MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F027.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F027.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 27 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.12,-101.98 Latitude: 36.12 Longitude: -101.98 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 69 1 950 517 2 900 991 SFC 889 1100 20.9 19.8 93 1.1 20.2 163 13 304.2 307.2 297.4 353.6 16.59 4 850 1486 19.6 18.6 94 1.0 18.9 183 30 306.7 309.6 297.7 354.9 16.04 5 800 2008 17.2 16.1 94 1.0 16.5 195 27 309.5 312.2 297.4 353.8 14.57 6 750 2558 14.3 13.4 94 1.0 13.7 225 20 312.1 314.6 297.1 352.0 12.96 7 700 3138 10.3 8.2 87 2.1 9.0 254 24 313.9 315.8 295.4 344.3 9.80 8 650 3752 6.3 0.2 65 6.1 2.9 275 33 316.0 317.2 293.0 335.0 5.98 9 600 4402 1.6 -9.6 43 11.2 -3.3 281 35 318.0 318.6 291.2 328.1 3.07 10 550 5097 -3.2 -21.9 22 18.7 -9.1 281 38 320.3 320.5 290.1 324.4 1.20 11 500 5844 -7.2 -40.6 5 33.4 -13.7 270 44 324.2 324.3 290.3 325.1 0.22 12 450 6654 -13.1 -41.4 7 28.3 -18.0 263 51 326.8 326.8 291.0 327.7 0.23 13 400 7541 -18.7 -44.7 8 26.0 -22.4 258 59 330.7 330.7 292.1 331.4 0.18 14 350 8522 -25.8 -45.4 14 19.6 -28.1 254 65 334.0 334.0 293.0 334.7 0.19 15 300 9621 -33.9 -55.9 9 22.0 -35.4 251 66 337.6 337.6 293.8 337.9 0.07 16 250 10875 -41.9 -63.6 8 21.7 -42.8 248 71 343.7 343.7 295.3 343.8 0.03 17 200 12349 -52.9 -72.8 7 19.9 -53.2 239 65 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.0 0.01 18 150 14146 -66.0 -78.4 16 12.4 -66.1 244 66 356.3 356.3 298.0 356.4 0.01 19 100 16573 -68.8 -86.8 6 18.0 -68.9 265 42 394.8 394.8 304.5 394.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.93 m Freezing level: 583.20 mb = 4635.66 m = 15208.67 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.37 mb = 4052.79 m = 13296.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.91 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.55 mb = 1239.47 m = 4066.45 ft T: 20.45 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.48 C/km ThetaE index: 30.50 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 800.00 mb = 2008.09 m = 6588.14 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.57 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.04 C = 78.87 F Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lifted Index: -5.71 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.78 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.57 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.79 C Cross Totals Index: 25.78 C K Index: 43.24 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 548.52 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.75 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2201.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 66.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 12.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.72 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 825.12 mb = 1741.90 m = 5714.81 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.12 mb = 2669.72 m = 8758.81 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.12 mb = 13738.18 m = 45072.23 ft B at Equ Level: 2194.32 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 259.0 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 289.0 at 26.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 307.9 neg: -1.4 tot: 306.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 102.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.63 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.6 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.60 Bulk Rich Number: 11.28 Bulk Shear: 195.23 m/s