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: 36.56,-101.83 Latitude: 36.56 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 504 2 900 980 SFC 893 1048 22.1 21.0 93 1.1 21.3 166 6 304.9 308.2 298.3 358.0 17.76 4 850 1478 20.6 19.5 93 1.1 19.9 190 26 307.8 311.0 298.6 359.4 17.06 5 800 2002 18.1 16.9 92 1.2 17.2 206 32 310.5 313.4 298.1 357.2 15.30 6 750 2554 14.5 13.2 92 1.3 13.6 224 34 312.3 314.8 297.0 351.8 12.82 7 700 3133 9.9 8.0 88 1.9 8.7 238 34 313.4 315.2 295.1 343.3 9.64 8 650 3746 6.1 0.4 67 5.7 3.0 260 38 315.9 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.07 9 600 4396 1.6 -9.8 42 11.4 -3.3 269 41 318.0 318.6 291.1 328.0 3.03 10 550 5091 -2.7 -25.2 16 22.5 -9.4 270 41 320.8 321.0 290.0 324.0 0.89 11 500 5839 -7.3 -40.4 5 33.0 -13.7 266 43 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.0 0.23 12 450 6649 -13.5 -42.6 7 29.2 -18.3 266 45 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.20 13 400 7533 -20.1 -48.8 6 28.7 -23.5 265 47 328.9 328.9 291.5 329.4 0.11 14 350 8508 -27.1 -53.7 6 26.7 -29.4 266 54 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.6 0.07 15 300 9601 -35.4 -57.7 8 22.3 -36.7 263 60 335.5 335.5 293.2 335.7 0.05 16 250 10843 -44.9 -64.1 10 19.1 -45.6 262 60 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.03 17 200 12300 -54.6 -70.3 13 15.7 -54.9 264 60 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14101 -62.6 -77.6 12 14.9 -62.7 263 62 362.2 362.2 299.1 362.2 0.01 19 100 16580 -67.3 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.4 240 38 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.44 m Freezing level: 581.27 mb = 4656.64 m = 15277.52 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.23 mb = 4048.63 m = 13282.76 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.11 % Est. max temperature: 29.38 C = 84.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 878.97 mb = 1186.14 m = 3891.48 ft T: 21.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.35 C/km ThetaE index: 35.40 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 801.76 mb = 1983.23 m = 6506.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.33 C = 81.20 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -7.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.91 C Showalter Index: -7.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.82 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.96 C Cross Totals Index: 26.86 C K Index: 45.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 592.00 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3407.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 11.20 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 828.16 mb = 1703.16 m = 5587.73 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 773.16 mb = 2293.72 m = 7525.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 153.16 mb = 13970.92 m = 45835.80 ft B at Equ Level: 3373.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 252.6 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 282.6 at 27.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 470.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 470.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 156.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 10.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.27 Bulk Rich Number: 22.39 Bulk Shear: 152.14 m/s