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: 36.46,-101.95 Latitude: 36.46 Longitude: -101.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 2 900 977 SFC 889 1082 22.4 20.8 91 1.6 21.2 160 7 305.7 308.9 298.4 358.6 17.64 4 850 1477 21.7 19.1 85 2.6 19.8 187 26 308.8 311.9 298.5 359.1 16.55 5 800 2002 18.8 16.8 88 2.0 17.4 212 30 311.2 314.1 298.3 357.9 15.24 6 750 2555 14.8 13.4 91 1.5 13.8 226 33 312.7 315.1 297.2 352.7 12.97 7 700 3135 10.1 7.5 84 2.6 8.5 240 36 313.7 315.4 295.0 342.7 9.34 8 650 3748 6.0 1.3 72 4.7 3.4 258 40 315.7 317.0 293.4 336.3 6.50 9 600 4398 1.5 -7.3 52 8.8 -2.6 268 44 317.9 318.6 291.6 329.8 3.68 10 550 5093 -2.9 -25.0 16 22.0 -9.4 270 42 320.6 320.8 289.9 323.9 0.92 11 500 5840 -7.5 -40.9 5 33.4 -13.9 266 43 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.7 0.21 12 450 6650 -13.6 -42.2 7 28.6 -18.3 265 45 326.2 326.2 290.9 327.0 0.21 13 400 7533 -20.0 -47.6 7 27.6 -23.5 264 48 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.13 14 350 8509 -27.1 -55.1 5 28.0 -29.5 264 56 332.2 332.3 292.4 332.5 0.06 15 300 9601 -35.4 -58.3 8 22.9 -36.7 262 62 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 16 250 10844 -44.9 -64.0 10 19.1 -45.5 262 61 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.5 0.03 17 200 12301 -54.6 -69.6 14 15.1 -54.8 263 61 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14103 -62.5 -77.4 12 14.9 -62.7 262 63 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16583 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 238 38 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.40 m Freezing level: 582.93 mb = 4635.33 m = 15207.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.40 mb = 4113.36 m = 13495.12 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.41 C = 84.93 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 868.73 mb = 1286.36 m = 4220.29 ft T: 22.02 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 35.22 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 782.91 mb = 2187.15 m = 7175.59 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.26 C = 82.87 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -7.39 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.70 C Showalter Index: -7.57 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.14 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 45.61 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 604.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.61 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3430.05 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.83 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 811.87 mb = 1874.70 m = 6150.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.87 mb = 2476.61 m = 8125.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.87 mb = 13822.67 m = 45349.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3412.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.2 at 38.0 knts Storm direction: 283.2 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): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 498.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 498.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.7 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.74 Bulk Rich Number: 20.14 Bulk Shear: 170.29 m/s