MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 29.72,-103.51 Latitude: 29.72 Longitude: -103.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 24 1 950 484 2 900 972 SFC 885 1127 30.6 20.0 53 10.6 22.8 97 15 314.6 317.8 300.0 366.9 16.83 4 850 1481 25.7 19.3 68 6.4 21.1 100 18 313.1 316.3 299.7 365.0 16.83 5 800 2011 20.5 18.2 87 2.3 18.8 107 18 313.0 316.2 299.5 364.4 16.65 6 750 2567 16.5 14.7 89 1.8 15.3 144 20 314.5 317.2 298.4 358.4 14.15 7 700 3152 12.3 10.3 87 2.0 11.0 174 18 316.1 318.3 297.0 351.5 11.31 8 650 3769 8.2 3.7 73 4.5 5.5 214 23 318.2 319.7 295.0 342.7 7.71 9 600 4426 3.6 1.5 87 2.0 2.4 236 26 320.2 321.6 295.1 343.1 7.15 10 550 5128 -0.2 -6.2 64 6.0 -3.1 255 29 323.9 324.8 293.9 338.4 4.39 11 500 5884 -4.5 -25.4 18 20.9 -10.7 257 32 327.6 327.8 292.0 331.1 0.97 12 450 6707 -8.7 -37.1 8 28.4 -14.9 255 37 332.3 332.4 292.7 333.7 0.35 13 400 7607 -15.5 -31.7 24 16.2 -19.2 255 36 334.8 335.0 293.7 337.4 0.67 14 350 8598 -23.3 -35.0 33 11.7 -25.4 243 34 337.3 337.5 294.2 339.5 0.56 15 300 9705 -32.5 -38.9 53 6.4 -33.4 256 39 339.5 339.6 294.6 341.2 0.44 16 250 10964 -42.3 -46.5 63 4.2 -42.6 260 51 343.2 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.23 17 200 12432 -53.6 -60.6 42 7.0 -53.8 257 67 347.9 347.9 296.2 348.1 0.05 18 150 14230 -65.0 -75.2 23 10.2 -65.1 261 48 358.0 358.0 298.3 358.1 0.01 19 100 16638 -74.6 -86.8 13 12.2 -74.6 245 25 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5859.67 m Freezing level: 552.16 mb = 5097.50 m = 16723.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 578.01 mb = 4727.09 m = 15508.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.02 % Est. max temperature: 30.97 C = 87.75 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 758.42 mb = 2470.57 m = 8105.44 ft T: 17.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.15 C/km ThetaE index: 24.20 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.91 mb = 2430.96 m = 7975.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.14 C = 86.24 F Cap Strength: 0.50 C Lifted Index: -6.30 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -6.33 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.96 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.17 C Cross Totals Index: 23.79 C K Index: 47.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 398.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3654.02 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.22 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 770.48 mb = 2334.72 m = 7659.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 755.48 mb = 2503.93 m = 8214.89 ft Equ Level (EL): 125.48 mb = 15289.94 m = 50163.23 ft B at Equ Level: 3599.64 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.3 at 25.5 knts Storm direction: 258.3 at 19.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 278.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 278.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 92.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.33 Bulk Rich Number: 18.83 Bulk Shear: 194.06 m/s