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: 38.74,-104.76 Latitude: 38.74 Longitude: -104.76 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 487 2 900 966 3 850 1466 4 800 1990 SFC 796 2031 19.0 11.8 63 7.2 14.3 162 9 311.9 313.9 295.7 345.8 11.03 6 750 2540 13.5 9.8 78 3.7 11.2 170 12 311.2 313.1 294.9 342.5 10.20 7 700 3116 8.4 7.3 93 1.0 7.8 191 14 311.7 313.5 294.4 340.2 9.23 8 650 3727 5.4 0.7 72 4.7 2.9 235 26 315.1 316.3 293.0 334.7 6.23 9 600 4375 0.5 -4.6 69 5.1 -2.0 244 38 316.6 317.5 292.0 331.2 4.53 10 550 5067 -5.0 -10.5 66 5.4 -7.3 251 41 318.1 318.7 291.3 328.4 3.13 11 500 5807 -10.6 -21.4 41 10.7 -13.8 263 48 320.1 320.3 290.2 324.8 1.39 12 450 6609 -15.9 -32.8 22 16.9 -19.3 267 46 323.3 323.4 290.3 325.3 0.54 13 400 7484 -22.5 -39.8 19 17.4 -24.9 270 43 325.8 325.9 290.8 326.9 0.30 14 350 8449 -30.1 -46.0 20 15.9 -31.6 270 44 328.2 328.2 291.4 328.9 0.18 15 300 9526 -38.7 -51.8 24 13.1 -39.5 269 50 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 16 250 10753 -47.4 -63.6 14 16.2 -47.9 266 59 335.6 335.6 293.2 335.7 0.03 17 200 12201 -54.8 -69.8 14 15.0 -55.0 263 76 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.1 0.02 18 150 14021 -59.3 -77.9 7 18.6 -59.5 264 69 367.9 367.9 300.2 367.9 0.01 19 100 16539 -63.2 -87.4 2 24.2 -63.4 262 24 405.7 405.7 306.0 405.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.19 m Freezing level: 595.88 mb = 4432.48 m = 14542.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.58 mb = 4102.08 m = 13458.09 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 70.54 % Est. max temperature: 22.18 C = 71.92 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 715.68 mb = 2931.28 m = 9616.95 ft T: 10.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.94 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 703.03 mb = 3080.38 m = 10106.12 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 18.90 C = 66.03 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -4.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.09 C Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1393.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 705.05 mb = 3056.42 m = 10027.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 690.05 mb = 3234.37 m = 10611.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.05 mb = 11883.10 m = 38986.07 ft B at Equ Level: 1378.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.05 mb = 14907.70 m = 48909.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.2 at 35.1 knts Storm direction: 284.2 at 26.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 300.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 300.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 100.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.92 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.95 Bulk Rich Number: 8.00 Bulk Shear: 174.10 m/s