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: 36.62,-99.91 Latitude: 36.62 Longitude: -99.91 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 78 1 950 524 SFC 932 694 22.5 20.1 86 2.4 20.8 104 10 301.7 304.7 296.5 349.3 16.14 3 900 997 21.7 19.2 86 2.5 19.9 132 23 303.9 306.8 296.8 350.8 15.76 4 850 1492 18.5 18.3 99 0.1 18.4 156 28 305.5 308.4 297.2 352.8 15.79 5 800 2012 16.0 15.8 99 0.1 15.9 182 33 308.2 310.9 297.0 351.5 14.30 6 750 2559 12.7 12.5 99 0.2 12.6 212 31 310.4 312.7 296.1 347.8 12.25 7 700 3136 9.2 8.5 95 0.7 8.8 226 32 312.7 314.6 295.2 343.6 10.00 8 650 3748 6.0 3.7 85 2.3 4.7 241 40 315.8 317.3 294.3 340.1 7.73 9 600 4399 1.8 -7.0 52 8.7 -2.3 246 38 318.2 318.9 291.8 330.4 3.78 10 550 5095 -2.3 -20.9 22 18.7 -8.4 251 37 321.4 321.7 290.5 325.9 1.31 11 500 5844 -7.5 -35.2 9 27.7 -13.6 255 42 323.9 323.9 290.3 325.3 0.38 12 450 6654 -13.7 -43.0 6 29.3 -18.4 257 45 326.0 326.1 290.8 326.8 0.19 13 400 7536 -20.3 -47.5 7 27.2 -23.7 260 52 328.7 328.7 291.5 329.2 0.13 14 350 8510 -27.3 -53.3 7 26.0 -29.6 265 61 332.0 332.0 292.3 332.3 0.08 15 300 9601 -35.8 -57.8 9 22.0 -37.1 266 68 334.9 334.9 293.1 335.1 0.05 16 250 10841 -45.2 -62.9 12 17.8 -45.7 268 67 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.03 17 200 12298 -54.5 -71.1 11 16.7 -54.7 271 66 346.5 346.5 295.8 346.6 0.01 18 150 14100 -62.3 -77.7 11 15.5 -62.4 265 64 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.9 0.01 19 100 16584 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 244 40 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.26 m Freezing level: 578.14 mb = 4703.65 m = 15431.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.53 mb = 4178.40 m = 13708.48 ft Precipitable water: 1.65 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.08 % Est. max temperature: 29.65 C = 85.37 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 899.67 mb = 1000.02 m = 3280.86 ft T: 21.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.20 C/km ThetaE index: 27.48 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 845.70 mb = 1535.26 m = 5036.89 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.78 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.43 C = 79.58 F Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.15 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.73 C Showalter Index: -5.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 43.57 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2172.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 65.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.69 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 862.34 mb = 1366.94 m = 4484.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 787.34 mb = 2146.91 m = 7043.57 ft Equ Level (EL): 177.34 mb = 13051.10 m = 42818.03 ft B at Equ Level: 2150.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 231.5 at 35.2 knts Storm direction: 261.5 at 26.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 119.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 587.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 587.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 195.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.5 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.94 Bulk Rich Number: 8.62 Bulk Shear: 252.15 m/s