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: 36.38,-101.62 Latitude: 36.38 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 56 1 950 500 2 900 978 SFC 897 1007 23.0 20.8 87 2.2 21.5 186 11 305.5 308.8 298.3 358.0 17.52 4 850 1477 20.4 19.3 93 1.1 19.6 184 34 307.5 310.6 298.3 358.1 16.76 5 800 2000 18.7 17.1 91 1.6 17.6 207 40 311.1 314.0 298.4 358.7 15.54 6 750 2552 14.5 13.1 91 1.4 13.6 228 44 312.3 314.8 297.0 351.6 12.76 7 700 3132 10.0 6.7 80 3.3 8.0 246 43 313.5 315.2 294.6 340.9 8.82 8 650 3744 6.6 -2.6 52 9.1 1.8 268 44 316.4 317.3 292.3 332.0 4.88 9 600 4396 2.4 -16.4 24 18.8 -4.7 276 46 318.9 319.3 290.2 324.9 1.78 10 550 5093 -1.8 -36.9 5 35.1 -9.8 273 42 322.0 322.0 289.7 323.1 0.29 11 500 5842 -6.9 -45.4 3 38.5 -13.6 269 42 324.6 324.7 290.3 325.1 0.13 12 450 6653 -13.3 -38.7 10 25.4 -18.0 268 45 326.5 326.5 291.0 327.6 0.30 13 400 7538 -19.8 -47.1 7 27.3 -23.3 265 49 329.2 329.3 291.6 329.8 0.14 14 350 8513 -26.8 -56.1 5 29.3 -29.3 266 57 332.6 332.6 292.4 332.8 0.05 15 300 9606 -35.4 -59.2 7 23.8 -36.7 264 62 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.04 16 250 10849 -45.0 -62.9 12 17.9 -45.6 263 62 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.4 0.03 17 200 12306 -54.7 -69.0 15 14.4 -54.9 266 61 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14108 -62.6 -77.5 12 14.9 -62.7 264 64 362.3 362.3 299.1 362.3 0.01 19 100 16586 -67.9 -86.1 6 18.2 -68.0 241 40 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5786.33 m Freezing level: 571.14 mb = 4798.05 m = 15741.43 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.88 mb = 3923.13 m = 12871.01 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.31 % Est. max temperature: 29.70 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.93 mb = 1284.46 m = 4214.05 ft T: 21.46 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.23 C/km ThetaE index: 35.59 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 791.02 mb = 2097.02 m = 6879.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.58 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.61 C = 83.50 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -6.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.34 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -6.68 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.27 C Cross Totals Index: 26.15 C K Index: 43.23 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 578.41 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3296.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.12 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 827.70 mb = 1706.37 m = 5598.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.70 mb = 2408.72 m = 7902.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.70 mb = 13996.47 m = 45919.62 ft B at Equ Level: 3258.78 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 254.0 at 41.6 knts Storm direction: 284.0 at 31.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.4 neg: 3.9 tot: 13.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 123.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 685.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 685.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 228.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 15.0 stream: 12.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 12.02 Bulk Rich Number: 15.64 Bulk Shear: 210.72 m/s