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: 37.67,-97.34 Latitude: 37.67 Longitude: -97.34 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 966 407 24.4 19.0 72 5.4 20.6 153 7 300.5 303.2 295.0 343.0 14.48 2 950 554 23.1 17.8 72 5.3 19.5 156 9 300.6 303.1 294.4 340.6 13.62 3 900 1023 18.5 16.6 89 1.9 17.2 159 11 300.6 303.0 294.2 339.6 13.31 4 850 1511 15.2 13.1 87 2.1 13.8 172 15 302.1 304.1 293.1 335.2 11.21 5 800 2024 13.8 9.8 77 4.0 11.3 233 14 305.8 307.6 292.9 334.5 9.54 6 750 2568 12.2 8.4 78 3.8 9.8 250 22 309.8 311.5 293.9 338.1 9.26 7 700 3143 8.8 3.2 68 5.6 5.6 241 28 312.3 313.6 292.7 333.7 6.90 8 650 3752 5.0 -1.7 62 6.7 1.5 235 27 314.6 315.6 292.0 331.1 5.20 9 600 4400 -0.4 -4.4 74 4.0 -2.3 247 32 315.7 316.6 291.8 330.4 4.61 10 550 5090 -4.5 -14.8 44 10.3 -8.3 263 39 318.8 319.2 290.6 326.1 2.21 11 500 5833 -8.8 -36.4 9 27.6 -14.5 265 47 322.4 322.4 289.9 323.6 0.34 12 450 6641 -14.1 -43.7 6 29.6 -18.7 266 51 325.5 325.5 290.6 326.2 0.18 13 400 7523 -20.0 -46.7 7 26.7 -23.5 263 56 329.0 329.0 291.6 329.5 0.14 14 350 8496 -27.8 -51.9 8 24.1 -30.0 263 58 331.3 331.3 292.2 331.6 0.09 15 300 9584 -36.5 -58.6 8 22.2 -37.7 262 61 334.0 334.0 292.9 334.2 0.05 16 250 10822 -45.7 -63.9 11 18.1 -46.3 262 58 338.1 338.1 293.9 338.2 0.03 17 200 12274 -55.2 -72.0 11 16.8 -55.4 263 61 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.01 18 150 14082 -60.8 -78.4 8 17.6 -60.9 266 68 365.4 365.4 299.7 365.4 0.01 19 100 16581 -66.9 -86.6 5 19.7 -67.0 254 43 398.5 398.5 305.0 398.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5726.71 m Freezing level: 603.53 mb = 4353.87 m = 14284.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.05 mb = 4004.40 m = 13137.63 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.05 % Est. max temperature: 28.45 C = 83.22 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 892.90 mb = 1090.41 m = 3577.41 ft T: 18.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.54 C/km ThetaE index: 14.49 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.18 mb = 1419.06 m = 4655.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.25 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.67 C = 78.21 F Cap Strength: 1.86 C Lifted Index: -1.87 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.19 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.26 C Showalter Index: 0.06 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.80 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.95 C Cross Totals Index: 21.85 C K Index: 31.41 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 234.18 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.18 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 509.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.91 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 89.98 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 871.98 mb = 1292.83 m = 4241.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.98 mb = 3915.92 m = 12847.34 ft Equ Level (EL): 236.98 mb = 11169.79 m = 36645.86 ft B at Equ Level: 501.76 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 166.98 mb = 13408.37 m = 43990.17 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 247.5 at 27.7 knts Storm direction: 277.5 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.6 neg: 1.5 tot: 5.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 79.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 130.4 neg: -5.2 tot: 125.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 41.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.36 Bulk Rich Number: 4.48 Bulk Shear: 113.67 m/s