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: 33.82,-102.46 Latitude: 33.82 Longitude: -102.46 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 502 2 900 985 SFC 889 1098 27.3 20.8 68 6.5 22.5 131 16 310.7 314.1 299.6 364.7 17.64 4 850 1489 22.6 19.9 84 2.8 20.6 134 21 309.9 313.1 299.3 363.0 17.42 5 800 2015 18.9 17.9 94 1.1 18.2 162 27 311.3 314.4 299.0 361.3 16.30 6 750 2568 15.8 12.9 83 2.9 13.8 184 26 313.7 316.1 297.2 352.5 12.55 7 700 3151 11.7 5.0 63 6.7 7.6 225 23 315.4 316.9 294.3 340.0 7.83 8 650 3768 8.7 -8.1 29 16.9 0.8 249 26 318.9 319.5 291.5 329.3 3.18 9 600 4423 3.7 -15.4 23 19.2 -3.8 252 32 320.4 320.8 290.8 326.9 1.92 10 550 5122 -1.9 -15.4 35 13.5 -7.0 261 38 321.9 322.3 291.4 329.0 2.10 11 500 5872 -6.6 -27.7 17 21.1 -12.3 262 40 325.0 325.2 291.1 327.8 0.79 12 450 6687 -11.0 -39.2 8 28.2 -16.4 259 43 329.4 329.5 291.9 330.5 0.28 13 400 7579 -17.9 -31.1 31 13.1 -20.8 256 52 331.7 331.8 292.9 334.3 0.71 14 350 8560 -25.8 -38.1 31 12.3 -27.7 255 57 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.41 15 300 9656 -35.0 -45.9 32 10.9 -36.0 252 65 336.0 336.0 293.5 336.8 0.21 16 250 10901 -43.8 -58.9 17 15.0 -44.5 255 75 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 17 200 12367 -53.5 -70.8 10 17.3 -53.8 258 82 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.01 18 150 14168 -64.1 -78.9 11 14.8 -64.2 259 77 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.01 19 100 16614 -70.3 -87.6 6 17.3 -70.4 239 36 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5823.17 m Freezing level: 566.66 mb = 4889.23 m = 16040.60 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.93 mb = 3882.71 m = 12738.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.25 % Est. max temperature: 30.49 C = 86.88 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 808.60 mb = 1922.41 m = 6307.05 ft T: 19.57 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.71 C/km ThetaE index: 37.81 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 790.43 mb = 2118.33 m = 6949.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.25 C = 82.85 F Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lifted Index: -7.72 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.03 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.12 C Showalter Index: -7.84 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.68 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.23 C Cross Totals Index: 26.46 C K Index: 42.40 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 453.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3691.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 85.92 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.84 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 803.55 mb = 1976.74 m = 6485.28 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.55 mb = 2358.99 m = 7739.36 ft Equ Level (EL): 138.55 mb = 14647.06 m = 48054.09 ft B at Equ Level: 3651.71 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 240.8 at 31.8 knts Storm direction: 270.8 at 23.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 92.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 334.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 334.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 111.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 6.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.99 Bulk Rich Number: 16.31 Bulk Shear: 226.26 m/s