MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F063.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031200F063.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 63 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.23,-100.84 Latitude: 36.23 Longitude: -100.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 496 SFC 908 890 21.8 21.4 98 0.3 21.6 122 10 303.2 306.5 298.0 356.6 17.99 3 900 970 21.6 21.4 98 0.3 21.5 128 15 303.8 307.2 298.2 357.7 18.09 4 850 1469 22.2 18.2 78 4.0 19.3 186 32 309.4 312.3 298.1 356.9 15.64 5 800 1995 18.7 16.5 87 2.2 17.1 202 39 311.1 313.9 298.0 356.6 14.88 6 750 2547 15.2 15.1 99 0.1 15.1 212 41 313.1 315.9 298.3 357.9 14.52 7 700 3129 10.5 10.3 99 0.2 10.4 229 40 314.1 316.3 296.5 349.2 11.32 8 650 3742 5.9 -0.2 65 6.1 2.6 249 47 315.6 316.7 292.8 334.0 5.80 9 600 4392 2.4 -12.4 33 14.8 -3.7 262 47 318.9 319.4 290.9 327.0 2.46 10 550 5090 -1.7 -29.5 10 27.8 -9.2 265 49 322.1 322.2 290.0 324.2 0.60 11 500 5841 -6.5 -41.4 4 34.9 -13.3 265 53 325.1 325.1 290.5 325.9 0.20 12 450 6653 -12.2 -46.2 4 34.0 -17.5 265 55 327.9 327.9 291.3 328.4 0.13 13 400 7542 -18.2 -55.7 2 37.5 -22.3 267 56 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.5 0.05 14 350 8525 -25.0 -57.7 3 32.8 -27.8 270 63 335.1 335.1 293.2 335.3 0.04 15 300 9625 -33.9 -61.4 5 27.5 -35.4 271 60 337.6 337.6 293.7 337.7 0.03 16 250 10877 -42.7 -65.4 6 22.8 -43.5 282 50 342.6 342.6 295.0 342.7 0.02 17 200 12346 -53.5 -67.4 17 13.9 -53.8 286 51 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.1 0.02 18 150 14143 -65.2 -75.1 24 10.0 -65.3 276 61 357.8 357.8 298.2 357.8 0.01 19 100 16590 -69.4 -88.0 5 18.6 -69.5 253 44 393.6 393.6 304.3 393.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5792.60 m Freezing level: 570.70 mb = 4800.89 m = 15750.77 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.47 mb = 4002.60 m = 13131.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.53 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.73 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 904.09 mb = 930.40 m = 3052.46 ft T: 21.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.28 C/km ThetaE index: 33.68 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2178.48 m = 7147.17 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.13 C = 86.23 F Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lifted Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -5.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.67 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 46.64 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 571.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2677.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 47.43 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.07 mb = 1706.18 m = 5597.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.07 mb = 2636.75 m = 8650.66 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.07 mb = 14057.62 m = 46120.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2668.45 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.5 at 44.2 knts Storm direction: 275.5 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 785.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 785.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 261.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 12.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 10.86 Bulk Rich Number: 8.65 Bulk Shear: 309.65 m/s