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: 36.98,-102.40 Latitude: 36.98 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 43 1 950 484 2 900 965 SFC 874 1218 24.4 18.2 68 6.2 19.9 146 13 309.2 312.0 297.8 355.3 15.19 4 850 1467 22.2 17.4 75 4.7 18.8 153 20 309.4 312.2 297.7 354.7 14.92 5 800 1991 17.5 16.1 92 1.4 16.5 165 24 309.8 312.5 297.5 354.1 14.55 6 750 2541 13.8 13.6 99 0.1 13.7 190 30 311.5 314.0 297.1 352.0 13.21 7 700 3119 9.3 8.2 93 1.1 8.6 210 38 312.8 314.6 295.0 343.0 9.77 8 650 3730 5.3 -3.3 54 8.6 1.0 225 40 314.9 315.8 291.6 329.6 4.60 9 600 4379 1.5 -14.5 29 16.0 -4.7 241 37 317.9 318.3 290.2 324.8 2.07 10 550 5074 -2.3 -23.8 17 21.6 -8.9 255 42 321.4 321.6 290.2 324.9 1.01 11 500 5822 -7.3 -46.1 3 38.8 -13.9 259 48 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.6 0.12 12 450 6632 -13.7 -41.7 7 28.1 -18.4 261 51 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.9 0.22 13 400 7514 -20.9 -42.6 12 21.7 -23.9 261 51 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.22 14 350 8485 -28.2 -51.1 9 22.9 -30.2 264 58 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.10 15 300 9573 -36.3 -56.8 10 20.5 -37.5 260 66 334.2 334.2 292.9 334.4 0.06 16 250 10811 -45.6 -63.9 11 18.3 -46.2 259 68 338.2 338.2 293.9 338.4 0.03 17 200 12265 -54.7 -70.4 13 15.7 -54.9 261 71 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 14064 -62.7 -77.9 11 15.2 -62.8 260 72 362.1 362.1 299.1 362.1 0.01 19 100 16562 -64.0 -88.1 2 24.1 -64.1 248 22 404.1 404.1 305.7 404.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.48 m Freezing level: 579.81 mb = 4659.29 m = 15286.20 ft Wetbulb zero: 641.54 mb = 3836.35 m = 12586.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.46 % Est. max temperature: 27.27 C = 81.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 798.58 mb = 2006.06 m = 6581.50 ft T: 17.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 30.51 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 776.76 mb = 2242.17 m = 7356.10 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.75 C = 78.34 F Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lifted Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.44 C Showalter Index: -6.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.32 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.79 C K Index: 45.84 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2829.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.80 mb = 2132.74 m = 6997.11 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.80 mb = 2407.86 m = 7899.71 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.80 mb = 13215.50 m = 43357.41 ft B at Equ Level: 2823.92 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 237.1 at 38.6 knts Storm direction: 267.1 at 29.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 82.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 470.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 470.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.01 Bulk Rich Number: 12.67 Bulk Shear: 223.27 m/s