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: 36.76,-100.74 Latitude: 36.76 Longitude: -100.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 70 1 950 514 SFC 918 817 23.6 20.5 82 3.2 21.3 94 9 304.1 307.2 297.5 354.0 16.73 3 900 990 23.4 19.2 77 4.2 20.4 108 15 305.6 308.5 297.3 352.8 15.76 4 850 1488 19.7 17.8 88 2.0 18.4 150 16 306.8 309.6 297.2 352.6 15.21 5 800 2008 16.1 15.1 94 1.0 15.4 196 15 308.3 310.9 296.5 349.7 13.66 6 750 2555 13.1 7.6 69 5.5 9.7 230 22 310.8 312.5 293.7 337.7 8.76 7 700 3133 10.9 -1.8 41 12.7 4.2 229 32 314.5 315.4 291.6 329.7 4.79 8 650 3747 7.2 -10.0 28 17.2 -0.4 228 32 317.1 317.6 290.6 326.1 2.75 9 600 4398 2.1 -13.9 29 16.1 -4.3 241 27 318.6 319.0 290.5 325.8 2.17 10 550 5092 -4.4 -13.1 51 8.7 -7.8 249 24 318.9 319.4 291.0 327.3 2.54 11 500 5834 -10.3 -13.3 79 2.9 -11.4 250 25 320.4 321.0 291.6 329.6 2.75 12 450 6638 -15.3 -17.5 83 2.2 -16.0 249 29 324.0 324.5 292.1 331.4 2.15 13 400 7518 -20.3 -23.0 80 2.6 -21.0 250 35 328.5 328.8 292.7 333.8 1.51 14 350 8494 -26.8 -29.7 76 2.9 -27.3 251 42 332.7 332.9 293.3 336.1 0.93 15 300 9588 -35.0 -38.1 73 3.1 -35.4 250 48 336.0 336.1 293.8 337.8 0.47 16 250 10833 -44.8 -48.3 68 3.5 -45.0 255 52 339.4 339.5 294.4 340.2 0.19 17 200 12288 -55.5 -59.5 61 4.0 -55.6 264 69 344.9 344.9 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14095 -59.4 -80.2 5 20.8 -59.6 260 68 367.8 367.8 300.2 367.8 0.00 19 100 16596 -67.7 -88.0 4 20.3 -67.8 241 40 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5764.54 m Freezing level: 583.54 mb = 4626.61 m = 15178.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 654.50 mb = 3689.51 m = 12104.54 ft Precipitable water: 1.42 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 58.35 % Est. max temperature: 29.24 C = 84.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.56 mb = 1220.08 m = 4002.85 ft T: 21.70 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.85 C/km ThetaE index: 28.15 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 815.72 mb = 1841.35 m = 6041.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.36 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.24 C = 81.03 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -8.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.97 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.40 C Showalter Index: -8.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 58.12 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.04 C Cross Totals Index: 28.08 C K Index: 35.11 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 599.86 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2452.72 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.04 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.33 mb = 1657.98 m = 5439.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.33 mb = 2026.19 m = 6647.53 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.33 mb = 13008.31 m = 42677.67 ft B at Equ Level: 2436.23 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 24.2 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 18.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 6.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 228.3 neg: -2.8 tot: 225.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 75.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.71 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.2 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.28 Bulk Rich Number: 17.46 Bulk Shear: 140.46 m/s