MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 37.81,-100.45 Latitude: 37.81 Longitude: -100.45 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 117 1 950 558 SFC 920 837 20.0 15.8 77 4.2 17.2 125 12 300.2 302.5 293.4 336.4 12.35 3 900 1023 17.2 14.8 85 2.5 15.6 128 15 299.3 301.4 292.7 333.8 11.84 4 850 1508 12.9 12.7 98 0.2 12.8 147 20 299.7 301.7 292.2 331.6 10.91 5 800 2017 12.4 12.2 99 0.2 12.3 215 25 304.3 306.4 293.8 337.8 11.21 6 750 2559 10.2 9.9 98 0.3 10.0 230 30 307.7 309.6 294.0 338.9 10.30 7 700 3130 6.7 6.1 96 0.5 6.3 240 35 309.9 311.5 293.3 335.9 8.50 8 650 3736 3.3 1.5 88 1.8 2.3 241 38 312.7 314.0 292.6 333.2 6.57 9 600 4381 -0.5 -3.7 79 3.2 -2.1 237 39 315.5 316.4 292.0 330.9 4.84 10 550 5072 -4.5 -8.3 75 3.7 -6.2 242 33 318.7 319.4 291.9 330.8 3.73 11 500 5815 -9.7 -17.1 55 7.4 -12.2 247 36 321.2 321.6 291.2 328.0 2.00 12 450 6619 -15.5 -32.5 22 17.1 -19.0 256 45 323.8 323.9 290.5 325.8 0.55 13 400 7496 -21.5 -51.5 5 30.0 -24.7 257 53 327.1 327.1 291.0 327.4 0.08 14 350 8465 -29.1 -51.6 9 22.6 -31.0 259 59 329.6 329.6 291.7 330.0 0.09 15 300 9547 -37.4 -59.3 8 21.9 -38.5 259 61 332.6 332.7 292.5 332.8 0.04 16 250 10781 -46.4 -65.6 10 19.2 -46.9 261 63 337.2 337.2 293.6 337.3 0.02 17 200 12232 -54.6 -71.1 11 16.5 -54.9 261 69 346.2 346.2 295.8 346.3 0.01 18 150 14048 -59.9 -79.3 6 19.4 -60.0 261 67 367.0 367.0 300.0 367.0 0.00 19 100 16550 -64.3 -88.3 2 24.0 -64.5 261 37 403.4 403.4 305.7 403.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.09 m Freezing level: 606.91 mb = 4292.09 m = 14081.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.78 mb = 4067.97 m = 13346.19 ft Precipitable water: 1.38 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.03 % Est. max temperature: 25.94 C = 78.69 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.21 mb = 1367.68 m = 4487.09 ft T: 14.18 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 13.08 C Layer 700.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 855.86 mb = 1450.10 m = 4757.50 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 19.40 C = 66.92 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.72 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.14 C Showalter Index: 0.76 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.01 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.62 C Cross Totals Index: 22.38 C K Index: 34.78 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 376.70 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.72 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 44.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 851.16 mb = 1496.87 m = 4910.93 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 846.16 mb = 1546.45 m = 5073.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 836.16 mb = 1646.27 m = 5401.10 ft B at Equ Level: 10.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 796.16 mb = 2057.78 m = 6751.18 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.4 at 32.9 knts Storm direction: 266.4 at 24.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.3 neg: 0.3 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 107.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 348.0 neg: -1.4 tot: 346.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 115.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.09 Bulk Rich Number: 0.21 Bulk Shear: 210.07 m/s