MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050000F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 34.37,-102.20 Latitude: 34.37 Longitude: -102.20 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 47 1 950 501 2 900 985 SFC 886 1120 26.3 20.8 72 5.5 22.3 85 9 310.0 313.3 299.5 364.0 17.71 4 850 1490 24.2 18.5 70 5.7 20.1 122 14 311.5 314.5 298.8 360.5 15.97 5 800 2018 19.3 17.0 86 2.3 17.7 141 16 311.8 314.7 298.5 359.2 15.44 6 750 2571 14.7 14.0 95 0.7 14.2 159 14 312.5 315.1 297.5 354.0 13.48 7 700 3152 11.2 8.8 85 2.4 9.6 187 13 314.9 316.8 295.8 346.6 10.19 8 650 3768 7.5 5.5 87 2.0 6.3 216 15 317.4 319.1 295.5 345.0 8.74 9 600 4424 3.5 2.1 90 1.5 2.7 238 21 320.2 321.6 295.3 343.9 7.43 10 550 5126 -1.0 -1.7 95 0.7 -1.4 249 30 322.8 324.1 295.0 342.8 6.14 11 500 5881 -5.4 -6.3 94 0.9 -5.9 260 43 326.4 327.3 294.8 342.3 4.78 12 450 6699 -11.4 -18.7 55 7.3 -13.9 261 53 328.9 329.3 293.2 335.6 1.94 13 400 7587 -19.2 -29.1 41 9.9 -21.4 260 60 330.1 330.2 292.6 333.2 0.86 14 350 8567 -26.0 -38.3 30 12.4 -27.8 259 66 333.8 333.8 293.2 335.3 0.40 15 300 9664 -33.7 -47.9 23 14.1 -35.0 260 71 337.8 337.8 293.9 338.5 0.17 16 250 10920 -42.7 -53.8 28 11.1 -43.3 264 74 342.6 342.6 295.0 343.0 0.10 17 200 12383 -54.8 -62.6 37 7.8 -55.0 269 73 346.0 346.0 295.8 346.2 0.04 18 150 14174 -65.6 -74.4 28 8.8 -65.7 266 78 357.1 357.1 298.1 357.1 0.01 19 100 16612 -68.2 -89.5 3 21.4 -68.2 245 33 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5833.08 m Freezing level: 561.44 mb = 4965.14 m = 16289.65 ft Wetbulb zero: 567.38 mb = 4874.75 m = 15993.07 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.92 % Est. max temperature: 29.37 C = 84.87 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 818.10 mb = 1823.54 m = 5982.67 ft T: 21.13 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.09 C/km ThetaE index: 30.84 C Layer 850.0- 350.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 775.88 mb = 2280.41 m = 7481.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.03 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.39 C = 83.10 F Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lifted Index: -5.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.74 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.08 C Showalter Index: -5.93 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 23.94 C K Index: 45.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 385.33 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.59 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3377.01 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 82.18 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.67 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.60 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 784.52 mb = 2185.63 m = 7170.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 769.52 mb = 2350.89 m = 7712.80 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.52 mb = 14609.33 m = 47930.31 ft B at Equ Level: 3337.67 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.0 at 26.6 knts Storm direction: 270.0 at 20.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 62.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 197.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 197.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.73 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.5 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 3.38 Bulk Rich Number: 20.29 Bulk Shear: 166.46 m/s