MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 33.61,-102.73 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -102.73 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 11 1 950 465 2 900 955 SFC 882 1138 31.5 17.1 42 14.3 21.2 161 20 315.8 318.5 298.6 359.6 14.06 4 850 1465 27.3 16.3 51 11.0 19.5 163 28 314.8 317.4 298.2 357.9 13.87 5 800 1998 22.1 15.2 65 6.9 17.3 164 30 314.7 317.3 298.2 357.4 13.74 6 750 2555 16.7 14.2 85 2.5 15.0 167 31 314.7 317.4 298.2 357.3 13.71 7 700 3140 12.0 10.3 89 1.7 10.9 194 33 315.8 318.0 296.9 351.3 11.36 8 650 3757 8.7 -1.9 47 10.6 3.1 228 36 318.8 319.8 293.1 335.3 5.11 9 600 4413 3.8 -9.1 39 12.8 -2.0 235 40 320.5 321.1 292.0 331.1 3.21 10 550 5113 -0.3 -26.5 12 26.2 -8.1 250 42 323.7 323.9 290.7 326.6 0.79 11 500 5869 -4.5 -36.3 6 31.8 -11.8 255 45 327.5 327.6 291.4 328.8 0.34 12 450 6689 -9.7 -33.8 12 24.1 -15.3 258 50 331.0 331.1 292.5 332.8 0.49 13 400 7583 -17.6 -34.5 21 16.9 -20.9 259 57 332.2 332.3 292.8 334.1 0.51 14 350 8567 -25.1 -39.8 24 14.6 -27.3 262 62 334.8 334.9 293.4 336.2 0.34 15 300 9665 -34.3 -45.8 30 11.5 -35.4 261 67 337.0 337.0 293.8 337.8 0.21 16 250 10915 -43.0 -59.9 14 16.9 -43.7 269 72 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.3 0.05 17 200 12383 -53.4 -69.4 13 16.0 -53.7 274 73 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.02 18 150 14185 -64.2 -79.0 11 14.9 -64.3 273 76 359.5 359.5 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16618 -71.2 -88.2 6 17.0 -71.2 235 37 390.2 390.2 303.8 390.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5857.97 m Freezing level: 553.71 mb = 5061.39 m = 16605.41 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.92 mb = 4145.60 m = 13600.88 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.70 % Est. max temperature: 30.84 C = 87.51 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 716.49 mb = 2942.38 m = 9653.35 ft T: 13.62 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.07 C/km ThetaE index: 33.05 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 716.89 mb = 2937.59 m = 9637.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.84 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.16 C = 88.08 F Cap Strength: 0.39 C Lifted Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.08 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.64 C Showalter Index: -4.19 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.70 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.85 C Cross Totals Index: 20.85 C K Index: 46.49 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 521.30 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2488.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.55 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.83 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 722.55 mb = 2871.04 m = 9419.31 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 707.55 mb = 3048.84 m = 10002.62 ft Equ Level (EL): 147.55 mb = 14283.62 m = 46861.71 ft B at Equ Level: 2452.12 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.7 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 258.7 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 74.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 341.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 341.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 113.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.53 Bulk Rich Number: 13.97 Bulk Shear: 178.16 m/s