MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.94,-103.56 Latitude: 37.94 Longitude: -103.56 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 477 2 900 955 SFC 865 1303 21.8 16.7 73 5.1 18.3 123 10 307.5 310.1 296.5 349.7 13.98 4 850 1455 21.7 16.0 70 5.7 17.8 132 21 308.9 311.5 296.7 350.2 13.62 5 800 1979 18.6 13.9 74 4.7 15.4 160 28 311.0 313.4 296.5 349.5 12.60 6 750 2532 16.6 10.1 65 6.5 12.4 196 27 314.6 316.6 296.0 347.0 10.42 7 700 3116 12.7 5.4 61 7.3 8.3 226 28 316.5 318.1 294.8 342.0 8.08 8 650 3733 7.8 -0.9 54 8.7 3.1 244 37 317.8 318.9 293.2 335.5 5.52 9 600 4386 1.9 -4.8 61 6.8 -1.4 250 40 318.4 319.2 292.4 332.8 4.45 10 550 5080 -3.9 -14.8 42 10.9 -8.0 258 47 319.4 319.8 290.8 326.8 2.20 11 500 5824 -9.5 -31.1 15 21.6 -14.5 267 52 321.4 321.6 289.8 323.5 0.57 12 450 6628 -15.2 -43.3 7 28.0 -19.6 273 49 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.8 0.19 13 400 7506 -21.5 -48.4 7 27.0 -24.6 280 43 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.5 0.12 14 350 8476 -28.5 -52.6 8 24.1 -30.6 280 44 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.08 15 300 9561 -37.0 -59.2 8 22.3 -38.1 272 49 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.4 0.04 16 250 10798 -45.8 -64.9 10 19.2 -46.3 265 62 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.02 17 200 12250 -54.7 -70.0 13 15.3 -54.9 263 66 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14066 -60.4 -79.7 6 19.3 -60.6 262 68 366.1 366.1 299.9 366.1 0.00 19 100 16559 -65.5 -86.2 4 20.7 -65.7 260 32 401.1 401.1 305.3 401.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5793.06 m Freezing level: 583.45 mb = 4616.13 m = 15144.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.37 mb = 4180.09 m = 13714.04 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.84 % Est. max temperature: 29.96 C = 85.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 802.44 mb = 1952.79 m = 6406.72 ft T: 18.75 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.20 C/km ThetaE index: 26.73 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 691.11 mb = 3222.72 m = 10573.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.74 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.73 C = 87.32 F Cap Strength: 3.58 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.24 C Showalter Index: -6.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.78 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 31.23 C Cross Totals Index: 25.55 C K Index: 40.01 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 441.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2097.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 752.99 mb = 2497.76 m = 8194.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 637.99 mb = 3885.50 m = 12747.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.99 mb = 12640.82 m = 41471.99 ft B at Equ Level: 2084.77 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.99 mb = 16086.70 m = 52777.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 39.1 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 29.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 566.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 566.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 188.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.7 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.33 Bulk Rich Number: 6.32 Bulk Shear: 331.82 m/s