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: 37.01,-101.93 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -101.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 53 1 950 498 2 900 974 SFC 888 1090 22.9 18.5 76 4.4 19.8 113 14 306.3 309.1 297.1 352.3 15.31 4 850 1471 19.0 17.6 92 1.4 18.0 119 21 306.0 308.8 296.9 351.2 15.06 5 800 1991 16.1 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 164 25 308.3 311.0 297.0 351.9 14.39 6 750 2539 13.1 12.4 96 0.6 12.7 203 33 310.8 313.1 296.2 348.1 12.20 7 700 3116 9.4 6.0 79 3.4 7.3 219 41 312.9 314.5 294.1 339.0 8.41 8 650 3728 6.1 -7.1 38 13.1 -0.1 228 40 315.8 316.5 290.9 327.0 3.45 9 600 4378 2.5 -20.7 16 23.2 -5.4 244 36 319.0 319.2 289.7 323.2 1.22 10 550 5075 -1.9 -27.6 12 25.7 -9.1 252 40 321.9 322.0 290.1 324.4 0.72 11 500 5824 -7.3 -42.8 4 35.5 -13.8 259 46 324.1 324.2 290.2 324.8 0.18 12 450 6633 -13.6 -43.1 6 29.6 -18.3 261 50 326.2 326.2 290.8 326.9 0.19 13 400 7516 -20.9 -43.2 12 22.3 -23.9 261 51 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.7 0.21 14 350 8487 -28.2 -50.4 10 22.3 -30.2 264 59 330.8 330.8 292.0 331.2 0.11 15 300 9574 -36.4 -55.9 12 19.5 -37.6 260 67 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.3 0.07 16 250 10812 -45.8 -64.2 11 18.5 -46.3 260 69 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12265 -54.7 -70.2 13 15.5 -54.9 261 72 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14066 -62.3 -77.8 11 15.5 -62.4 261 71 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16565 -64.5 -87.4 3 22.9 -64.7 243 26 403.1 403.1 305.6 403.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.03 m Freezing level: 571.60 mb = 4773.78 m = 15661.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.65 mb = 3719.67 m = 12203.48 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.75 C = 81.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 833.04 mb = 1643.93 m = 5393.40 ft T: 18.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.18 C/km ThetaE index: 28.70 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 808.01 mb = 1905.44 m = 6251.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.50 C = 76.10 F Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lifted Index: -4.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.92 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.62 C Showalter Index: -4.75 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.17 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.28 C Cross Totals Index: 24.89 C K Index: 40.46 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 341.28 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2291.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 819.17 mb = 1787.84 m = 5865.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 784.17 mb = 2160.53 m = 7088.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.17 mb = 13130.75 m = 43079.36 ft B at Equ Level: 2264.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 28.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 599.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 599.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 199.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.89 Bulk Rich Number: 7.11 Bulk Shear: 322.38 m/s