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: 34.44,-101.53 Latitude: 34.44 Longitude: -101.53 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 504 2 900 985 SFC 897 1014 26.2 21.1 74 5.1 22.4 124 17 308.7 312.1 299.2 362.7 17.77 4 850 1486 20.9 19.9 94 1.0 20.2 135 25 308.0 311.3 298.9 361.0 17.48 5 800 2010 18.6 17.1 91 1.5 17.6 175 28 311.0 314.0 298.4 358.6 15.54 6 750 2563 15.2 13.1 87 2.1 13.8 196 28 313.1 315.5 297.1 352.3 12.72 7 700 3145 11.4 6.9 74 4.5 8.6 226 28 315.1 316.8 295.1 343.1 8.96 8 650 3760 8.0 -4.5 41 12.4 1.7 238 30 318.0 318.8 292.2 331.6 4.23 9 600 4415 3.7 -17.4 20 21.1 -4.2 242 30 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.9 1.63 10 550 5113 -1.9 -17.1 30 15.2 -7.4 260 29 321.9 322.2 291.2 328.0 1.82 11 500 5864 -6.3 -34.8 8 28.6 -12.8 256 30 325.4 325.5 290.8 326.9 0.40 12 450 6679 -11.3 -39.0 8 27.7 -16.6 257 37 329.0 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.29 13 400 7570 -18.6 -30.2 35 11.6 -21.1 261 49 330.8 331.0 292.7 333.7 0.78 14 350 8549 -26.1 -36.2 38 10.1 -27.8 261 54 333.5 333.6 293.2 335.4 0.49 15 300 9643 -35.6 -40.2 62 4.7 -36.1 258 61 335.2 335.3 293.5 336.7 0.38 16 250 10885 -44.7 -49.2 61 4.5 -45.0 262 71 339.6 339.6 294.4 340.3 0.17 17 200 12348 -53.6 -57.5 62 4.0 -53.7 268 88 347.9 347.9 296.3 348.3 0.08 18 150 14152 -62.9 -73.6 22 10.7 -63.0 270 74 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.8 0.01 19 100 16613 -69.0 -89.1 4 20.1 -69.1 233 31 394.5 394.5 304.5 394.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5813.01 m Freezing level: 566.96 mb = 4876.67 m = 15999.39 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.48 mb = 3945.12 m = 12943.14 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.93 % Est. max temperature: 30.47 C = 86.85 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 832.94 mb = 1661.13 m = 5449.85 ft T: 20.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.50 C/km ThetaE index: 36.83 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 797.46 mb = 2037.40 m = 6684.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.45 C = 83.21 F Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lifted Index: -6.86 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.70 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.91 C Showalter Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 53.33 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.15 C Cross Totals Index: 26.17 C K Index: 42.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.55 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3428.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.80 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.14 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.65 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.00 mb = 1785.98 m = 5859.44 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 766.00 mb = 2381.83 m = 7814.30 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.00 mb = 14316.06 m = 46968.12 ft B at Equ Level: 3389.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 232.3 at 29.4 knts Storm direction: 262.3 at 22.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 385.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 385.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.1 stream: 8.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.56 Bulk Rich Number: 16.87 Bulk Shear: 203.25 m/s