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: 34.05,-102.1 Latitude: 34.05 Longitude: -102.10 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 60 1 950 513 2 900 993 SFC 892 1076 25.9 20.5 72 5.5 21.9 135 14 309.1 312.3 299.0 361.4 17.22 4 850 1494 21.0 19.4 91 1.6 19.8 139 19 308.1 311.3 298.5 359.3 16.91 5 800 2018 18.5 17.9 96 0.6 18.1 172 27 310.9 314.0 298.9 361.0 16.38 6 750 2571 15.3 14.2 93 1.1 14.6 192 28 313.2 315.8 297.8 355.4 13.68 7 700 3153 11.1 6.0 71 5.1 8.0 228 27 314.8 316.4 294.6 341.2 8.44 8 650 3769 8.8 -9.3 27 18.1 0.5 251 26 318.9 319.5 291.3 328.5 2.90 9 600 4424 3.6 -17.6 19 21.2 -4.3 250 32 320.3 320.6 290.5 325.7 1.59 10 550 5122 -2.2 -14.6 38 12.4 -7.0 262 37 321.5 321.9 291.5 329.0 2.24 11 500 5871 -6.8 -30.0 14 23.1 -12.7 263 39 324.7 324.8 290.9 327.0 0.63 12 450 6685 -11.3 -40.2 7 29.0 -16.7 259 43 329.1 329.1 291.7 330.1 0.25 13 400 7577 -18.1 -30.4 33 12.3 -20.8 257 53 331.4 331.6 292.9 334.2 0.76 14 350 8558 -26.0 -37.8 32 11.8 -27.8 255 59 333.6 333.7 293.1 335.2 0.42 15 300 9652 -35.3 -45.8 34 10.4 -36.3 252 65 335.6 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.21 16 250 10896 -44.2 -58.5 19 14.4 -44.7 256 75 340.4 340.4 294.5 340.6 0.06 17 200 12360 -53.6 -69.7 12 16.0 -53.9 259 82 347.8 347.8 296.1 347.9 0.02 18 150 14163 -63.9 -78.2 13 14.3 -64.0 260 78 360.0 360.0 298.7 360.0 0.01 19 100 16613 -70.3 -87.5 6 17.2 -70.4 237 35 391.9 391.9 304.0 391.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5811.69 m Freezing level: 569.02 mb = 4856.81 m = 15934.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 644.92 mb = 3833.64 m = 12577.39 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 54.89 % Est. max temperature: 30.18 C = 86.32 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 823.32 mb = 1769.84 m = 5806.49 ft T: 19.68 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.61 C/km ThetaE index: 35.34 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 795.31 mb = 2068.53 m = 6786.43 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.90 C = 82.22 F Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lifted Index: -7.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.25 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.09 C Showalter Index: -6.96 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 54.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.80 C Cross Totals Index: 26.22 C K Index: 42.10 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 537.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.22 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3334.25 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 81.66 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.37 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.66 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 816.07 mb = 1846.29 m = 6057.32 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 761.07 mb = 2445.82 m = 8024.23 ft Equ Level (EL): 151.07 mb = 14118.32 m = 46319.39 ft B at Equ Level: 3334.22 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 241.4 at 31.6 knts Storm direction: 271.4 at 23.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 90.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 350.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 350.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 116.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.70 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.76 Bulk Rich Number: 16.46 Bulk Shear: 202.59 m/s