MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F075.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040000F075.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 75 hour NAM valid 3Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.40,-101.60 Latitude: 36.40 Longitude: -101.60 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 67 1 950 513 2 900 991 SFC 899 1000 23.9 19.1 75 4.8 20.5 152 3 306.2 309.1 297.3 353.3 15.68 4 850 1489 20.0 18.0 88 2.1 18.6 136 15 307.1 310.0 297.4 353.6 15.41 5 800 2010 16.4 16.2 99 0.1 16.3 159 15 308.6 311.4 297.3 353.1 14.66 6 750 2558 13.1 13.0 99 0.1 13.0 194 18 310.8 313.2 296.5 349.5 12.65 7 700 3136 9.3 8.9 97 0.4 9.1 236 34 312.8 314.8 295.4 344.6 10.31 8 650 3748 5.6 3.0 83 2.6 4.1 253 53 315.3 316.7 293.9 338.4 7.35 9 600 4398 1.5 -6.6 54 8.2 -2.3 263 64 317.9 318.7 291.9 330.5 3.88 10 550 5092 -3.3 -18.7 29 15.4 -8.6 268 62 320.2 320.5 290.5 325.6 1.59 11 500 5839 -7.5 -37.5 7 30.1 -13.7 268 58 323.9 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.30 12 450 6650 -12.8 -42.8 6 29.9 -17.9 269 55 327.1 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.20 13 400 7535 -19.5 -50.2 5 30.7 -23.2 272 56 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.10 14 350 8513 -26.3 -51.4 8 25.1 -28.7 277 57 333.3 333.3 292.7 333.7 0.10 15 300 9608 -35.1 -49.5 22 14.3 -36.2 284 59 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.4 0.14 16 250 10853 -44.6 -51.6 46 6.9 -45.0 289 64 339.7 339.8 294.4 340.3 0.13 17 200 12309 -54.7 -63.0 35 8.3 -54.9 282 74 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.04 18 150 14106 -63.6 -77.8 13 14.2 -63.7 269 82 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16576 -64.7 -86.8 3 22.2 -64.8 261 32 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.85 m Freezing level: 584.06 mb = 4619.23 m = 15154.78 ft Wetbulb zero: 617.74 mb = 4161.24 m = 13652.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.87 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.64 mb = 1604.76 m = 5264.88 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.21 C/km ThetaE index: 28.51 C Layer 800.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.08 mb = 1913.19 m = 6276.79 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.93 C = 78.67 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -5.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.19 C Showalter Index: -5.73 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.91 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.49 C Cross Totals Index: 25.42 C K Index: 45.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 381.15 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2429.49 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 69.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.12 mb = 1786.24 m = 5860.29 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 796.12 mb = 2051.55 m = 6730.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 166.12 mb = 13468.58 m = 44187.70 ft B at Equ Level: 2405.33 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 256.8 at 43.2 knts Storm direction: 286.8 at 32.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 11.3 neg: 2.0 tot: 13.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 117.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 628.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 628.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 209.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.0 stream: 11.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.41 Bulk Rich Number: 7.89 Bulk Shear: 307.80 m/s