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: 36.13,-102.84 Latitude: 36.13 Longitude: -102.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 509 2 900 986 SFC 867 1316 21.8 18.7 83 3.1 19.6 146 8 307.3 310.2 297.7 355.1 15.86 4 850 1484 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.7 151 11 307.1 310.0 297.5 353.9 15.54 5 800 2005 16.6 16.4 99 0.1 16.5 176 19 308.8 311.6 297.5 354.0 14.87 6 750 2554 13.5 13.1 98 0.4 13.3 199 27 311.3 313.7 296.7 350.4 12.78 7 700 3133 9.9 7.6 85 2.3 8.5 218 36 313.5 315.3 295.0 342.6 9.40 8 650 3746 6.5 -5.4 42 11.9 0.8 240 38 316.4 317.1 291.5 329.1 3.95 9 600 4396 2.4 -29.0 8 31.4 -6.4 258 37 318.9 319.1 289.0 321.0 0.58 10 550 5092 -2.1 -35.4 6 33.3 -9.9 261 38 321.6 321.7 289.6 322.9 0.34 11 500 5840 -7.3 -37.7 7 30.4 -13.6 260 43 324.1 324.2 290.3 325.3 0.30 12 450 6651 -13.8 -34.7 15 21.0 -18.0 260 49 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.6 0.45 13 400 7534 -20.1 -44.8 9 24.6 -23.5 255 54 328.8 328.8 291.6 329.5 0.18 14 350 8508 -27.0 -49.4 10 22.4 -29.2 258 64 332.4 332.4 292.5 332.8 0.12 15 300 9599 -36.2 -53.2 16 17.0 -37.4 256 67 334.3 334.3 293.0 334.7 0.09 16 250 10836 -45.9 -61.0 17 15.1 -46.4 257 66 337.8 337.8 293.8 338.0 0.04 17 200 12288 -55.1 -69.7 15 14.6 -55.3 260 67 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.6 0.02 18 150 14088 -62.7 -77.5 12 14.7 -62.9 263 73 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16574 -66.3 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 259 20 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.50 m Freezing level: 573.07 mb = 4771.06 m = 15652.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.76 mb = 3811.42 m = 12504.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.77 % Est. max temperature: 27.03 C = 80.65 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 828.26 mb = 1706.89 m = 5599.95 ft T: 18.54 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 32.94 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.05 mb = 2026.09 m = 6647.19 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.38 C = 74.09 F Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lifted Index: -5.61 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -5.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.67 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.30 C Cross Totals Index: 25.37 C K Index: 43.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 356.05 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2608.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.22 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.92 mb = 1963.30 m = 6441.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 788.92 mb = 2123.89 m = 6968.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.92 mb = 13345.04 m = 43782.39 ft B at Equ Level: 2589.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.4 at 36.1 knts Storm direction: 275.4 at 27.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 456.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 456.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 152.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 9.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.06 Bulk Rich Number: 13.82 Bulk Shear: 188.68 m/s