MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.74,-101.77 Latitude: 35.74 Longitude: -101.77 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 77 1 950 521 2 900 996 SFC 898 1014 21.9 21.4 97 0.5 21.6 138 8 304.2 307.6 298.4 358.4 18.15 4 850 1493 20.5 17.4 82 3.1 18.3 178 31 307.6 310.4 297.2 352.5 14.87 5 800 2018 19.4 13.0 66 6.4 15.1 215 34 311.8 314.1 296.3 348.2 11.84 6 750 2570 14.4 11.9 85 2.5 12.7 222 35 312.2 314.5 296.3 348.4 11.78 7 700 3150 10.1 9.6 97 0.5 9.8 234 28 313.7 315.7 296.0 347.2 10.83 8 650 3763 5.9 5.0 94 0.9 5.4 259 26 315.7 317.3 294.8 342.1 8.45 9 600 4414 1.4 -2.0 78 3.4 -0.3 273 28 317.8 318.8 293.2 335.4 5.52 10 550 5109 -2.9 -14.6 40 11.7 -7.4 279 30 320.7 321.1 291.2 328.2 2.24 11 500 5858 -6.6 -31.9 11 25.3 -12.8 275 35 325.0 325.1 290.8 326.9 0.53 12 450 6671 -12.3 -41.7 7 29.5 -17.4 269 44 327.8 327.9 291.3 328.6 0.22 13 400 7560 -18.2 -49.4 5 31.3 -22.2 263 51 331.4 331.4 292.2 331.8 0.11 14 350 8542 -26.0 -48.8 10 22.8 -28.4 259 54 333.7 333.7 292.9 334.2 0.13 15 300 9638 -34.5 -57.3 8 22.8 -36.0 259 55 336.7 336.7 293.6 336.9 0.06 16 250 10888 -43.2 -62.9 10 19.7 -43.9 264 65 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.03 17 200 12353 -53.9 -69.0 14 15.1 -54.1 264 62 347.5 347.5 296.1 347.6 0.02 18 150 14153 -64.4 -78.7 12 14.3 -64.5 264 57 359.1 359.1 298.5 359.1 0.01 19 100 16604 -68.9 -87.9 5 19.0 -69.0 265 33 394.6 394.6 304.5 394.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5781.10 m Freezing level: 583.39 mb = 4644.65 m = 15238.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 602.92 mb = 4374.26 m = 14351.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.93 % Est. max temperature: 29.67 C = 85.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.14 mb = 1072.55 m = 3518.83 ft T: 21.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.16 C/km ThetaE index: 21.52 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 761.82 mb = 2436.25 m = 7992.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.55 C = 85.18 F Cap Strength: 3.17 C Lifted Index: -4.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.66 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.23 C Showalter Index: -4.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.09 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.10 C Cross Totals Index: 24.00 C K Index: 44.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 496.14 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.93 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2031.15 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 63.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.07 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.21 mb = 1940.62 m = 6366.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 732.21 mb = 2771.63 m = 9093.17 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.21 mb = 13289.19 m = 43599.18 ft B at Equ Level: 2020.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 473.6 neg: -2.3 tot: 471.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 157.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.9 stream: 8.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.75 Bulk Rich Number: 12.74 Bulk Shear: 159.48 m/s