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: 33.90,-103.12 Latitude: 33.90 Longitude: -103.12 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 484 2 900 968 SFC 873 1238 26.0 20.6 72 5.3 22.1 140 13 311.0 314.4 299.8 365.5 17.80 4 850 1473 23.6 19.8 79 3.8 20.8 138 19 310.9 314.2 299.5 364.0 17.34 5 800 2001 19.2 18.1 93 1.1 18.5 139 20 311.7 314.8 299.2 362.7 16.61 6 750 2554 15.7 15.3 98 0.3 15.4 158 20 313.6 316.4 298.5 359.3 14.78 7 700 3139 12.3 11.9 97 0.4 12.0 190 15 316.1 318.5 297.8 355.4 12.61 8 650 3758 8.8 8.3 97 0.5 8.5 239 19 319.0 321.0 297.2 352.7 10.66 9 600 4418 5.1 4.3 95 0.8 4.6 256 33 322.0 323.7 296.6 350.0 8.73 10 550 5122 -0.5 -1.7 91 1.2 -1.2 259 44 323.5 324.7 295.2 343.6 6.16 11 500 5877 -5.9 -10.0 73 4.1 -7.7 259 50 325.8 326.5 293.8 337.8 3.58 12 450 6694 -11.4 -27.1 26 15.7 -15.5 254 51 328.9 329.1 292.3 332.3 0.92 13 400 7584 -18.4 -30.0 35 11.6 -21.0 252 58 331.1 331.2 292.8 334.0 0.79 14 350 8564 -26.1 -38.2 31 12.1 -27.9 250 61 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.2 0.41 15 300 9659 -35.1 -47.1 29 11.9 -36.1 248 65 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.6 0.18 16 250 10904 -43.7 -59.9 15 16.2 -44.3 251 73 341.1 341.2 294.6 341.3 0.05 17 200 12371 -53.4 -70.3 11 16.9 -53.7 255 79 348.2 348.2 296.3 348.2 0.01 18 150 14173 -64.2 -78.0 14 13.8 -64.3 257 74 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16616 -70.4 -88.3 6 17.9 -70.5 237 38 391.7 391.7 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5849.68 m Freezing level: 554.24 mb = 5062.61 m = 16609.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 560.03 mb = 4975.96 m = 16325.13 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.40 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 807.62 mb = 1918.02 m = 6292.64 ft T: 19.93 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.65 C/km ThetaE index: 33.24 C Layer 850.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 783.01 mb = 2184.75 m = 7167.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.26 C = 81.06 F Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lifted Index: -7.29 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -13.41 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.63 C Showalter Index: -7.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 55.29 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 29.57 C Cross Totals Index: 25.72 C K Index: 48.97 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 583.17 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.08 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3759.13 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 86.71 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.45 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 792.51 mb = 2081.24 m = 6828.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 767.51 mb = 2356.26 m = 7730.43 ft Equ Level (EL): 137.51 mb = 14696.93 m = 48217.69 ft B at Equ Level: 3723.19 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.5 at 33.0 knts Storm direction: 272.5 at 24.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 1.1 tot: 8.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 86.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 183.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 61.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.7 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.94 Bulk Rich Number: 17.02 Bulk Shear: 220.81 m/s