MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F042.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 42 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.03,-100.11 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -100.11 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 953 523 29.8 23.0 67 6.8 24.7 175 6 307.1 310.7 299.5 364.1 18.87 2 950 548 28.5 22.1 68 6.4 23.8 178 6 306.1 309.4 298.7 359.8 17.89 3 900 1026 23.3 20.6 85 2.7 21.4 178 8 305.6 308.8 298.1 357.2 17.24 4 850 1523 19.2 18.5 96 0.7 18.7 197 14 306.2 309.2 297.5 354.0 15.92 5 800 2044 16.5 14.6 88 1.9 15.2 211 8 308.7 311.2 296.3 348.7 13.17 6 750 2592 14.4 10.9 80 3.4 12.1 273 9 312.2 314.3 295.8 346.1 11.02 7 700 3174 12.4 5.8 64 6.6 8.3 263 12 316.2 317.8 294.8 342.2 8.27 8 650 3791 8.2 -3.8 42 12.0 2.1 251 16 318.3 319.2 292.4 332.7 4.45 9 600 4446 2.7 -8.6 43 11.2 -2.4 244 21 319.2 319.8 291.7 330.1 3.33 10 550 5142 -2.6 -13.0 45 10.4 -6.7 263 27 321.0 321.5 291.6 329.6 2.56 11 500 5890 -7.4 -28.6 17 21.2 -12.9 261 33 324.0 324.2 290.7 326.6 0.72 12 450 6703 -11.9 -34.9 13 23.0 -16.7 255 36 328.3 328.3 291.7 329.9 0.44 13 400 7592 -19.0 -27.9 45 8.9 -21.1 258 41 330.3 330.5 292.7 333.8 0.96 14 350 8570 -26.6 -34.4 48 7.8 -27.9 259 49 332.9 333.0 293.1 335.1 0.59 15 300 9667 -33.9 -48.4 22 14.5 -35.1 259 56 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 16 250 10918 -43.8 -55.6 26 11.8 -44.4 255 63 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.2 0.08 17 200 12378 -54.4 -70.3 12 15.9 -54.6 256 69 346.6 346.6 295.9 346.7 0.01 18 150 14173 -64.0 -77.6 14 13.6 -64.1 261 68 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16622 -72.2 -88.3 7 16.1 -72.3 264 39 388.2 388.2 303.5 388.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5794.67 m Freezing level: 574.70 mb = 4797.92 m = 15741.02 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.71 mb = 4089.66 m = 13417.37 ft Precipitable water: 1.75 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.40 % Est. max temperature: 31.20 C = 88.17 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 863.97 mb = 1381.24 m = 4531.56 ft T: 20.37 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.28 C/km ThetaE index: 37.51 C Layer 950.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 856.54 mb = 1456.30 m = 4777.84 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.12 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.79 C = 83.82 F Cap Strength: 0.23 C Lifted Index: -6.89 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.12 C Showalter Index: -5.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.58 C Cross Totals Index: 25.85 C K Index: 38.41 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 351.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2845.46 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 75.44 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.64 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.26 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.39 mb = 1417.31 m = 4649.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 845.39 mb = 1569.64 m = 5149.67 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.39 mb = 13952.88 m = 45776.60 ft B at Equ Level: 2832.10 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.1 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 280.1 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.7 tot: 2.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 66.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 49.0 neg: -18.0 tot: 30.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 10.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.28 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 1.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.75 Bulk Rich Number: 70.98 Bulk Shear: 40.09 m/s