MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F054.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F054.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 54 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.82,-102.1 Latitude: 36.82 Longitude: -102.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 491 2 900 970 SFC 882 1146 24.5 18.7 70 5.8 20.3 136 14 308.5 311.4 297.8 355.6 15.53 4 850 1472 21.6 17.9 79 3.7 18.9 144 20 308.8 311.7 297.8 355.3 15.34 5 800 1995 16.9 16.6 98 0.4 16.7 160 23 309.2 312.0 297.7 354.7 14.99 6 750 2544 13.2 13.1 99 0.1 13.1 195 31 310.9 313.3 296.6 349.8 12.72 7 700 3121 9.4 7.3 87 2.1 8.1 216 41 312.9 314.6 294.6 341.3 9.19 8 650 3733 6.0 -6.4 41 12.4 0.1 229 41 315.7 316.4 291.0 327.4 3.64 9 600 4382 2.1 -26.3 10 28.4 -6.4 244 37 318.5 318.7 289.1 321.1 0.74 10 550 5079 -1.9 -34.6 6 32.7 -9.8 253 41 321.8 321.8 289.7 323.1 0.37 11 500 5827 -7.5 -40.1 5 32.6 -13.8 258 45 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.8 0.23 12 450 6636 -13.7 -42.3 7 28.5 -18.4 261 49 326.0 326.0 290.8 326.8 0.21 13 400 7518 -20.6 -47.9 7 27.2 -23.9 259 51 328.2 328.2 291.3 328.7 0.13 14 350 8490 -27.9 -50.8 9 22.9 -30.0 263 59 331.1 331.1 292.1 331.5 0.10 15 300 9578 -36.2 -55.6 12 19.4 -37.4 260 67 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.07 16 250 10817 -45.5 -63.2 12 17.7 -46.1 259 67 338.3 338.4 293.9 338.5 0.03 17 200 12271 -54.5 -71.0 11 16.5 -54.8 261 70 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.01 18 150 14071 -62.5 -78.0 11 15.4 -62.7 261 70 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.4 0.01 19 100 16567 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.6 242 25 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.81 m Freezing level: 574.14 mb = 4742.36 m = 15558.72 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.39 mb = 3740.67 m = 12272.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.89 % Est. max temperature: 27.48 C = 81.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 810.30 mb = 1884.35 m = 6182.18 ft T: 17.92 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 34.41 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.29 mb = 2034.30 m = 6674.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.14 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.28 C = 77.50 F Cap Strength: 0.21 C Lifted Index: -6.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.53 C Showalter Index: -6.32 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.44 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.08 C Cross Totals Index: 25.35 C K Index: 44.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 547.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2884.06 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.39 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 800.34 mb = 1991.13 m = 6532.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.34 mb = 2152.11 m = 7060.64 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.34 mb = 13461.86 m = 44165.66 ft B at Equ Level: 2860.95 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.7 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 266.7 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 520.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 520.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 173.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 9.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.23 Bulk Rich Number: 11.69 Bulk Shear: 246.65 m/s