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: 33.84,-101.78 Latitude: 33.84 Longitude: -101.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 64 1 950 520 2 900 999 SFC 899 1012 24.9 20.8 78 4.1 21.9 122 13 307.3 310.5 298.7 360.0 17.48 4 850 1497 19.7 19.4 98 0.3 19.5 133 22 306.8 310.0 298.2 357.8 16.93 5 800 2021 18.8 17.5 92 1.3 17.9 169 28 311.2 314.2 298.7 360.0 15.94 6 750 2574 15.4 14.1 92 1.3 14.6 189 28 313.3 315.9 297.8 355.4 13.65 7 700 3156 11.1 7.3 78 3.7 8.8 228 28 314.8 316.5 295.1 343.5 9.23 8 650 3773 9.1 -8.1 29 17.3 1.0 251 27 319.3 319.9 291.6 329.7 3.19 9 600 4428 3.6 -14.6 25 18.2 -3.6 250 29 320.3 320.7 290.9 327.2 2.06 10 550 5126 -2.2 -17.0 31 14.8 -7.6 262 36 321.5 321.9 291.0 327.7 1.83 11 500 5875 -6.9 -27.8 17 20.9 -12.5 266 38 324.6 324.7 291.0 327.4 0.78 12 450 6689 -11.3 -37.9 9 26.6 -16.5 261 40 329.1 329.2 291.8 330.3 0.32 13 400 7581 -17.9 -29.8 34 11.9 -20.6 259 50 331.7 331.9 293.0 334.7 0.80 14 350 8562 -25.8 -37.8 32 12.0 -27.6 257 56 334.0 334.1 293.2 335.6 0.42 15 300 9658 -35.0 -45.2 35 10.2 -36.0 254 65 336.0 336.1 293.6 336.9 0.23 16 250 10903 -43.9 -59.6 16 15.7 -44.5 256 74 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 17 200 12369 -53.5 -71.3 10 17.8 -53.8 259 81 348.1 348.1 296.2 348.2 0.01 18 150 14171 -64.1 -79.3 11 15.2 -64.2 260 78 359.7 359.7 298.7 359.7 0.00 19 100 16614 -70.7 -87.1 7 16.3 -70.8 241 35 391.0 391.0 303.9 391.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5810.92 m Freezing level: 568.71 mb = 4864.87 m = 15960.66 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.03 mb = 3912.05 m = 12834.65 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 56.83 % Est. max temperature: 30.74 C = 87.33 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 847.13 mb = 1526.32 m = 5007.54 ft T: 19.65 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.62 C/km ThetaE index: 32.77 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 789.84 mb = 2130.21 m = 6988.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.08 C = 84.34 F Cap Strength: 1.14 C Lifted Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.23 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.83 C Showalter Index: -6.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.99 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.64 C Cross Totals Index: 26.35 C K Index: 42.31 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 395.16 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3007.75 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.82 mb = 1704.62 m = 5592.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 744.82 mb = 2632.23 m = 8635.82 ft Equ Level (EL): 144.82 mb = 14382.95 m = 47187.58 ft B at Equ Level: 2968.14 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.7 at 30.9 knts Storm direction: 269.7 at 23.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 423.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 423.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 141.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.72 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.5 stream: 8.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.32 Bulk Rich Number: 13.61 Bulk Shear: 221.05 m/s