MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 29.96,-103.78 Latitude: 29.96 Longitude: -103.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 35 1 950 496 2 900 979 SFC 864 1343 26.6 19.1 63 7.5 21.2 106 16 312.6 315.7 299.2 362.9 16.34 4 850 1484 23.7 18.8 74 4.9 20.2 105 17 311.0 314.1 298.8 360.8 16.28 5 800 2011 20.2 16.4 79 3.8 17.5 126 21 312.7 315.5 298.4 358.4 14.86 6 750 2567 17.5 9.9 61 7.6 12.6 167 19 315.6 317.6 296.1 347.7 10.27 7 700 3153 13.4 7.7 68 5.7 9.8 197 20 317.4 319.2 296.0 347.3 9.50 8 650 3773 8.5 3.1 69 5.4 5.4 210 23 318.6 320.0 294.8 342.1 7.40 9 600 4428 3.6 -7.9 43 11.4 -1.7 227 25 320.3 320.9 292.2 331.8 3.53 10 550 5129 0.6 -39.7 3 40.3 -8.5 252 25 324.8 324.8 290.5 325.6 0.22 11 500 5887 -3.9 -33.5 8 29.5 -11.3 246 27 328.2 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.45 12 450 6708 -9.4 -36.3 9 27.0 -15.2 251 31 331.5 331.6 292.5 332.9 0.38 13 400 7607 -15.8 -32.3 23 16.4 -19.5 257 34 334.4 334.5 293.5 336.8 0.64 14 350 8596 -24.0 -33.4 42 9.3 -25.8 253 36 336.3 336.5 294.0 338.8 0.66 15 300 9701 -32.7 -40.6 45 7.9 -33.6 261 45 339.3 339.4 294.5 340.8 0.37 16 250 10958 -42.6 -47.4 59 4.8 -42.9 261 58 342.8 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.21 17 200 12427 -53.4 -61.9 34 8.6 -53.6 257 68 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.5 0.05 18 150 14228 -64.1 -77.9 14 13.8 -64.2 259 57 359.6 359.6 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16644 -72.0 -88.2 7 16.2 -72.1 261 22 388.6 388.6 303.6 388.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5851.69 m Freezing level: 543.44 mb = 5228.47 m = 17153.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 612.26 mb = 4262.74 m = 13985.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.04 % Est. max temperature: 30.72 C = 87.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 774.40 mb = 2291.44 m = 7517.76 ft T: 18.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.36 C/km ThetaE index: 37.30 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 713.09 mb = 2996.04 m = 9829.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.74 C = 87.34 F Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lifted Index: -3.67 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.77 C Showalter Index: -4.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.40 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.65 C Cross Totals Index: 22.75 C K Index: 40.77 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 315.29 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2232.11 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.81 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 60.49 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 757.19 mb = 2484.96 m = 8152.65 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 672.19 mb = 3492.19 m = 11457.16 ft Equ Level (EL): 152.19 mb = 14137.41 m = 46382.02 ft B at Equ Level: 2214.84 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.2 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 254.2 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 252.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 252.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 84.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 6.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.00 Bulk Rich Number: 13.30 Bulk Shear: 167.87 m/s