0.08 15 300 9547 -37.2 -60.3 7 23.2 -38.3 258 62 333.0 333.0 292.6 333.1 0.04 16 250 10784 -45.7 -64.5 10 18.8 -46.2 256 71 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.3 0.03 17 200 12236 -55.0 -69.8 14 14.8 -55.3 255 79 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14045 -61.2 -78.7 8 17.5 -61.3 259 79 364.7 364.7 299.6 364.7 0.01 19 100 16545 -62.6 -86.9 2 24.3 -62.8 264 21 406.8 406.8 306.1 406.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.45 m Freezing level: 596.02 mb = 4446.00 m = 14586.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 636.47 mb = 3913.53 m = 12839.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.07 % Est. max temperature: 27.00 C = 80.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 706.34 mb = 3056.49 m = 10027.72 ft T: 10.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.50 C/km ThetaE index: 25.44 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 686.91 mb = 3287.68 m = 10786.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.60 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.04 C = 82.48 F Cap Strength: 1.62 C Lifted Index: -4.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.57 C Showalter Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 55.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.16 C K Index: 36.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 343.42 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1336.20 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 38.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 718.07 mb = 2918.46 m = 9574.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 653.07 mb = 3704.44 m = 12153.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 213.07 mb = 11823.95 m = 38792.02 ft B at Equ Level: 1330.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 133.07 mb = 14783.17 m = 48500.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 258.7 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 288.7 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 160.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 160.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 53.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.1 stream: 5.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.96 Bulk Rich Number: 9.04 Bulk Shear: 147.75 m/s