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: 38.83,-103.22 Latitude: 38.83 Longitude: -103.22 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 55 1 950 496 2 900 970 SFC 853 1439 19.1 16.3 84 2.8 17.2 107 12 305.9 308.5 296.0 347.3 13.82 4 850 1466 18.9 16.0 83 2.9 16.9 106 13 305.9 308.5 295.8 346.6 13.56 5 800 1985 16.1 13.4 84 2.7 14.3 143 25 308.3 310.6 295.6 345.2 12.17 6 750 2531 11.4 11.0 98 0.3 11.2 159 25 308.9 311.0 294.9 342.6 11.08 7 700 3104 7.1 6.4 95 0.7 6.7 187 24 310.4 312.0 293.6 336.9 8.65 8 650 3711 4.2 2.1 86 2.1 3.0 227 32 313.7 315.0 293.1 335.1 6.85 9 600 4358 0.1 -2.0 86 2.1 -1.0 240 43 316.3 317.3 292.7 333.8 5.53 10 550 5050 -4.3 -5.8 90 1.4 -5.0 250 50 318.9 319.8 292.7 333.6 4.53 11 500 5795 -8.8 -9.6 94 0.7 -9.2 254 55 322.3 323.0 292.9 334.5 3.70 12 450 6604 -13.5 -16.0 82 2.5 -14.4 260 54 326.3 326.8 293.0 334.6 2.45 13 400 7488 -20.6 -34.6 28 13.9 -23.2 269 47 328.2 328.3 291.7 330.0 0.51 14 350 8459 -28.5 -44.8 19 16.3 -30.3 278 47 330.3 330.3 292.0 331.1 0.20 15 300 9544 -37.0 -50.5 23 13.5 -37.9 287 48 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.7 0.12 16 250 10778 -46.8 -61.0 18 14.2 -47.2 280 54 336.5 336.6 293.5 336.7 0.04 17 200 12224 -55.9 -70.5 14 14.6 -56.1 267 69 344.3 344.3 295.4 344.3 0.01 18 150 14033 -60.4 -78.1 8 17.6 -60.6 262 73 366.0 366.0 299.8 366.0 0.01 19 100 16544 -63.0 -87.5 2 24.5 -63.2 264 36 406.0 406.0 306.0 406.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5740.26 m Freezing level: 598.56 mb = 4377.87 m = 14362.93 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.25 mb = 4194.55 m = 13761.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.66 % Est. max temperature: 23.30 C = 73.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.07 mb = 1793.51 m = 5884.16 ft T: 17.15 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.93 C/km ThetaE index: 13.75 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 765.62 mb = 2356.16 m = 7730.09 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 21.82 C = 71.28 F Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lifted Index: -4.06 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.88 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.05 C Showalter Index: -4.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.55 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 24.81 C K Index: 43.00 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 344.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1516.55 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 775.54 mb = 2247.38 m = 7373.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 750.54 mb = 2524.44 m = 8282.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.54 mb = 12206.07 m = 40045.68 ft B at Equ Level: 1516.14 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.54 mb = 15387.27 m = 50482.57 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.8 at 40.0 knts Storm direction: 269.8 at 30.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 559.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 559.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 186.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.5 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.99 Bulk Rich Number: 4.58 Bulk Shear: 331.21 m/s