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: 33.70,-102.40 Latitude: 33.70 Longitude: -102.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 503 2 900 986 SFC 891 1079 27.7 21.0 67 6.7 22.7 127 16 311.0 314.3 299.8 365.5 17.80 4 850 1490 22.7 19.9 84 2.8 20.6 130 21 309.9 313.2 299.3 363.2 17.47 5 800 2017 19.1 17.6 91 1.5 18.0 162 26 311.5 314.5 298.8 360.6 16.01 6 750 2570 15.9 12.8 82 3.1 13.8 185 27 313.9 316.3 297.2 352.7 12.52 7 700 3153 11.8 5.2 64 6.6 7.9 224 25 315.6 317.1 294.4 340.6 7.98 8 650 3770 9.0 -9.7 26 18.7 0.5 248 25 319.2 319.7 291.3 328.5 2.82 9 600 4426 3.8 -16.2 21 20.1 -3.9 250 32 320.5 320.9 290.7 326.6 1.79 10 550 5124 -1.9 -17.6 29 15.6 -7.6 260 37 321.8 322.1 291.1 327.7 1.75 11 500 5874 -6.9 -25.9 20 19.0 -12.2 263 39 324.7 324.8 291.1 327.9 0.93 12 450 6688 -11.1 -38.8 8 27.7 -16.5 261 42 329.3 329.4 291.8 330.4 0.30 13 400 7580 -17.8 -30.8 31 13.0 -20.7 257 51 331.8 331.9 292.9 334.5 0.73 14 350 8562 -25.8 -37.7 32 11.8 -27.6 256 56 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.6 0.43 15 300 9658 -34.9 -45.7 32 10.8 -35.9 252 65 336.2 336.2 293.6 337.0 0.21 16 250 10904 -43.6 -59.1 16 15.5 -44.3 255 74 341.2 341.2 294.7 341.4 0.05 17 200 12371 -53.4 -70.7 10 17.2 -53.8 257 82 348.1 348.1 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14172 -64.1 -80.0 10 15.8 -64.3 259 77 359.6 359.6 298.6 359.6 0.00 19 100 16615 -70.6 -87.0 7 16.3 -70.7 241 35 391.3 391.3 304.0 391.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5824.40 m Freezing level: 566.84 mb = 4888.83 m = 16039.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.15 mb = 3843.78 m = 12610.67 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 50.61 % Est. max temperature: 30.81 C = 87.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.78 mb = 1932.59 m = 6340.43 ft T: 19.67 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.86 C/km ThetaE index: 38.90 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 785.94 mb = 2168.69 m = 7115.05 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.84 C = 83.92 F Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lifted Index: -8.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.94 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.99 C Showalter Index: -8.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.33 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.55 C Cross Totals Index: 26.78 C K Index: 42.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.95 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3682.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 802.38 mb = 1990.86 m = 6531.61 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 757.38 mb = 2486.10 m = 8156.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.38 mb = 14701.69 m = 48233.32 ft B at Equ Level: 3638.52 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.2 at 31.4 knts Storm direction: 270.2 at 23.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 89.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 355.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 355.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 118.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.68 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.4 stream: 7.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.53 Bulk Rich Number: 15.94 Bulk Shear: 231.06 m/s