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: 36.54,-101.62 Latitude: 36.54 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 60 1 950 506 2 900 981 SFC 899 991 22.0 21.3 96 0.7 21.5 196 6 304.3 307.6 298.3 358.0 18.02 4 850 1478 19.9 19.5 98 0.4 19.6 196 28 307.0 310.2 298.4 358.5 17.07 5 800 2001 17.6 17.1 97 0.5 17.2 205 37 309.9 312.8 298.1 357.1 15.49 6 750 2551 14.1 13.5 96 0.6 13.7 221 41 311.9 314.4 297.1 352.1 13.09 7 700 3131 10.1 8.7 91 1.3 9.2 234 41 313.6 315.6 295.6 345.1 10.16 8 650 3744 6.5 1.4 70 5.1 3.7 254 39 316.3 317.6 293.6 337.0 6.54 9 600 4396 1.8 -10.6 39 12.4 -3.5 267 39 318.2 318.7 291.0 327.5 2.84 10 550 5091 -2.3 -30.1 10 27.8 -9.6 270 39 321.4 321.5 289.8 323.4 0.57 11 500 5840 -7.0 -39.6 5 32.6 -13.5 268 39 324.5 324.6 290.4 325.4 0.25 12 450 6651 -13.1 -39.2 9 26.1 -17.8 268 40 326.8 326.9 291.1 327.9 0.28 13 400 7537 -19.8 -45.1 9 25.3 -23.2 266 42 329.3 329.3 291.7 329.9 0.17 14 350 8513 -26.8 -53.9 6 27.1 -29.2 267 50 332.6 332.6 292.5 332.9 0.07 15 300 9606 -35.3 -58.4 8 23.1 -36.6 264 58 335.7 335.7 293.3 335.9 0.05 16 250 10848 -45.0 -63.1 11 18.2 -45.6 263 59 339.2 339.2 294.1 339.3 0.03 17 200 12305 -54.7 -70.5 13 15.8 -55.0 265 60 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.2 0.01 18 150 14105 -62.8 -77.2 13 14.3 -63.0 264 63 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16581 -67.6 -86.7 5 19.2 -67.7 241 40 397.2 397.2 304.8 397.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.80 m Freezing level: 578.22 mb = 4698.70 m = 15415.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 624.56 mb = 4069.20 m = 13350.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.43 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.98 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 889.94 mb = 1078.57 m = 3538.58 ft T: 21.64 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 35.07 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 829.30 mb = 1690.70 m = 5546.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.81 C = 78.45 F Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.62 C Showalter Index: -6.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.48 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.94 C Cross Totals Index: 26.54 C K Index: 45.15 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 563.73 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.38 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3291.67 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.46 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.32 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 841.94 mb = 1560.18 m = 5118.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 786.94 mb = 2141.23 m = 7024.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 156.94 mb = 13821.58 m = 45345.84 ft B at Equ Level: 3275.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.8 at 37.3 knts Storm direction: 278.8 at 28.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 3.8 tot: 10.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 500.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 500.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 166.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.60 Bulk Rich Number: 27.20 Bulk Shear: 121.00 m/s