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: 36.05,-103.19 Latitude: 36.05 Longitude: -103.19 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 59 1 950 508 2 900 985 SFC 856 1419 21.7 18.0 80 3.7 19.1 153 7 308.2 311.1 297.6 354.6 15.33 4 850 1483 20.6 17.7 83 2.9 18.5 153 8 307.7 310.5 297.4 353.4 15.13 5 800 2005 17.2 16.5 96 0.7 16.7 183 19 309.5 312.3 297.6 354.7 14.88 6 750 2554 13.7 12.3 91 1.4 12.8 194 29 311.4 313.7 296.3 348.6 12.10 7 700 3133 10.4 2.1 56 8.3 5.8 220 33 314.0 315.3 292.8 334.1 6.38 8 650 3746 6.5 -11.5 26 18.0 -1.2 244 35 316.3 316.8 290.0 324.3 2.43 9 600 4396 2.1 -21.1 16 23.3 -5.7 258 37 318.6 318.8 289.6 322.7 1.18 10 550 5091 -2.2 -32.2 8 30.0 -9.7 261 38 321.5 321.5 289.7 323.2 0.47 11 500 5839 -7.5 -37.8 7 30.3 -13.7 260 44 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.30 12 450 6649 -13.8 -35.5 14 21.7 -18.1 260 49 325.9 325.9 291.0 327.4 0.41 13 400 7532 -20.1 -48.0 6 27.8 -23.6 255 55 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.3 0.12 14 350 8506 -27.1 -48.2 12 21.1 -29.2 258 66 332.3 332.3 292.5 332.8 0.14 15 300 9597 -36.2 -52.2 18 16.0 -37.2 255 68 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10834 -45.9 -59.6 20 13.7 -46.4 257 66 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.0 0.05 17 200 12287 -55.1 -69.9 14 14.8 -55.4 260 68 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14087 -62.9 -77.3 13 14.4 -63.0 262 74 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.8 0.01 19 100 16573 -65.8 -87.4 3 21.7 -65.9 262 18 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5779.84 m Freezing level: 575.40 mb = 4738.06 m = 15544.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 658.33 mb = 3640.33 m = 11943.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 43.96 % Est. max temperature: 26.94 C = 80.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 811.51 mb = 1882.29 m = 6175.42 ft T: 17.97 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 32.06 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2271.10 m = 7451.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.41 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.80 C = 74.84 F Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lifted Index: -5.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.45 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.01 C Showalter Index: -5.66 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.03 C Cross Totals Index: 25.12 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.12 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2520.57 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.00 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.22 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.58 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 787.48 mb = 2139.38 m = 7018.88 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.48 mb = 2526.32 m = 8288.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.48 mb = 13212.93 m = 43348.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2510.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.6 at 36.6 knts Storm direction: 276.6 at 27.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 428.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 428.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 142.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.8 stream: 9.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.71 Bulk Rich Number: 14.60 Bulk Shear: 172.66 m/s