MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.03,-101.46 Latitude: 36.03 Longitude: -101.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 30 1 950 479 2 900 963 SFC 897 989 28.5 19.2 57 9.2 21.8 155 17 311.1 314.1 298.6 359.6 15.84 4 850 1467 23.1 17.9 72 5.2 19.4 161 23 310.4 313.3 298.2 357.3 15.38 5 800 1993 18.1 16.7 91 1.5 17.1 174 24 310.5 313.3 298.0 356.6 15.09 6 750 2544 14.7 12.0 83 2.8 12.9 210 26 312.6 314.8 296.4 349.0 11.82 7 700 3125 11.3 3.0 56 8.3 6.5 232 26 315.0 316.3 293.4 336.3 6.78 8 650 3739 7.7 -10.3 27 18.0 -0.3 246 26 317.7 318.2 290.7 326.5 2.69 9 600 4393 3.9 -16.5 21 20.4 -3.9 267 29 320.6 321.0 290.7 326.6 1.75 10 550 5092 -1.4 -28.7 10 27.3 -8.9 268 33 322.4 322.6 290.2 324.8 0.65 11 500 5843 -6.6 -31.7 12 25.2 -12.7 266 38 325.1 325.2 290.9 327.0 0.54 12 450 6656 -12.8 -33.5 16 20.7 -17.2 266 45 327.1 327.2 291.5 329.0 0.50 13 400 7541 -19.9 -38.1 18 18.2 -22.9 260 52 329.1 329.2 291.9 330.5 0.36 14 350 8517 -26.5 -45.8 15 19.3 -28.7 259 64 333.0 333.0 292.7 333.7 0.18 15 300 9609 -36.0 -49.6 23 13.6 -37.0 259 69 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.14 16 250 10849 -45.0 -58.7 20 13.7 -45.5 263 75 339.2 339.2 294.2 339.4 0.06 17 200 12311 -53.4 -68.7 14 15.3 -53.7 269 79 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14117 -62.9 -76.8 14 13.9 -63.1 270 76 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16593 -67.2 -86.5 5 19.3 -67.3 258 39 397.9 397.9 304.9 397.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.68 m Freezing level: 563.06 mb = 4909.74 m = 16107.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 652.03 mb = 3713.20 m = 12182.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 45.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.03 C = 86.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 784.81 mb = 2156.33 m = 7074.49 ft T: 17.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.56 C/km ThetaE index: 33.12 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.39 mb = 2259.39 m = 7412.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.40 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.86 C = 83.95 F Cap Strength: 0.46 C Lifted Index: -6.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.58 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.27 C Showalter Index: -6.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.16 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 39.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 549.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.82 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2974.83 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.13 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.51 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.74 mb = 2146.22 m = 7041.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.74 mb = 2422.34 m = 7947.20 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.74 mb = 13683.22 m = 44891.89 ft B at Equ Level: 2963.50 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 246.1 at 30.7 knts Storm direction: 276.1 at 23.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 78.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 262.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 262.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 87.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.3 stream: 5.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.33 Bulk Rich Number: 17.49 Bulk Shear: 170.09 m/s