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: 37.56,-101.87 Latitude: 37.56 Longitude: -101.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 488 2 900 961 SFC 891 1052 20.1 18.5 91 1.6 19.0 86 8 303.2 306.0 296.3 348.4 15.26 4 850 1456 19.8 17.3 86 2.5 18.1 139 22 306.9 309.6 296.9 351.3 14.78 5 800 1978 16.9 15.8 94 1.0 16.2 171 31 309.1 311.8 297.2 352.6 14.29 6 750 2526 13.5 13.4 99 0.1 13.4 181 34 311.3 313.7 296.8 351.0 12.98 7 700 3105 9.4 9.2 98 0.2 9.3 196 35 312.9 314.9 295.6 345.4 10.51 8 650 3716 4.8 2.3 84 2.4 3.4 217 40 314.4 315.7 293.4 336.3 6.99 9 600 4364 0.7 -0.8 90 1.4 -0.1 228 42 316.9 318.1 293.3 336.1 6.04 10 550 5059 -2.7 -5.1 83 2.4 -3.8 244 47 320.9 321.8 293.4 336.4 4.76 11 500 5810 -6.9 -14.2 56 7.3 -9.7 253 54 324.6 325.1 292.6 333.2 2.54 12 450 6622 -12.9 -26.1 32 13.2 -16.4 258 59 327.0 327.2 291.9 330.6 1.01 13 400 7508 -19.8 -32.0 33 12.2 -22.2 263 63 329.2 329.4 292.2 331.6 0.65 14 350 8484 -27.0 -36.1 42 9.2 -28.4 270 67 332.4 332.5 292.9 334.3 0.50 15 300 9576 -35.7 -43.2 46 7.5 -36.4 274 68 335.1 335.1 293.4 336.2 0.28 16 250 10817 -45.4 -52.3 46 6.9 -45.7 280 67 338.5 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.12 17 200 12270 -55.3 -65.1 29 9.7 -55.5 275 69 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.3 0.03 18 150 14068 -62.4 -78.4 10 16.0 -62.5 260 74 362.6 362.6 299.2 362.6 0.01 19 100 16568 -64.8 -86.9 3 22.2 -64.9 242 27 402.6 402.6 305.6 402.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5771.25 m Freezing level: 590.08 mb = 4502.30 m = 14771.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.39 mb = 4345.80 m = 14257.69 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.49 % Est. max temperature: 28.26 C = 82.86 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 870.15 mb = 1252.86 m = 4110.38 ft T: 19.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.04 C/km ThetaE index: 16.45 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 786.72 mb = 2120.03 m = 6955.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.69 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.60 F Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lifted Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.47 C Showalter Index: -4.40 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.89 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.69 C Cross Totals Index: 24.20 C K Index: 43.75 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 482.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2180.07 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.03 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.52 mb = 1791.14 m = 5876.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 742.52 mb = 2610.48 m = 8564.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 172.52 mb = 13193.95 m = 43286.72 ft B at Equ Level: 2149.27 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.6 at 41.8 knts Storm direction: 258.6 at 31.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 8.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 665.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 665.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 221.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.88 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.2 stream: 10.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.38 Bulk Rich Number: 7.45 Bulk Shear: 292.54 m/s