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: 36.72,-98.89 Latitude: 36.72 Longitude: -98.89 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 SFC 952 482 23.7 22.6 94 1.1 22.9 125 14 301.1 304.5 297.8 355.6 18.49 2 950 498 23.8 22.7 94 1.1 23.0 126 17 301.3 304.8 298.0 356.2 18.59 3 900 971 21.5 20.9 96 0.6 21.1 141 36 303.7 306.9 297.9 356.0 17.58 4 850 1466 18.7 18.5 99 0.1 18.6 159 42 305.7 308.7 297.4 353.6 15.99 5 800 1986 15.7 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 171 47 307.8 310.4 296.5 349.6 13.83 6 750 2533 12.7 12.0 96 0.6 12.3 191 47 310.3 312.6 295.9 346.6 11.87 7 700 3110 9.6 8.4 92 1.2 8.9 210 46 313.1 315.0 295.3 344.0 9.96 8 650 3724 6.9 5.4 90 1.5 6.0 228 45 316.7 318.4 295.3 344.1 8.68 9 600 4379 3.0 1.8 92 1.2 2.3 245 49 319.6 321.1 295.0 342.9 7.29 10 550 5078 -1.6 -6.2 70 4.7 -3.8 254 54 322.2 323.1 293.4 336.6 4.36 11 500 5829 -7.4 -26.3 21 18.8 -12.6 257 59 324.0 324.2 290.9 327.2 0.90 12 450 6640 -13.0 -36.0 13 23.0 -17.6 260 62 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.4 0.39 13 400 7526 -18.9 -37.0 19 18.1 -22.1 265 66 330.5 330.5 292.3 332.0 0.40 14 350 8506 -25.6 -36.4 36 10.8 -27.3 273 72 334.3 334.4 293.3 336.1 0.49 15 300 9607 -33.4 -39.4 55 6.0 -34.1 281 68 338.3 338.4 294.3 340.0 0.42 16 250 10865 -42.0 -45.5 69 3.4 -42.3 294 65 343.6 343.6 295.4 344.6 0.26 17 200 12333 -54.2 -58.2 61 4.0 -54.3 294 66 346.9 347.0 296.0 347.3 0.07 18 150 14121 -65.8 -72.2 40 6.4 -65.9 280 74 356.7 356.7 298.1 356.8 0.01 19 100 16588 -66.9 -88.7 3 21.8 -67.0 257 45 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5777.59 m Freezing level: 566.90 mb = 4841.96 m = 15885.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 581.09 mb = 4636.18 m = 15210.39 ft Precipitable water: 2.02 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.50 % Est. max temperature: 30.28 C = 86.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 937.12 mb = 617.55 m = 2026.07 ft T: 23.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 12.17 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 882.42 mb = 1142.02 m = 3746.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.46 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lifted Index: -6.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.41 C Showalter Index: -5.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.03 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.94 C K Index: 43.42 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 574.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2490.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 893.19 mb = 1036.92 m = 3401.94 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.19 mb = 1282.94 m = 4209.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 148.19 mb = 14195.15 m = 46571.46 ft B at Equ Level: 2453.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 221.6 at 47.7 knts Storm direction: 251.6 at 35.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 897.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 897.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 299.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.1 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 11.84 Bulk Rich Number: 6.84 Bulk Shear: 364.05 m/s