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: 38.04,-102.66 Latitude: 38.04 Longitude: -102.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 45 1 950 491 2 900 967 SFC 881 1157 22.5 16.9 71 5.6 18.6 139 13 306.6 309.1 296.3 348.2 13.85 4 850 1465 20.0 16.1 78 4.0 17.3 146 24 307.1 309.7 296.3 348.3 13.66 5 800 1985 15.2 14.9 98 0.3 15.0 154 27 307.4 309.9 296.2 348.0 13.46 6 750 2533 15.5 7.3 58 8.2 10.4 194 20 313.4 315.0 294.3 340.0 8.57 7 700 3114 11.7 6.1 69 5.6 8.3 219 26 315.4 317.0 294.8 341.9 8.46 8 650 3730 6.8 1.8 71 4.9 3.9 239 35 316.6 317.9 293.8 337.9 6.73 9 600 4381 1.9 -5.7 57 7.6 -1.8 252 43 318.3 319.1 292.2 331.7 4.15 10 550 5075 -3.8 -14.3 44 10.4 -7.8 261 50 319.5 320.0 290.9 327.2 2.31 11 500 5820 -8.9 -32.6 13 23.6 -14.3 271 54 322.1 322.2 289.9 323.9 0.50 12 450 6625 -15.0 -40.7 9 25.7 -19.2 274 49 324.4 324.5 290.4 325.3 0.24 13 400 7504 -21.2 -50.3 5 29.1 -24.4 279 44 327.4 327.5 291.1 327.8 0.10 14 350 8474 -28.4 -55.0 6 26.6 -30.5 279 46 330.4 330.4 291.9 330.7 0.06 15 300 9559 -36.9 -59.4 8 22.5 -38.1 272 53 333.3 333.3 292.6 333.5 0.04 16 250 10796 -45.8 -65.7 9 19.9 -46.4 266 65 337.9 337.9 293.8 338.0 0.02 17 200 12246 -55.0 -69.4 15 14.4 -55.3 264 70 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14060 -60.7 -79.9 6 19.3 -60.8 263 75 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.00 19 100 16558 -64.1 -86.4 3 22.3 -64.3 258 31 403.8 403.8 305.7 403.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.72 m Freezing level: 583.67 mb = 4607.96 m = 15117.80 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.64 mb = 4171.76 m = 13686.70 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.78 C = 85.60 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.07 mb = 1866.89 m = 6124.90 ft T: 16.32 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.61 C/km ThetaE index: 8.30 C Layer 800.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 720.12 mb = 2875.63 m = 9434.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.38 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.19 C = 86.34 F Cap Strength: 2.88 C Lifted Index: -5.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.38 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.67 C Showalter Index: -5.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.98 C Cross Totals Index: 25.03 C K Index: 39.51 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1802.14 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 87.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.53 mb = 2032.35 m = 6667.74 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.53 mb = 3722.88 m = 12214.01 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.53 mb = 12552.08 m = 41180.87 ft B at Equ Level: 1788.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 110.53 mb = 15941.69 m = 52301.49 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.6 at 38.3 knts Storm direction: 279.6 at 28.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 440.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 440.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 146.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.52 Bulk Rich Number: 5.89 Bulk Shear: 305.89 m/s