MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F057.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506031800F057.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 57 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.72,-101.14 Latitude: 34.72 Longitude: -101.14 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 50 1 950 502 SFC 921 774 25.4 20.1 73 5.3 21.6 122 11 305.6 308.6 297.5 354.3 16.26 3 900 981 25.9 19.2 67 6.7 21.1 133 27 308.2 311.1 297.8 355.7 15.71 4 850 1483 22.8 16.7 68 6.1 18.5 157 33 310.1 312.7 297.4 353.4 14.24 5 800 2010 19.2 13.7 70 5.5 15.5 178 34 311.6 314.0 296.5 349.7 12.41 6 750 2561 14.5 12.1 85 2.4 12.9 193 35 312.3 314.6 296.4 349.0 11.92 7 700 3143 12.0 3.4 55 8.7 7.0 237 23 315.8 317.1 293.8 337.8 6.98 8 650 3759 8.8 -10.3 25 19.1 0.3 253 23 319.0 319.5 291.1 327.9 2.69 9 600 4414 3.5 -13.6 27 17.1 -3.5 266 25 320.2 320.6 291.0 327.6 2.23 10 550 5113 -0.9 -32.6 7 31.7 -9.0 269 28 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.45 11 500 5867 -5.7 -40.8 4 35.2 -12.7 266 30 326.1 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.22 12 450 6681 -12.1 -35.0 13 22.8 -16.9 270 39 328.0 328.1 291.6 329.6 0.44 13 400 7569 -19.0 -37.5 18 18.5 -22.2 270 53 330.3 330.3 292.2 331.7 0.38 14 350 8549 -25.8 -43.5 17 17.8 -28.0 266 61 334.0 334.1 293.0 334.9 0.23 15 300 9644 -34.8 -47.6 26 12.8 -35.9 266 68 336.3 336.4 293.6 337.0 0.17 16 250 10893 -43.7 -54.2 30 10.6 -44.2 263 79 341.1 341.1 294.7 341.5 0.10 17 200 12357 -53.7 -63.4 30 9.7 -53.9 266 85 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.9 0.04 18 150 14159 -63.6 -76.5 16 13.0 -63.7 268 68 360.5 360.5 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16612 -70.4 -87.5 6 17.1 -70.5 244 35 391.6 391.6 304.0 391.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.10 m Freezing level: 560.32 mb = 4969.01 m = 16302.33 ft Wetbulb zero: 646.61 mb = 3802.16 m = 12474.13 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.60 % Est. max temperature: 31.67 C = 89.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 852.83 mb = 1454.19 m = 4770.92 ft T: 23.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.49 C/km ThetaE index: 31.05 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.13 mb = 2435.12 m = 7989.13 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.81 C = 89.26 F Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lifted Index: -4.10 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.35 C Showalter Index: -3.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.87 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.49 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 36.55 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 476.40 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.02 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2062.43 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 64.23 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 68.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.09 mb = 2062.22 m = 6765.72 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 650.09 mb = 3758.31 m = 12330.28 ft Equ Level (EL): 170.09 mb = 13372.20 m = 43871.51 ft B at Equ Level: 2049.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 29.0 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 21.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 83.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 501.4 neg: -0.8 tot: 500.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.29 Bulk Rich Number: 9.70 Bulk Shear: 212.64 m/s