MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.93,-101.84 Latitude: 34.93 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 100 1 950 551 2 900 1022 SFC 893 1091 21.0 19.0 88 2.0 19.6 44 9 303.8 306.7 296.7 350.4 15.67 4 850 1515 17.3 17.1 99 0.1 17.2 73 15 304.3 307.0 296.1 347.8 14.63 5 800 2032 15.9 13.2 84 2.7 14.1 16 5 308.1 310.3 295.3 344.3 11.97 6 750 2584 18.0 -4.6 21 22.6 6.5 249 15 316.1 316.8 291.1 327.8 3.61 7 700 3169 13.6 -9.3 19 23.0 3.0 254 20 317.6 318.1 290.7 326.4 2.69 8 650 3786 8.5 -5.3 37 13.8 1.7 243 29 318.5 319.3 292.1 331.4 3.96 9 600 4441 2.4 -0.6 81 3.0 0.7 245 33 318.9 320.0 293.9 338.4 6.10 10 550 5137 -3.2 -7.5 72 4.2 -5.2 253 36 320.2 321.0 292.6 333.2 3.97 11 500 5883 -8.7 -20.3 39 11.6 -12.4 254 38 322.4 322.7 291.0 327.6 1.52 12 450 6691 -13.4 -38.3 10 24.9 -18.0 245 44 326.4 326.4 291.0 327.6 0.31 13 400 7576 -19.9 -29.9 41 9.9 -22.1 251 50 329.1 329.2 292.3 332.0 0.80 14 350 8550 -27.7 -35.0 50 7.3 -28.9 253 56 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.5 0.56 15 300 9640 -36.0 -41.9 55 5.9 -36.7 253 63 334.6 334.6 293.3 335.8 0.32 16 250 10881 -44.7 -58.5 20 13.8 -45.3 255 71 339.5 339.6 294.3 339.8 0.06 17 200 12339 -54.8 -68.2 18 13.4 -55.1 260 77 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14140 -62.5 -79.9 8 17.4 -62.7 258 61 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.00 19 100 16604 -68.1 -88.4 4 20.3 -68.2 258 40 396.2 396.2 304.7 396.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.50 m Freezing level: 578.84 mb = 4735.46 m = 15536.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 593.86 mb = 4523.07 m = 14839.30 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.10 % Est. max temperature: 33.10 C = 91.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 867.15 mb = 1343.08 m = 4406.37 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.23 C/km ThetaE index: 24.03 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 696.68 mb = 3208.14 m = 10525.26 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.36 C = 93.84 F Cap Strength: 5.63 C Lifted Index: -4.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.06 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.81 C Showalter Index: -4.98 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.85 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.99 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 20.17 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 330.75 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1415.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 53.21 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 229.58 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 824.57 mb = 1774.19 m = 5820.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 619.57 mb = 4178.27 m = 13708.07 ft Equ Level (EL): 189.57 mb = 12674.17 m = 41581.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1395.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 119.57 mb = 15517.57 m = 50910.05 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 28.0 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 21.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.3 neg: 7.0 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 92.1 neg: -42.9 tot: 49.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.9 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 6.61 Bulk Shear: 214.05 m/s