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: 36.84,-102.12 Latitude: 36.84 Longitude: -102.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 480 2 900 963 SFC 881 1151 27.4 18.0 57 9.4 20.7 147 9 311.7 314.5 298.2 357.5 14.94 4 850 1468 24.1 16.7 63 7.4 18.9 161 13 311.4 314.1 297.7 355.0 14.22 5 800 1996 19.7 14.4 71 5.3 16.0 202 22 312.1 314.6 297.1 352.0 12.98 6 750 2548 14.6 13.4 92 1.2 13.7 210 26 312.4 314.9 297.1 352.3 12.96 7 700 3128 9.8 9.1 96 0.6 9.3 223 32 313.3 315.3 295.7 345.6 10.44 8 650 3740 5.7 0.7 70 5.1 2.9 238 42 315.5 316.7 293.0 335.0 6.19 9 600 4391 1.9 -12.5 33 14.5 -4.0 250 36 318.3 318.8 290.7 326.4 2.43 10 550 5086 -2.7 -13.1 45 10.4 -6.8 265 40 320.9 321.4 291.5 329.3 2.54 11 500 5835 -6.8 -41.5 4 34.7 -13.5 267 44 324.7 324.8 290.4 325.5 0.20 12 450 6646 -13.5 -42.3 7 28.8 -18.3 269 47 326.3 326.3 290.9 327.1 0.21 13 400 7529 -20.2 -48.3 6 28.1 -23.6 264 52 328.8 328.8 291.5 329.2 0.12 14 350 8501 -27.7 -54.0 6 26.3 -29.9 263 64 331.5 331.5 292.2 331.8 0.07 15 300 9590 -36.2 -57.2 10 21.0 -37.4 260 69 334.3 334.3 292.9 334.6 0.06 16 250 10831 -44.7 -64.7 9 19.9 -45.3 266 66 339.6 339.6 294.3 339.7 0.03 17 200 12292 -53.7 -71.8 9 18.1 -54.0 270 64 347.7 347.7 296.1 347.8 0.01 18 150 14095 -63.0 -77.9 12 14.8 -63.1 266 66 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16569 -66.9 -86.2 5 19.3 -67.0 263 38 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.58 m Freezing level: 579.33 mb = 4678.18 m = 15348.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 628.85 mb = 4009.12 m = 13153.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.04 % Est. max temperature: 28.46 C = 83.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 768.50 mb = 2339.74 m = 7676.23 ft T: 16.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.12 C/km ThetaE index: 25.90 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 746.09 mb = 2592.16 m = 8504.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.20 C = 82.76 F Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lifted Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.99 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.93 C Showalter Index: -5.54 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.41 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.89 C Cross Totals Index: 23.52 C K Index: 46.96 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 378.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.64 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2564.18 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.61 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.03 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.56 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 753.39 mb = 2509.66 m = 8233.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 738.39 mb = 2679.35 m = 8790.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 168.39 mb = 13370.49 m = 43865.90 ft B at Equ Level: 2541.87 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.3 at 35.4 knts Storm direction: 278.3 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 388.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 388.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.4 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.47 Bulk Rich Number: 14.22 Bulk Shear: 180.33 m/s