MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 33.48,-103.30 Latitude: 33.48 Longitude: -103.30 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 1 950 486 2 900 971 SFC 872 1246 26.7 20.7 70 6.0 22.3 146 12 311.8 315.2 300.0 366.8 17.89 4 850 1477 24.2 19.7 76 4.5 20.9 147 18 311.5 314.8 299.5 364.5 17.28 5 800 2005 19.9 18.2 90 1.7 18.7 149 20 312.3 315.5 299.4 363.5 16.63 6 750 2560 15.9 15.5 97 0.4 15.6 167 21 313.8 316.7 298.7 360.0 14.91 7 700 3145 12.4 11.9 97 0.5 12.0 198 21 316.2 318.6 297.8 355.6 12.61 8 650 3764 8.8 8.0 95 0.8 8.3 233 25 318.9 321.0 297.1 352.0 10.46 9 600 4423 4.2 2.7 90 1.6 3.3 257 35 321.0 322.6 295.7 345.9 7.77 10 550 5125 -1.6 -5.4 75 3.9 -3.4 264 43 322.2 323.1 293.7 337.4 4.64 11 500 5876 -6.8 -16.2 47 9.5 -10.2 265 47 324.8 325.2 292.3 332.1 2.15 12 450 6690 -11.3 -38.5 9 27.2 -16.6 260 49 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.31 13 400 7582 -17.8 -31.4 29 13.6 -20.7 255 56 331.9 332.0 292.9 334.5 0.69 14 350 8565 -25.4 -40.6 23 15.2 -27.5 252 60 334.5 334.6 293.3 335.7 0.32 15 300 9663 -34.1 -49.8 19 15.7 -35.4 247 66 337.3 337.4 293.8 337.9 0.13 16 250 10915 -42.9 -60.0 14 17.1 -43.6 246 72 342.3 342.4 294.9 342.5 0.05 17 200 12384 -53.3 -71.5 9 18.2 -53.6 252 78 348.4 348.4 296.3 348.4 0.01 18 150 14185 -64.6 -79.7 11 15.1 -64.7 255 73 358.8 358.8 298.5 358.9 0.00 19 100 16619 -71.5 -87.7 7 16.2 -71.5 241 40 389.6 389.6 303.8 389.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.47 m Freezing level: 563.47 mb = 4935.79 m = 16193.35 ft Wetbulb zero: 575.40 mb = 4760.79 m = 15619.21 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.62 % Est. max temperature: 29.91 C = 85.84 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 799.45 mb = 2011.30 m = 6598.69 ft T: 19.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.01 C/km ThetaE index: 36.54 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.41 mb = 2284.70 m = 7495.65 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lifted Index: -8.34 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.71 C Showalter Index: -8.48 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 57.45 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.95 C Cross Totals Index: 26.50 C K Index: 50.21 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 624.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.24 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3831.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 87.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.21 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.63 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 785.62 mb = 2161.29 m = 7090.77 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.62 mb = 2439.16 m = 8002.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 130.62 mb = 15015.37 m = 49262.43 ft B at Equ Level: 3767.76 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.0 at 33.9 knts Storm direction: 275.0 at 25.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 281.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.9 stream: 6.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.53 Bulk Rich Number: 18.24 Bulk Shear: 210.03 m/s