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: 37.50,-101.84 Latitude: 37.50 Longitude: -101.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 487 2 900 962 SFC 891 1045 21.4 18.8 85 2.6 19.5 105 7 304.4 307.3 296.7 350.5 15.48 4 850 1459 21.1 17.3 79 3.8 18.4 154 22 308.2 311.0 297.3 353.0 14.80 5 800 1983 17.3 15.9 91 1.4 16.3 178 31 309.6 312.3 297.3 353.3 14.34 6 750 2532 13.6 13.4 99 0.1 13.5 186 33 311.3 313.8 296.9 351.3 13.04 7 700 3110 9.1 8.7 97 0.4 8.9 205 36 312.6 314.5 295.3 344.0 10.17 8 650 3720 4.5 -0.3 71 4.8 2.0 225 43 314.1 315.2 292.3 332.2 5.76 9 600 4368 0.5 -2.3 81 2.8 -0.9 234 43 316.7 317.8 292.8 333.9 5.40 10 550 5062 -2.8 -6.0 79 3.2 -4.3 249 49 320.8 321.6 293.2 335.3 4.46 11 500 5812 -7.1 -15.9 50 8.7 -10.4 257 57 324.3 324.8 292.2 331.9 2.22 12 450 6623 -13.3 -32.0 19 18.7 -17.4 260 61 326.5 326.6 291.3 328.6 0.58 13 400 7507 -20.3 -39.3 17 19.0 -23.3 264 63 328.6 328.6 291.6 329.8 0.32 14 350 8480 -27.5 -42.1 24 14.6 -29.3 270 67 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.8 0.27 15 300 9570 -36.0 -47.5 29 11.6 -36.9 273 68 334.7 334.7 293.2 335.4 0.17 16 250 10811 -45.4 -55.3 32 9.9 -45.9 279 66 338.5 338.5 294.0 338.9 0.08 17 200 12266 -54.9 -68.0 18 13.1 -55.1 273 69 345.9 345.9 295.7 346.0 0.02 18 150 14067 -62.3 -78.4 10 16.1 -62.4 260 72 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.01 19 100 16565 -65.0 -86.9 3 21.9 -65.1 241 27 402.2 402.2 305.5 402.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5772.72 m Freezing level: 592.21 mb = 4475.78 m = 14684.13 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.98 mb = 4154.93 m = 13631.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.96 % Est. max temperature: 28.33 C = 82.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 857.83 mb = 1379.32 m = 4525.27 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.03 C/km ThetaE index: 21.06 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.64 mb = 2180.08 m = 7152.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.06 C = 80.72 F Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lifted Index: -5.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.16 C Showalter Index: -5.23 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.71 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.24 C Cross Totals Index: 24.47 C K Index: 45.16 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 531.37 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2505.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.78 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 24.10 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 807.17 mb = 1905.45 m = 6251.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 752.17 mb = 2507.09 m = 8225.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.17 mb = 13203.66 m = 43318.55 ft B at Equ Level: 2482.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.1 at 43.0 knts Storm direction: 264.1 at 32.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 93.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 641.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 641.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 213.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.89 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.0 stream: 10.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.92 Bulk Rich Number: 9.22 Bulk Shear: 271.84 m/s