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: 34.07,-99.66 Latitude: 34.07 Longitude: -99.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 SFC 962 440 30.2 22.7 64 7.4 24.7 181 6 306.7 310.2 299.1 362.2 18.40 2 950 551 27.9 21.6 69 6.3 23.3 183 6 305.5 308.7 298.2 357.5 17.36 3 900 1028 23.1 20.6 86 2.5 21.3 187 8 305.4 308.6 298.1 357.0 17.23 4 850 1525 19.9 17.2 84 2.7 18.0 210 19 307.0 309.7 296.8 351.1 14.65 5 800 2046 16.1 15.2 94 0.9 15.5 211 11 308.3 310.9 296.6 349.9 13.72 6 750 2594 14.2 11.1 82 3.0 12.2 263 5 312.0 314.1 295.8 346.3 11.17 7 700 3175 11.5 8.5 82 3.0 9.6 269 10 315.2 317.1 295.8 346.3 9.98 8 650 3791 7.7 -0.1 58 7.8 3.4 257 18 317.7 318.8 293.4 336.3 5.85 9 600 4445 2.5 -7.9 46 10.4 -2.3 249 23 319.1 319.7 291.9 330.6 3.52 10 550 5141 -2.9 -15.1 38 12.2 -7.5 262 27 320.6 321.1 291.1 327.9 2.15 11 500 5889 -7.2 -31.7 12 24.5 -13.0 264 33 324.3 324.4 290.6 326.3 0.54 12 450 6703 -11.7 -33.9 14 22.2 -16.6 258 36 328.5 328.6 291.8 330.3 0.48 13 400 7592 -18.8 -29.0 40 10.3 -21.1 260 42 330.6 330.8 292.7 333.8 0.87 14 350 8571 -26.4 -35.1 44 8.7 -27.9 259 49 333.1 333.2 293.1 335.2 0.55 15 300 9668 -33.9 -48.5 21 14.6 -35.1 258 54 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.16 16 250 10919 -44.0 -54.9 29 11.0 -44.5 255 62 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.1 0.09 17 200 12378 -54.5 -69.5 14 14.9 -54.8 257 70 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14173 -63.7 -77.4 14 13.7 -63.8 262 68 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.01 19 100 16622 -72.5 -88.1 8 15.6 -72.5 269 38 387.7 387.7 303.5 387.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5790.91 m Freezing level: 576.71 mb = 4769.28 m = 15647.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 619.93 mb = 4178.35 m = 13708.33 ft Precipitable water: 1.85 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.25 % Est. max temperature: 31.46 C = 88.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 864.12 mb = 1382.24 m = 4534.84 ft T: 20.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.87 C/km ThetaE index: 15.84 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 842.19 mb = 1604.71 m = 5264.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.95 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.65 C = 87.18 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -6.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -8.95 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.85 C Showalter Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.37 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.04 C Cross Totals Index: 24.33 C K Index: 41.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 449.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2733.26 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 73.94 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.85 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.99 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 860.21 mb = 1421.61 m = 4664.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.21 mb = 1779.54 m = 5838.31 ft Equ Level (EL): 155.21 mb = 13960.29 m = 45800.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2707.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.4 at 18.2 knts Storm direction: 280.4 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.6 neg: 0.9 tot: 2.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 71.5 neg: -41.6 tot: 29.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 9.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.18 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.8 stream: 1.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.12 Bulk Rich Number: 74.00 Bulk Shear: 36.94 m/s