MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F030.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F030.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 30 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.40,-101.82 Latitude: 35.40 Longitude: -101.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 42 1 950 492 2 900 976 SFC 895 1024 28.2 19.4 59 8.8 21.8 181 13 311.1 314.1 298.8 360.3 16.07 4 850 1482 24.0 17.8 68 6.2 19.6 184 23 311.3 314.2 298.4 358.2 15.30 5 800 2009 19.0 16.8 87 2.3 17.4 187 25 311.5 314.3 298.3 358.0 15.18 6 750 2562 14.8 14.5 98 0.3 14.6 207 27 312.7 315.4 297.8 355.8 13.99 7 700 3143 10.4 9.8 96 0.6 10.0 235 32 314.0 316.1 296.2 347.9 10.93 8 650 3757 7.1 -2.1 52 9.3 2.2 256 40 317.0 318.0 292.6 333.1 5.03 9 600 4409 2.8 -18.7 19 21.5 -4.9 264 43 319.4 319.7 290.1 324.4 1.46 10 550 5106 -2.0 -32.5 8 30.5 -9.6 267 42 321.7 321.8 289.8 323.3 0.45 11 500 5856 -6.3 -36.7 7 30.4 -12.9 263 40 325.3 325.4 290.7 326.6 0.33 12 450 6669 -12.4 -37.5 10 25.1 -17.3 260 42 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.9 0.34 13 400 7556 -19.3 -38.6 16 19.3 -22.5 262 52 329.9 330.0 292.0 331.2 0.34 14 350 8534 -26.4 -41.4 23 15.0 -28.4 260 62 333.1 333.2 292.9 334.2 0.29 15 300 9626 -36.0 -43.8 45 7.8 -36.7 258 63 334.6 334.7 293.2 335.7 0.26 16 250 10865 -45.4 -58.9 20 13.5 -45.9 261 69 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.05 17 200 12325 -53.3 -69.9 12 16.5 -53.7 265 85 348.3 348.3 296.3 348.4 0.02 18 150 14135 -61.9 -77.0 12 15.1 -62.1 266 69 363.4 363.4 299.4 363.4 0.01 19 100 16610 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 246 35 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5814.07 m Freezing level: 570.87 mb = 4815.28 m = 15797.96 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.29 mb = 3956.23 m = 12979.61 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.92 C = 85.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 787.72 mb = 2141.56 m = 7026.04 ft T: 18.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 36.98 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 767.77 mb = 2361.12 m = 7746.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lifted Index: -6.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -6.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.35 C Cross Totals Index: 24.16 C K Index: 47.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 558.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3178.36 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 79.73 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 778.15 mb = 2246.23 m = 7369.42 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.15 mb = 2525.72 m = 8286.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.15 mb = 13606.43 m = 44639.96 ft B at Equ Level: 3171.18 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 248.0 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 278.0 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 337.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 337.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 112.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.87 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.3 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.59 Bulk Rich Number: 22.82 Bulk Shear: 139.28 m/s