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: 36.07,-103.11 Latitude: 36.07 Longitude: -103.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 61 1 950 509 2 900 986 SFC 859 1395 21.5 18.0 81 3.4 19.1 154 7 307.8 310.6 297.5 354.1 15.34 4 850 1484 20.3 17.6 85 2.7 18.4 154 9 307.4 310.2 297.2 352.7 15.05 5 800 2005 17.0 16.5 97 0.5 16.6 182 19 309.2 312.1 297.6 354.5 14.89 6 750 2555 13.6 12.6 93 1.0 13.0 195 28 311.4 313.7 296.4 349.2 12.32 7 700 3133 10.2 3.4 63 6.8 6.3 218 34 313.8 315.2 293.3 335.8 7.01 8 650 3746 6.5 -11.5 26 18.0 -1.2 242 36 316.3 316.8 290.0 324.3 2.43 9 600 4396 2.2 -23.7 13 26.0 -6.0 258 37 318.7 318.9 289.3 322.0 0.94 10 550 5092 -2.2 -32.6 8 30.4 -9.8 261 38 321.5 321.5 289.7 323.1 0.45 11 500 5839 -7.5 -38.9 6 31.4 -13.7 260 43 323.9 324.0 290.2 324.9 0.26 12 450 6650 -13.8 -35.2 15 21.4 -18.0 260 49 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.42 13 400 7533 -20.1 -46.6 8 26.5 -23.5 255 55 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.4 0.14 14 350 8507 -27.1 -48.4 11 21.3 -29.3 258 65 332.3 332.3 292.4 332.8 0.14 15 300 9597 -36.2 -52.6 17 16.4 -37.2 256 68 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.8 0.10 16 250 10835 -45.9 -59.7 20 13.8 -46.4 257 66 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.05 17 200 12287 -55.1 -70.0 14 14.9 -55.4 260 68 345.5 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14087 -62.9 -77.3 13 14.5 -63.0 262 74 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16573 -65.9 -86.8 4 20.9 -66.0 261 18 400.4 400.4 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5778.50 m Freezing level: 574.90 mb = 4745.16 m = 15567.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 657.91 mb = 3645.65 m = 11960.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.82 % Est. max temperature: 26.88 C = 80.39 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.46 mb = 1830.30 m = 6004.86 ft T: 18.08 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 32.52 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 780.08 mb = 2219.99 m = 7283.33 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.50 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.72 C = 74.70 F Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lifted Index: -5.59 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.15 C Showalter Index: -5.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.73 C Cross Totals Index: 25.06 C K Index: 38.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2507.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.40 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.93 mb = 2091.66 m = 6862.33 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 756.93 mb = 2476.23 m = 8124.02 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.93 mb = 13417.71 m = 44020.82 ft B at Equ Level: 2478.03 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.0 at 36.5 knts Storm direction: 276.0 at 27.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 433.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 433.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 144.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 9.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.68 Bulk Rich Number: 14.51 Bulk Shear: 172.85 m/s