MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.72,-103.8 Latitude: 37.72 Longitude: -103.80 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 485 2 900 966 SFC 853 1441 24.8 15.1 55 9.7 18.1 125 13 311.9 314.3 296.9 351.2 12.80 4 850 1469 23.6 14.7 57 9.0 17.5 126 14 310.9 313.3 296.4 349.0 12.45 5 800 1995 18.3 13.6 74 4.7 15.1 134 16 310.7 313.0 296.3 348.4 12.33 6 750 2545 14.4 10.5 78 3.9 11.9 168 17 312.2 314.2 295.6 345.2 10.70 7 700 3125 10.9 7.5 79 3.4 8.8 203 18 314.6 316.4 295.2 343.7 9.35 8 650 3740 7.3 -0.7 57 8.0 3.0 241 24 317.2 318.3 293.1 335.1 5.61 9 600 4393 1.8 -4.1 65 5.8 -1.2 250 30 318.2 319.1 292.6 333.4 4.72 10 550 5087 -4.1 -9.7 65 5.7 -6.5 258 39 319.3 319.9 291.7 330.1 3.32 11 500 5829 -10.0 -25.2 28 15.2 -14.1 267 49 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.3 0.99 12 450 6631 -16.3 -36.9 15 20.5 -19.9 269 53 322.7 322.8 290.0 324.1 0.36 13 400 7505 -22.4 -45.9 10 23.5 -25.2 271 50 325.8 325.9 290.7 326.4 0.16 14 350 8473 -28.8 -53.9 7 25.1 -30.9 269 52 329.9 329.9 291.7 330.2 0.07 15 300 9557 -36.5 -62.3 5 25.7 -37.8 263 59 333.9 333.9 292.8 334.0 0.03 16 250 10797 -45.5 -65.2 9 19.6 -46.1 260 66 338.4 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.02 17 200 12251 -54.1 -70.7 11 16.6 -54.4 257 73 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14065 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.5 261 77 364.4 364.4 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16553 -64.6 -86.6 3 22.0 -64.8 260 31 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.38 m Freezing level: 584.81 mb = 4603.46 m = 15103.03 ft Wetbulb zero: 613.85 mb = 4206.73 m = 13801.44 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.53 % Est. max temperature: 27.29 C = 81.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 739.94 mb = 2658.41 m = 8721.70 ft T: 13.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.75 C/km ThetaE index: 27.13 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 704.49 mb = 3071.56 m = 10077.16 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.21 C = 80.98 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -6.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.38 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 33.68 C Cross Totals Index: 24.70 C K Index: 44.94 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 440.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1874.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 42.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.87 mb = 2693.38 m = 8836.45 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 641.87 mb = 3842.93 m = 12607.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.87 mb = 12512.72 m = 41051.72 ft B at Equ Level: 1855.30 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.87 mb = 15864.49 m = 52048.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.8 at 33.5 knts Storm direction: 282.8 at 25.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 85.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 286.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 286.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 95.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 6.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.62 Bulk Rich Number: 7.54 Bulk Shear: 248.73 m/s