MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506041800F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.50,-98.87 Latitude: 35.50 Longitude: -98.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 955 496 22.8 22.6 99 0.2 22.6 130 2 299.8 303.2 297.4 353.6 18.36 2 950 541 22.6 22.4 99 0.1 22.5 145 3 300.1 303.4 297.4 353.8 18.29 3 900 1012 21.6 19.6 89 1.9 20.2 209 28 303.7 306.7 297.0 351.9 16.20 4 850 1510 20.7 15.7 73 5.0 17.2 240 38 307.8 310.3 296.2 347.9 13.29 5 800 2031 16.2 15.9 98 0.3 16.0 248 38 308.4 311.1 297.0 351.8 14.33 6 750 2578 13.1 9.3 78 3.8 10.7 258 34 310.8 312.6 294.6 341.0 9.87 7 700 3156 10.6 5.0 68 5.6 7.3 265 38 314.3 315.8 294.0 338.8 7.85 8 650 3769 5.8 2.9 81 2.9 4.1 264 34 315.5 316.9 293.9 338.4 7.26 9 600 4420 1.5 -2.5 74 4.0 -0.6 258 34 317.9 318.9 293.0 334.8 5.29 10 550 5115 -3.6 -5.4 87 1.8 -4.4 250 38 319.9 320.8 293.0 335.0 4.67 11 500 5862 -7.6 -12.4 68 4.8 -9.5 257 38 323.8 324.3 292.7 333.6 2.95 12 450 6674 -12.7 -25.4 34 12.7 -16.2 266 43 327.2 327.5 292.0 331.1 1.08 13 400 7563 -18.0 -42.3 10 24.3 -21.8 273 48 331.5 331.6 292.4 332.4 0.23 14 350 8545 -25.3 -49.1 9 23.8 -27.9 274 49 334.6 334.7 293.1 335.2 0.12 15 300 9647 -33.1 -55.8 8 22.8 -34.7 277 57 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.1 0.07 16 250 10901 -43.5 -59.7 15 16.2 -44.2 281 55 341.4 341.4 294.7 341.6 0.05 17 200 12360 -55.0 -67.4 20 12.4 -55.2 279 60 345.6 345.6 295.7 345.7 0.02 18 150 14144 -66.6 -77.2 21 10.6 -66.7 274 59 355.3 355.3 297.8 355.4 0.01 19 100 16582 -66.8 -87.3 4 20.5 -67.0 278 33 398.6 398.6 305.0 398.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5766.60 m Freezing level: 585.19 mb = 4625.85 m = 15176.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.04 mb = 4338.81 m = 14234.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.86 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 80.90 % Est. max temperature: 31.15 C = 88.07 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 953.08 mb = 512.75 m = 1682.24 ft T: 22.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.75 C/km ThetaE index: 16.99 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 822.27 mb = 1794.99 m = 5889.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.20 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.94 C = 87.70 F Cap Strength: 2.53 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.39 C Showalter Index: -3.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.28 C Cross Totals Index: 23.29 C K Index: 38.32 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 414.91 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.84 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1895.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 61.58 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 52.62 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.42 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 878.04 mb = 1227.33 m = 4026.63 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 783.04 mb = 2212.62 m = 7259.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.04 mb = 13627.45 m = 44708.94 ft B at Equ Level: 1884.53 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.0 at 34.6 knts Storm direction: 283.0 at 25.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 465.7 neg: -5.3 tot: 460.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 153.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.4 stream: 10.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.23 Bulk Rich Number: 18.01 Bulk Shear: 105.27 m/s