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: 37.44,-101.85 Latitude: 37.44 Longitude: -101.85 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 39 1 950 484 2 900 962 SFC 891 1049 22.7 18.8 79 3.9 19.9 132 6 305.8 308.7 297.1 352.4 15.54 4 850 1461 21.9 17.1 75 4.7 18.5 168 22 309.0 311.8 297.4 353.5 14.63 5 800 1986 17.6 15.7 89 1.9 16.3 184 30 309.9 312.6 297.3 353.1 14.17 6 750 2535 13.5 13.3 99 0.1 13.4 192 32 311.2 313.7 296.8 350.8 12.94 7 700 3113 9.0 7.8 92 1.2 8.3 214 36 312.5 314.3 294.8 342.0 9.56 8 650 3723 4.8 -3.0 57 7.7 0.8 231 43 314.3 315.3 291.5 329.4 4.73 9 600 4371 0.8 -3.4 74 4.1 -1.3 239 43 317.0 318.0 292.5 333.0 4.98 10 550 5065 -2.7 -7.4 70 4.7 -4.8 253 49 320.9 321.7 292.8 334.0 3.98 11 500 5815 -7.3 -17.8 43 10.6 -10.9 259 57 324.2 324.6 291.9 330.6 1.88 12 450 6626 -13.5 -33.7 16 20.2 -17.7 261 59 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.0 0.49 13 400 7508 -20.5 -42.8 12 22.3 -23.7 264 60 328.3 328.3 291.5 329.1 0.22 14 350 8481 -27.7 -46.3 15 18.7 -29.7 269 65 331.4 331.5 292.3 332.1 0.17 15 300 9570 -36.1 -51.3 19 15.2 -37.2 271 66 334.5 334.5 293.0 335.0 0.11 16 250 10810 -45.4 -58.5 22 13.1 -45.9 276 65 338.6 338.6 294.0 338.8 0.06 17 200 12266 -54.6 -69.8 14 15.2 -54.9 271 67 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.3 0.02 18 150 14069 -62.3 -78.4 10 16.1 -62.4 260 71 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16564 -65.1 -86.5 4 21.4 -65.3 239 26 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5776.02 m Freezing level: 588.85 mb = 4525.46 m = 14847.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.36 mb = 3971.04 m = 13028.19 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.48 % Est. max temperature: 28.18 C = 82.72 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.63 mb = 1546.96 m = 5075.27 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 24.11 C Layer 800.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 777.34 mb = 2230.15 m = 7316.69 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.64 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.28 C = 81.10 F Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lifted Index: -5.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.39 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.42 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.51 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.11 C Cross Totals Index: 24.40 C K Index: 45.07 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 547.46 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.48 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2598.61 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 72.09 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 21.19 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 797.10 mb = 2016.53 m = 6615.82 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 762.10 mb = 2398.75 m = 7869.83 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.10 mb = 13207.77 m = 43332.05 ft B at Equ Level: 2578.75 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.1 at 42.4 knts Storm direction: 268.1 at 31.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 559.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 559.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 186.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.1 stream: 9.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.10 Bulk Rich Number: 11.44 Bulk Shear: 227.18 m/s