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: 37.42,-101.95 Latitude: 37.42 Longitude: -101.95 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 66 1 950 512 2 900 985 SFC 890 1081 21.4 17.3 78 4.0 18.6 145 10 304.5 307.1 295.9 346.6 14.13 4 850 1479 17.6 16.3 92 1.3 16.7 163 17 304.6 307.1 295.7 345.9 13.85 5 800 1996 14.7 14.6 99 0.2 14.7 201 23 306.9 309.3 295.8 346.5 13.16 6 750 2543 13.6 8.2 70 5.4 10.2 239 23 311.4 313.1 294.2 339.5 9.13 7 700 3121 9.4 3.9 68 5.5 6.2 239 24 312.9 314.3 293.2 335.4 7.24 8 650 3731 4.9 2.8 86 2.1 3.7 246 22 314.5 315.9 293.6 337.1 7.20 9 600 4380 0.8 -0.8 89 1.6 -0.1 252 21 317.0 318.2 293.3 336.2 6.01 10 550 5074 -3.5 -10.3 59 6.8 -6.4 259 30 319.9 320.5 291.8 330.3 3.17 11 500 5819 -8.7 -22.0 33 13.4 -12.7 254 42 322.5 322.7 290.9 327.0 1.31 12 450 6625 -14.8 -37.6 12 22.9 -18.9 253 51 324.7 324.8 290.5 325.9 0.33 13 400 7504 -21.5 -44.5 11 23.0 -24.5 253 57 327.0 327.1 291.1 327.8 0.18 14 350 8473 -28.5 -53.9 7 25.4 -30.6 255 64 330.3 330.3 291.9 330.6 0.07 15 300 9559 -36.5 -59.5 8 23.0 -37.7 255 70 333.9 334.0 292.8 334.1 0.04 16 250 10797 -45.7 -64.4 10 18.7 -46.3 257 70 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12249 -55.4 -72.6 10 17.2 -55.6 259 70 345.1 345.1 295.6 345.1 0.01 18 150 14056 -60.5 -79.0 7 18.4 -60.7 260 76 365.8 365.8 299.8 365.8 0.01 19 100 16565 -63.8 -87.9 2 24.1 -64.0 245 20 404.5 404.5 305.8 404.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5753.43 m Freezing level: 590.83 mb = 4507.01 m = 14786.59 ft Wetbulb zero: 601.30 mb = 4362.13 m = 14311.28 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 75.42 % Est. max temperature: 28.30 C = 82.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 838.73 mb = 1593.21 m = 5227.00 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 11.06 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 809.38 mb = 1897.04 m = 6223.81 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.24 C = 73.83 F Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lifted Index: -4.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.98 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.13 C Showalter Index: -4.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.19 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.23 C Cross Totals Index: 24.96 C K Index: 37.02 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 465.57 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1582.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.25 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 30.72 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.44 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 821.13 mb = 1774.04 m = 5820.26 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 696.13 mb = 3166.15 m = 10387.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.13 mb = 12371.68 m = 40589.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1574.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 116.13 mb = 15639.78 m = 51310.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.7 at 29.6 knts Storm direction: 274.7 at 22.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 0.1 tot: 4.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 55.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 214.6 neg: -4.5 tot: 210.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 70.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 4.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.12 Bulk Rich Number: 11.72 Bulk Shear: 135.00 m/s