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: 34.40,-101.51 Latitude: 34.40 Longitude: -101.51 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 52 1 950 506 2 900 986 SFC 897 1011 26.1 21.1 74 5.0 22.5 124 17 308.7 312.1 299.2 363.0 17.87 4 850 1486 20.8 20.0 95 0.8 20.2 136 25 307.9 311.2 298.9 360.9 17.52 5 800 2011 18.6 16.7 89 1.9 17.3 176 28 311.0 313.9 298.2 357.4 15.14 6 750 2563 15.4 13.0 85 2.5 13.7 196 28 313.3 315.7 297.1 352.3 12.62 7 700 3146 11.5 7.1 75 4.3 8.8 225 28 315.2 316.9 295.2 343.6 9.09 8 650 3761 7.9 -4.0 43 11.9 1.8 238 30 317.9 318.7 292.3 332.0 4.37 9 600 4416 3.7 -17.6 19 21.3 -4.3 242 30 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.8 1.60 10 550 5114 -1.9 -17.6 29 15.8 -7.5 259 29 321.9 322.2 291.1 327.8 1.74 11 500 5865 -6.3 -34.0 9 27.7 -12.7 256 30 325.4 325.5 290.9 327.0 0.43 12 450 6680 -11.3 -39.2 8 27.9 -16.6 257 37 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.28 13 400 7571 -18.6 -29.8 37 11.2 -21.1 261 49 330.9 331.0 292.7 333.8 0.81 14 350 8550 -26.1 -36.1 39 10.0 -27.8 261 54 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.50 15 300 9644 -35.6 -40.3 62 4.8 -36.1 257 61 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.38 16 250 10886 -44.8 -49.3 60 4.6 -45.0 262 71 339.5 339.6 294.4 340.2 0.17 17 200 12348 -53.6 -57.5 62 4.0 -53.7 268 87 348.0 348.0 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14153 -62.9 -73.7 22 10.9 -63.0 270 74 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16613 -69.0 -89.1 4 20.1 -69.1 234 31 394.4 394.4 304.4 394.4 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.32 m Freezing level: 566.82 mb = 4879.49 m = 16008.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.93 mb = 3953.09 m = 12969.31 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.73 % Est. max temperature: 30.70 C = 87.25 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 834.53 mb = 1645.23 m = 5397.68 ft T: 20.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.52 C/km ThetaE index: 37.14 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.70 mb = 2056.91 m = 6748.30 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.57 C = 83.43 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -6.76 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.80 C Showalter Index: -6.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.27 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 26.23 C K Index: 42.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.53 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3367.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.07 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.20 mb = 1784.47 m = 5854.50 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.20 mb = 2380.28 m = 7809.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.20 mb = 14308.69 m = 46943.95 ft B at Equ Level: 3326.98 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.1 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 262.1 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 389.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 389.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 129.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.44 Bulk Rich Number: 16.47 Bulk Shear: 204.47 m/s