MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F051.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F051.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 51 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.34,-103.05 Latitude: 36.34 Longitude: -103.05 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 511 2 900 987 SFC 856 1426 19.0 18.6 98 0.4 18.8 143 6 305.5 308.5 297.4 353.4 16.00 4 850 1483 19.1 18.6 97 0.5 18.7 150 11 306.2 309.2 297.5 354.3 16.04 5 800 2007 18.5 16.0 85 2.6 16.7 195 29 310.9 313.6 297.7 355.0 14.42 6 750 2558 14.0 13.8 98 0.3 13.8 207 33 311.8 314.4 297.2 352.7 13.31 7 700 3137 10.0 6.5 79 3.5 7.9 231 33 313.6 315.3 294.5 340.8 8.73 8 650 3750 6.4 0.5 66 5.9 3.1 254 37 316.2 317.4 293.2 335.5 6.11 9 600 4401 1.4 -4.9 63 6.4 -1.7 263 38 317.8 318.6 292.3 332.0 4.42 10 550 5094 -3.8 -12.4 52 8.5 -7.2 273 39 319.5 320.1 291.3 328.5 2.69 11 500 5840 -8.2 -23.7 28 15.4 -12.8 271 42 323.0 323.2 290.9 326.9 1.13 12 450 6648 -14.0 -40.7 8 26.7 -18.5 264 44 325.7 325.7 290.7 326.6 0.24 13 400 7530 -20.8 -44.9 10 24.1 -23.9 261 50 327.9 328.0 291.3 328.6 0.18 14 350 8502 -27.8 -54.6 6 26.8 -30.0 260 59 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.07 15 300 9591 -36.2 -58.7 8 22.5 -37.4 257 70 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.05 16 250 10829 -45.7 -61.7 15 16.0 -46.3 259 66 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.3 0.04 17 200 12283 -54.7 -70.4 13 15.7 -55.0 262 68 346.1 346.1 295.8 346.1 0.01 18 150 14084 -63.1 -77.3 13 14.2 -63.3 265 74 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.4 0.01 19 100 16573 -64.8 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 256 21 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.83 m Freezing level: 586.44 mb = 4588.78 m = 15054.86 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.48 mb = 4167.18 m = 13671.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.61 % Est. max temperature: 26.59 C = 79.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 850.85 mb = 1474.68 m = 4838.11 ft T: 19.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 28.40 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2368.65 m = 7771.07 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.78 C = 76.60 F Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lifted Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.69 C Showalter Index: -6.79 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.35 C Cross Totals Index: 26.81 C K Index: 42.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 390.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2868.81 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.75 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.26 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 786.92 mb = 2147.45 m = 7045.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 751.92 mb = 2535.94 m = 8319.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.92 mb = 13230.03 m = 43405.08 ft B at Equ Level: 2868.49 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 37.1 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 27.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 523.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 523.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 174.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.35 Bulk Rich Number: 15.27 Bulk Shear: 187.92 m/s