MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F012.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F012.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.24,-103.72 Latitude: 38.24 Longitude: -103.72 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 509 2 900 984 SFC 864 1334 22.4 13.6 58 8.8 16.5 129 11 308.1 310.3 295.0 342.7 11.42 4 850 1481 19.8 13.0 65 6.8 15.3 130 13 306.9 309.0 294.4 340.4 11.13 5 800 1999 14.6 11.9 84 2.6 12.9 131 14 306.7 308.7 294.3 339.9 11.04 6 750 2543 13.3 5.7 60 7.6 8.8 192 10 311.0 312.5 293.0 334.7 7.68 7 700 3121 9.8 5.8 76 4.0 7.3 217 17 313.3 314.9 294.1 339.0 8.27 8 650 3733 5.6 0.4 69 5.2 2.8 237 23 315.4 316.5 292.9 334.6 6.08 9 600 4382 0.8 -5.1 65 5.9 -2.1 247 34 317.0 317.8 292.0 331.0 4.36 10 550 5074 -4.8 -9.2 71 4.4 -6.7 253 38 318.4 319.1 291.6 329.7 3.47 11 500 5815 -10.8 -18.4 54 7.6 -13.3 262 48 319.8 320.2 290.5 325.9 1.79 12 450 6615 -16.5 -35.5 18 19.1 -20.0 267 55 322.5 322.6 290.0 324.0 0.41 13 400 7488 -22.9 -47.3 9 24.5 -25.6 268 53 325.3 325.3 290.5 325.8 0.13 14 350 8453 -29.9 -50.0 12 20.1 -31.6 267 54 328.4 328.4 291.4 328.9 0.11 15 300 9532 -37.8 -57.5 11 19.7 -38.8 264 61 332.1 332.1 292.3 332.3 0.05 16 250 10767 -45.7 -64.8 10 19.1 -46.3 262 71 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12222 -54.5 -70.2 13 15.7 -54.8 262 76 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.5 0.01 18 150 14042 -59.9 -79.5 6 19.6 -60.1 262 76 366.9 366.9 300.0 366.9 0.00 19 100 16541 -64.7 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.8 275 31 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.45 m Freezing level: 593.12 mb = 4477.25 m = 14688.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.31 mb = 4098.85 m = 13447.52 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.48 % Est. max temperature: 26.73 C = 80.12 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 759.71 mb = 2434.81 m = 7988.14 ft T: 13.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 7.97 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 693.36 mb = 3199.81 m = 10497.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.63 C = 81.74 F Cap Strength: 3.04 C Lifted Index: -3.88 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.43 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.25 C Showalter Index: -4.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.81 C K Index: 39.58 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 338.23 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 868.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 41.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 122.47 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.98 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 755.22 mb = 2484.83 m = 8152.23 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 610.22 mb = 4245.01 m = 13927.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 240.22 mb = 11027.20 m = 36178.04 ft B at Equ Level: 861.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 150.22 mb = 14032.55 m = 46038.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.4 at 32.5 knts Storm direction: 281.4 at 24.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 221.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 221.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 73.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 6.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.77 Bulk Rich Number: 3.96 Bulk Shear: 219.21 m/s