MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F045.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506040600F045.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 45 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.54,-101.5 Latitude: 36.54 Longitude: -101.50 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 510 SFC 903 958 21.5 20.7 95 0.8 20.9 151 3 303.4 306.6 297.7 354.8 17.30 3 900 984 21.8 20.7 94 1.1 21.1 163 6 304.0 307.2 297.8 355.6 17.36 4 850 1481 19.8 18.3 91 1.5 18.7 182 23 306.9 309.8 297.5 354.3 15.75 5 800 2003 17.5 16.0 91 1.6 16.4 211 23 309.8 312.5 297.4 353.7 14.41 6 750 2553 14.6 13.1 91 1.5 13.6 246 24 312.4 314.8 297.0 351.7 12.76 7 700 3134 10.7 10.5 99 0.2 10.6 258 29 314.3 316.5 296.6 350.0 11.49 8 650 3748 5.7 5.0 95 0.7 5.2 262 38 315.4 317.0 294.7 341.8 8.43 9 600 4399 1.7 -5.1 61 6.8 -1.6 272 39 318.0 318.9 292.3 332.1 4.36 10 550 5095 -1.7 -28.3 11 26.6 -9.1 279 40 322.1 322.2 290.1 324.5 0.68 11 500 5846 -6.4 -40.8 5 34.4 -13.2 276 42 325.3 325.3 290.6 326.1 0.22 12 450 6658 -12.6 -46.2 4 33.7 -17.8 275 50 327.4 327.5 291.2 328.0 0.13 13 400 7546 -18.5 -51.8 4 33.2 -22.5 266 58 330.9 330.9 292.0 331.2 0.08 14 350 8528 -25.8 -47.4 11 21.6 -28.2 257 68 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.6 0.15 15 300 9626 -34.0 -61.9 4 27.8 -35.6 256 61 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.5 0.03 16 250 10879 -42.3 -65.5 6 23.2 -43.1 249 56 343.2 343.2 295.1 343.3 0.02 17 200 12350 -53.3 -70.8 10 17.5 -53.6 248 62 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14148 -65.8 -75.3 25 9.5 -65.9 256 69 356.7 356.7 298.0 356.7 0.01 19 100 16578 -68.7 -86.4 6 17.8 -68.8 273 47 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.92 m Freezing level: 575.29 mb = 4742.74 m = 15559.97 ft Wetbulb zero: 611.82 mb = 4239.96 m = 13910.47 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.03 % Est. max temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.80 mb = 1053.73 m = 3457.09 ft T: 21.50 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.30 C/km ThetaE index: 31.17 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 798.44 mb = 2019.36 m = 6625.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.87 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.81 C = 82.05 F Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lifted Index: -5.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.17 C Cross Totals Index: 24.68 C K Index: 44.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 493.36 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.42 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2229.45 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 834.69 mb = 1637.06 m = 5370.86 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 739.69 mb = 2669.97 m = 8759.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 159.69 mb = 13756.36 m = 45131.85 ft B at Equ Level: 2223.36 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 263.3 at 34.3 knts Storm direction: 293.3 at 25.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 110.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 366.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 366.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.23 Bulk Rich Number: 12.92 Bulk Shear: 172.58 m/s