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: 37.01,-101.83 Latitude: 37.01 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 493 2 900 971 SFC 890 1065 24.4 19.6 74 4.9 20.9 110 13 307.6 310.7 298.1 356.8 16.29 4 850 1470 20.0 18.2 89 1.8 18.7 126 21 307.1 310.0 297.5 354.2 15.64 5 800 1992 18.0 15.6 86 2.4 16.4 180 24 310.4 313.0 297.3 353.3 14.07 6 750 2543 13.9 13.4 97 0.5 13.6 201 30 311.7 314.1 297.0 351.7 13.03 7 700 3122 9.5 8.7 95 0.8 9.0 223 38 313.0 314.9 295.3 344.3 10.11 8 650 3733 5.5 0.2 69 5.3 2.6 237 47 315.1 316.3 292.8 334.0 5.98 9 600 4383 2.0 -13.4 31 15.4 -4.2 245 40 318.4 318.8 290.5 325.9 2.26 10 550 5079 -2.2 -22.0 20 19.9 -8.5 260 44 321.5 321.8 290.5 325.7 1.19 11 500 5830 -6.4 -40.9 5 34.5 -13.2 265 49 325.2 325.3 290.6 326.0 0.21 12 450 6641 -13.0 -46.5 4 33.6 -18.1 266 50 326.9 326.9 291.0 327.4 0.13 13 400 7525 -19.9 -48.8 6 28.9 -23.4 264 54 329.1 329.1 291.6 329.6 0.11 14 350 8498 -27.5 -50.9 9 23.3 -29.7 265 65 331.6 331.6 292.3 332.0 0.10 15 300 9588 -36.2 -56.3 11 20.1 -37.4 264 69 334.4 334.4 293.0 334.6 0.06 16 250 10828 -44.9 -62.7 12 17.8 -45.5 271 67 339.3 339.3 294.1 339.4 0.03 17 200 12287 -53.9 -69.6 13 15.6 -54.2 274 68 347.3 347.3 296.1 347.4 0.02 18 150 14084 -63.8 -76.7 16 12.9 -63.9 265 71 360.2 360.2 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16561 -65.3 -87.0 3 21.7 -65.4 263 37 401.6 401.6 305.4 401.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5783.25 m Freezing level: 576.09 mb = 4715.74 m = 15471.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.89 mb = 3975.33 m = 13042.27 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.74 % Est. max temperature: 28.58 C = 83.44 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.53 mb = 1679.74 m = 5510.89 ft T: 19.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.87 C/km ThetaE index: 31.15 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 779.79 mb = 2210.73 m = 7252.97 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.58 C = 81.65 F Cap Strength: 1.42 C Lifted Index: -4.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.13 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.30 C Showalter Index: -4.91 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.42 C Cross Totals Index: 24.59 C K Index: 43.78 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 349.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2637.39 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.63 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.38 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.84 mb = 1908.38 m = 6261.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.84 mb = 2510.71 m = 8237.14 ft Equ Level (EL): 162.84 mb = 13571.38 m = 44524.97 ft B at Equ Level: 2612.68 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 39.3 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 29.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 630.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 630.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 210.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.8 stream: 11.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 8.46 Bulk Rich Number: 7.70 Bulk Shear: 342.58 m/s