MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.24,-103.78 Latitude: 38.24 Longitude: -103.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 31 1 950 479 2 900 962 SFC 862 1347 26.6 13.5 44 13.1 17.7 141 11 312.8 315.0 296.1 347.9 11.37 4 850 1466 24.5 12.6 47 12.0 16.5 141 13 311.9 313.9 295.6 345.2 10.84 5 800 1993 19.4 11.8 61 7.6 14.3 144 14 311.8 313.9 295.6 345.3 10.90 6 750 2544 14.0 10.6 80 3.4 11.8 147 14 311.8 313.8 295.5 344.9 10.78 7 700 3122 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.3 202 11 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.0 8.40 8 650 3733 5.5 2.2 79 3.3 3.7 237 21 315.1 316.5 293.6 336.9 6.92 9 600 4383 0.9 -2.6 77 3.6 -0.9 247 32 317.2 318.2 292.8 334.0 5.25 10 550 5076 -4.7 -10.3 65 5.6 -7.0 251 39 318.5 319.2 291.4 328.9 3.18 11 500 5817 -10.3 -14.5 72 4.2 -11.8 261 44 320.4 320.9 291.3 328.7 2.49 12 450 6619 -16.2 -29.3 32 13.1 -19.1 267 53 322.8 323.0 290.4 325.5 0.75 13 400 7494 -22.9 -36.7 27 13.8 -25.1 268 52 325.2 325.3 290.7 326.7 0.41 14 350 8458 -29.7 -52.7 9 23.0 -31.5 266 51 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.1 0.08 15 300 9540 -37.3 -59.8 8 22.5 -38.4 262 57 332.8 332.8 292.5 332.9 0.04 16 250 10775 -45.8 -66.0 8 20.3 -46.3 260 69 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.02 17 200 12227 -55.1 -69.5 15 14.4 -55.3 261 74 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14041 -60.6 -78.2 8 17.6 -60.7 263 75 365.7 365.7 299.8 365.7 0.01 19 100 16546 -62.8 -87.1 2 24.3 -63.0 260 21 406.4 406.4 306.0 406.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.64 m Freezing level: 591.69 mb = 4497.83 m = 14756.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.04 mb = 4248.06 m = 13937.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.22 % Est. max temperature: 26.47 C = 79.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 711.36 mb = 2987.25 m = 9800.56 ft T: 10.49 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.33 C/km ThetaE index: 19.83 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.20 mb = 3071.94 m = 10078.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.64 C = 79.94 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.15 C Showalter Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 57.80 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 34.88 C Cross Totals Index: 22.92 C K Index: 44.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.83 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.23 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1678.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.56 mb = 2961.32 m = 9715.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 688.56 mb = 3257.91 m = 10688.54 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.56 mb = 12272.48 m = 40263.55 ft B at Equ Level: 1666.03 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.56 mb = 15494.09 m = 50833.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 177.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 177.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.9 stream: 5.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.94 Bulk Rich Number: 9.22 Bulk Shear: 181.99 m/s