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: 37.12,-101.84 Latitude: 37.12 Longitude: -101.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 496 2 900 972 SFC 891 1060 23.1 19.1 78 4.0 20.2 112 14 306.2 309.1 297.4 353.7 15.83 4 850 1469 19.1 17.9 92 1.3 18.2 126 24 306.2 309.0 297.1 352.2 15.32 5 800 1990 17.3 15.9 91 1.4 16.4 174 27 309.6 312.3 297.4 353.3 14.36 6 750 2540 13.6 13.3 98 0.3 13.4 198 34 311.3 313.8 296.8 350.8 12.88 7 700 3118 9.2 8.4 95 0.7 8.7 220 40 312.6 314.5 295.1 343.4 9.97 8 650 3729 5.2 0.3 71 4.9 2.5 235 48 314.8 316.0 292.7 333.9 6.03 9 600 4378 1.7 -10.9 38 12.6 -3.7 242 43 318.1 318.6 290.9 327.2 2.77 10 550 5074 -2.1 -18.5 27 16.4 -7.9 257 46 321.6 321.9 290.9 327.1 1.61 11 500 5825 -6.4 -30.3 13 23.9 -12.5 265 53 325.2 325.4 291.0 327.5 0.62 12 450 6637 -12.9 -44.4 5 31.5 -17.9 266 55 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.7 0.16 13 400 7521 -19.7 -49.4 5 29.7 -23.3 265 58 329.4 329.4 291.6 329.8 0.11 14 350 8496 -27.4 -52.2 8 24.8 -29.6 266 66 331.8 331.8 292.3 332.1 0.09 15 300 9586 -36.0 -54.3 14 18.3 -37.2 267 69 334.6 334.6 293.0 334.9 0.08 16 250 10827 -44.9 -58.8 19 14.0 -45.4 275 67 339.4 339.4 294.2 339.6 0.05 17 200 12285 -54.3 -66.9 20 12.6 -54.5 276 70 346.8 346.8 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14080 -64.0 -77.2 15 13.2 -64.1 265 72 359.8 359.8 298.7 359.8 0.01 19 100 16558 -64.6 -87.0 3 22.3 -64.8 265 37 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.43 m Freezing level: 577.56 mb = 4690.67 m = 15389.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.56 mb = 3988.12 m = 13084.23 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.31 C = 82.96 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.92 mb = 1561.43 m = 5122.74 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 26.26 C Layer 750.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 787.30 mb = 2126.66 m = 6977.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.84 C = 80.32 F Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lifted Index: -4.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.21 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.22 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.78 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.53 C Cross Totals Index: 24.25 C K Index: 42.68 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2369.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 68.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 14.11 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.38 mb = 1805.57 m = 5923.71 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.38 mb = 2513.07 m = 8244.88 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.38 mb = 13212.07 m = 43346.15 ft B at Equ Level: 2360.39 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.7 at 42.1 knts Storm direction: 270.7 at 31.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 9.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 9.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 740.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 740.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 246.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.85 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.8 stream: 11.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 9.15 Bulk Rich Number: 6.10 Bulk Shear: 388.68 m/s