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: 36.93,-101.62 Latitude: 36.93 Longitude: -101.62 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 500 2 900 976 SFC 896 1012 23.4 20.2 82 3.2 21.1 102 12 306.0 309.1 298.0 356.5 16.85 4 850 1472 19.4 18.3 93 1.1 18.6 130 20 306.5 309.4 297.4 353.8 15.73 5 800 1994 17.3 16.4 94 0.9 16.7 171 20 309.6 312.4 297.7 354.7 14.82 6 750 2544 13.9 13.6 98 0.3 13.7 194 25 311.6 314.1 297.0 351.9 13.14 7 700 3123 9.6 8.3 92 1.3 8.8 222 34 313.1 315.0 295.2 343.7 9.88 8 650 3735 5.5 1.0 73 4.5 3.0 236 44 315.2 316.4 293.1 335.1 6.32 9 600 4385 2.1 -11.2 37 13.3 -3.5 245 38 318.6 319.1 291.0 327.5 2.71 10 550 5081 -2.2 -19.7 25 17.5 -8.2 257 41 321.5 321.8 290.7 326.5 1.46 11 500 5832 -6.5 -39.8 5 33.3 -13.2 263 47 325.1 325.2 290.6 326.0 0.24 12 450 6643 -13.1 -40.2 8 27.0 -17.9 266 48 326.7 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.26 13 400 7526 -20.0 -47.9 6 27.9 -23.4 264 53 329.0 329.1 291.6 329.5 0.13 14 350 8499 -27.5 -52.6 7 25.1 -29.7 264 66 331.6 331.6 292.2 332.0 0.08 15 300 9588 -36.4 -58.8 8 22.5 -37.6 262 72 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.05 16 250 10827 -45.1 -65.0 9 19.9 -45.7 269 70 339.0 339.0 294.1 339.1 0.02 17 200 12285 -54.0 -72.3 9 18.3 -54.3 273 70 347.3 347.3 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 14083 -63.6 -77.8 13 14.2 -63.7 265 73 360.6 360.6 298.8 360.6 0.01 19 100 16563 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 260 33 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5780.79 m Freezing level: 575.48 mb = 4726.26 m = 15505.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.88 mb = 4028.88 m = 13217.94 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.50 % Est. max temperature: 28.96 C = 84.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 855.46 mb = 1416.73 m = 4648.00 ft T: 19.89 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.94 C/km ThetaE index: 28.71 C Layer 750.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 799.61 mb = 1998.49 m = 6556.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.93 C = 80.48 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -5.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.49 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.27 C Showalter Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.68 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.91 C Cross Totals Index: 24.77 C K Index: 42.91 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 339.41 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.34 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2713.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.67 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.90 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 826.46 mb = 1714.18 m = 5623.87 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.46 mb = 2303.85 m = 7558.46 ft Equ Level (EL): 171.46 mb = 13247.85 m = 43463.56 ft B at Equ Level: 2713.20 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.6 at 36.3 knts Storm direction: 271.6 at 27.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 557.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 557.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 185.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.29 Bulk Rich Number: 9.24 Bulk Shear: 293.61 m/s