MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508130600F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 12Z WED 13 AUG 25 Station: 37.1,-103.0 Latitude: 37.10 Longitude: -103.00 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 1 950 561 2 900 1033 SFC 855 1473 15.4 11.0 75 4.4 12.6 238 7 301.7 303.5 291.8 330.4 9.69 4 850 1527 18.4 11.4 63 7.1 13.9 235 16 305.5 307.3 293.2 335.5 10.00 5 800 2050 19.0 10.0 56 9.0 13.2 220 24 311.4 313.2 294.6 341.1 9.67 6 750 2602 17.0 4.3 43 12.7 9.5 235 12 315.0 316.4 293.6 337.0 6.97 7 700 3186 12.9 1.4 46 11.4 6.4 277 2 316.7 317.9 293.3 336.0 6.07 8 650 3803 7.7 -0.3 57 8.0 3.4 333 5 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.2 5.78 9 600 4457 2.7 -1.5 74 4.2 0.4 334 9 319.2 320.3 293.7 337.6 5.71 10 550 5155 -2.2 -6.5 72 4.3 -4.3 352 15 321.5 322.3 293.2 335.4 4.26 11 500 5905 -7.3 -15.5 52 8.2 -10.4 350 15 324.1 324.6 292.2 331.9 2.29 12 450 6720 -11.2 -34.3 13 23.1 -16.2 6 7 329.2 329.2 292.0 330.9 0.47 13 400 7610 -18.3 -36.2 19 17.9 -21.6 6 5 331.2 331.3 292.5 332.8 0.43 14 350 8590 -26.6 -39.0 30 12.4 -28.3 331 12 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.3 0.37 15 300 9682 -35.7 -43.8 44 8.0 -36.5 338 20 335.0 335.1 293.3 336.0 0.26 16 250 10923 -45.6 -53.3 42 7.6 -46.0 344 22 338.2 338.3 294.0 338.7 0.11 17 200 12371 -56.4 -65.0 33 8.6 -56.5 330 19 343.5 343.5 295.2 343.6 0.03 18 150 14161 -61.8 -75.1 15 13.3 -62.0 271 21 363.6 363.6 299.4 363.6 0.01 19 100 16653 -63.5 -90.0 2 26.5 -63.7 284 6 405.0 405.0 305.9 405.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.62 m Freezing level: 572.59 mb = 4839.62 m = 15877.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 595.41 mb = 4518.38 m = 14823.91 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 801.04 mb = 2038.56 m = 6688.12 ft T: 18.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.42 C/km ThetaE index: 5.10 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 629.69 mb = 4062.21 m = 13327.29 ft Mean mixing ratio: 9.19 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.25 C = 88.25 F Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lifted Index: 0.11 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.70 C Showalter Index: 1.40 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.43 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 18.69 C K Index: 25.69 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 183.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 97.70 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 13.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 406.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 702.27 mb = 3158.99 m = 10364.01 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 377.27 mb = 8039.69 m = 26376.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 267.27 mb = 10468.42 m = 34344.80 ft B at Equ Level: 97.59 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 207.27 mb = 12139.28 m = 39826.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 313.8 at 10.7 knts Storm direction: 343.8 at 8.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.7 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 81.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 25.8 neg: -29.0 tot: -3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: -1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.02 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 0.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.72 Bulk Shear: 56.89 m/s