MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 33.74,-102.73 Latitude: 33.74 Longitude: -102.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 57 1 950 510 2 900 992 SFC 885 1144 27.1 18.8 60 8.3 21.1 149 17 310.9 313.9 298.4 358.6 15.57 4 850 1495 22.5 17.9 75 4.6 19.2 151 23 309.7 312.6 298.0 356.5 15.38 5 800 2020 18.2 15.2 83 2.9 16.1 165 30 310.5 313.1 297.2 352.5 13.74 6 750 2571 15.0 12.6 86 2.4 13.4 189 22 312.9 315.3 296.8 351.0 12.36 7 700 3153 11.2 6.6 74 4.5 8.4 239 21 314.9 316.5 294.9 342.3 8.79 8 650 3769 8.4 -10.6 25 19.0 -0.0 254 26 318.5 319.0 290.9 327.1 2.62 9 600 4424 3.1 -9.9 38 13.0 -2.6 260 28 319.7 320.3 291.6 329.7 3.01 10 550 5121 -2.2 -18.0 29 15.8 -7.8 266 32 321.5 321.8 290.9 327.2 1.69 11 500 5870 -7.2 -25.4 22 18.2 -12.3 262 34 324.3 324.5 291.0 327.7 0.97 12 450 6682 -12.1 -40.0 8 27.9 -17.2 262 41 328.0 328.0 291.4 329.0 0.26 13 400 7572 -18.1 -30.7 32 12.6 -20.8 263 50 331.5 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.74 14 350 8551 -26.2 -33.3 51 7.1 -27.4 261 64 333.5 333.6 293.3 335.9 0.66 15 300 9646 -34.7 -45.5 33 10.7 -35.7 255 71 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.22 16 250 10895 -43.6 -59.3 16 15.8 -44.2 256 75 341.3 341.3 294.7 341.5 0.05 17 200 12361 -53.5 -72.5 8 19.1 -53.8 257 82 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 14161 -64.4 -78.2 13 13.8 -64.5 260 78 359.2 359.2 298.5 359.2 0.01 19 100 16607 -70.0 -87.1 6 17.1 -70.1 265 29 392.5 392.5 304.2 392.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.21 m Freezing level: 570.66 mb = 4832.78 m = 15855.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.06 mb = 3768.54 m = 12363.81 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.55 C = 85.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 783.93 mb = 2193.33 m = 7195.89 ft T: 17.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 31.42 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 755.08 mb = 2513.78 m = 8247.22 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.70 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.75 C = 83.75 F Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.80 C Showalter Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.73 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.64 C Cross Totals Index: 25.08 C K Index: 43.03 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 550.62 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2331.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.28 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 16.55 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 780.46 mb = 2231.27 m = 7320.34 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 725.46 mb = 2851.81 m = 9356.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 165.46 mb = 13547.77 m = 44447.53 ft B at Equ Level: 2325.25 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.7 at 29.5 knts Storm direction: 273.7 at 22.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 241.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 241.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 80.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.57 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.9 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.18 Bulk Rich Number: 12.70 Bulk Shear: 183.50 m/s