MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.31,-103.67 Latitude: 38.31 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 1 950 523 2 900 997 SFC 864 1348 23.2 13.1 53 10.1 16.5 130 11 308.9 311.0 294.9 342.5 11.02 4 850 1493 19.4 12.3 63 7.2 14.8 130 12 306.5 308.5 293.9 338.5 10.61 5 800 2011 14.1 11.3 83 2.9 12.3 130 12 306.2 308.2 293.8 338.0 10.55 6 750 2552 11.5 5.2 65 6.3 7.8 218 3 309.1 310.5 292.2 331.9 7.44 7 700 3128 9.1 1.2 57 8.0 4.8 264 18 312.6 313.7 292.0 331.2 5.95 8 650 3737 4.4 -1.7 64 6.1 1.3 264 26 314.0 314.9 291.8 330.4 5.19 9 600 4383 -0.5 -5.7 68 5.2 -2.9 266 33 315.5 316.3 291.4 328.9 4.17 10 550 5072 -5.5 -16.3 42 10.8 -9.3 267 44 317.6 318.0 290.0 324.1 1.94 11 500 5812 -10.7 -26.7 25 16.0 -14.7 266 52 320.0 320.2 289.7 323.0 0.86 12 450 6611 -17.1 -32.7 25 15.5 -20.1 264 55 321.7 321.8 289.9 323.7 0.54 13 400 7481 -23.7 -45.2 12 21.5 -26.2 264 52 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.17 14 350 8444 -30.1 -51.7 10 21.6 -31.9 265 49 328.1 328.2 291.3 328.5 0.09 15 300 9523 -37.8 -54.9 15 17.0 -38.8 261 56 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.4 0.07 16 250 10758 -45.8 -65.4 9 19.6 -46.4 259 72 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.1 0.02 17 200 12212 -54.7 -69.5 14 14.8 -54.9 257 82 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14031 -59.8 -78.3 7 18.5 -60.0 255 80 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.01 19 100 16537 -62.9 -87.2 2 24.3 -63.1 259 28 406.3 406.3 306.0 406.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5737.82 m Freezing level: 605.18 mb = 4315.97 m = 14159.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.97 mb = 3925.66 m = 12879.32 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.89 % Est. max temperature: 25.68 C = 78.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 744.96 mb = 2608.45 m = 8557.79 ft T: 11.28 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.38 C/km ThetaE index: 19.45 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 694.53 mb = 3192.37 m = 10473.52 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.82 C = 80.27 F Cap Strength: 2.19 C Lifted Index: -2.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.28 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.19 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.13 C Cross Totals Index: 22.96 C K Index: 34.43 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 303.93 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 718.89 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 88.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.18 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.31 mb = 2515.25 m = 8252.04 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.31 mb = 4010.80 m = 13158.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 258.31 mb = 10536.66 m = 34568.67 ft B at Equ Level: 715.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 168.31 mb = 13302.82 m = 43643.90 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 262.5 at 33.1 knts Storm direction: 292.5 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.1 tot: 7.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 150.0 neg: -17.8 tot: 132.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.0 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.50 Bulk Rich Number: 3.10 Bulk Shear: 232.18 m/s