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: 37.55,-100.9 Latitude: 37.55 Longitude: -100.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 504 SFC 909 893 24.1 18.7 72 5.4 20.3 133 12 305.4 308.3 296.8 350.6 15.10 3 900 980 23.5 18.1 72 5.4 19.7 137 17 305.8 308.5 296.6 349.8 14.70 4 850 1477 18.9 16.9 88 2.0 17.5 150 23 306.0 308.6 296.5 349.3 14.44 5 800 1996 15.4 15.2 99 0.1 15.3 179 28 307.5 310.1 296.4 349.0 13.74 6 750 2542 12.1 9.7 86 2.3 10.6 219 27 309.7 311.6 294.5 340.7 10.15 7 700 3118 10.1 1.4 55 8.7 5.2 242 30 313.7 314.8 292.4 332.7 6.05 8 650 3729 6.6 -22.1 11 28.8 -3.1 236 38 316.4 316.6 288.7 319.9 1.00 9 600 4378 1.5 -27.1 10 28.6 -6.8 238 36 317.9 318.0 288.8 320.3 0.69 10 550 5072 -3.4 -25.4 16 22.0 -9.8 243 35 320.0 320.2 289.7 323.1 0.88 11 500 5818 -8.4 -32.1 13 23.6 -13.9 249 46 322.7 322.8 290.2 324.6 0.52 12 450 6625 -14.4 -39.8 10 25.4 -18.8 252 54 325.1 325.1 290.6 326.1 0.27 13 400 7504 -21.3 -42.7 13 21.5 -24.2 252 61 327.4 327.4 291.2 328.2 0.22 14 350 8474 -28.4 -42.2 25 13.8 -30.0 257 69 330.5 330.6 292.1 331.5 0.27 15 300 9561 -36.2 -45.2 39 9.0 -37.0 261 75 334.3 334.4 293.1 335.2 0.23 16 250 10802 -45.3 -50.8 54 5.5 -45.6 267 74 338.8 338.8 294.1 339.3 0.14 17 200 12257 -54.5 -64.7 27 10.2 -54.7 264 74 346.5 346.5 295.9 346.6 0.03 18 150 14068 -60.7 -78.7 8 18.0 -60.9 260 64 365.6 365.6 299.8 365.6 0.01 19 100 16566 -66.5 -85.9 5 19.4 -66.6 243 31 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5757.95 m Freezing level: 584.65 mb = 4591.26 m = 15063.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 668.54 mb = 3496.85 m = 11472.46 ft Precipitable water: 1.16 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.08 % Est. max temperature: 27.80 C = 82.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 840.32 mb = 1575.09 m = 5167.57 ft T: 18.25 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 30.76 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 811.43 mb = 1874.62 m = 6150.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.76 C = 78.36 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -5.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.53 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: -5.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.75 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.36 C Cross Totals Index: 25.39 C K Index: 35.60 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 518.99 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1989.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.08 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.27 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 823.39 mb = 1749.32 m = 5739.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 798.39 mb = 2013.06 m = 6604.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 188.39 mb = 12633.51 m = 41448.03 ft B at Equ Level: 1976.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 108.39 mb = 16069.54 m = 52720.93 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 233.8 at 35.5 knts Storm direction: 263.8 at 26.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.8 tot: 7.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 367.3 neg: -0.2 tot: 367.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 122.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.4 stream: 7.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.26 Bulk Rich Number: 9.17 Bulk Shear: 217.07 m/s