MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506050600F036.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 36 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.96,-98.21 Latitude: 35.96 Longitude: -98.21 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 109 SFC 970 376 26.0 20.9 73 5.1 22.3 109 9 301.8 304.8 296.6 349.8 16.26 2 950 557 22.4 19.6 84 2.8 20.5 110 10 299.9 302.7 295.4 344.8 15.33 3 900 1025 18.6 15.5 82 3.1 16.5 102 5 300.7 302.9 293.6 337.1 12.41 4 850 1517 18.8 15.6 81 3.2 16.7 243 8 305.9 308.3 295.6 345.5 13.23 5 800 2036 16.5 9.5 63 7.0 12.1 299 19 308.8 310.5 293.6 337.3 9.37 6 750 2583 13.2 9.2 76 4.1 10.6 289 24 310.9 312.8 294.6 340.9 9.76 7 700 3161 10.3 4.6 68 5.7 6.9 278 33 313.9 315.3 293.7 337.7 7.63 8 650 3774 6.4 0.8 67 5.7 3.3 271 36 316.3 317.5 293.3 336.1 6.25 9 600 4425 1.2 -6.9 55 8.1 -2.6 267 38 317.6 318.3 291.7 329.9 3.80 10 550 5118 -4.0 -18.3 32 14.4 -8.9 270 42 319.4 319.7 290.3 325.0 1.64 11 500 5863 -7.8 -35.4 9 27.7 -13.7 259 41 323.6 323.6 290.2 324.9 0.37 12 450 6675 -12.7 -31.2 20 18.5 -17.0 257 47 327.2 327.4 291.6 329.5 0.63 13 400 7561 -19.5 -32.8 30 13.2 -22.2 258 54 329.6 329.7 292.2 331.8 0.61 14 350 8538 -26.9 -41.3 24 14.4 -28.8 260 57 332.5 332.5 292.7 333.6 0.29 15 300 9631 -35.1 -49.3 22 14.2 -36.2 261 60 335.9 335.9 293.4 336.5 0.14 16 250 10875 -44.4 -60.6 15 16.3 -45.0 265 65 340.1 340.1 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12337 -54.2 -69.8 13 15.6 -54.4 266 67 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.02 18 150 14140 -63.1 -79.5 9 16.5 -63.2 260 52 361.4 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16600 -68.2 -88.5 4 20.3 -68.3 266 31 395.9 395.9 304.6 395.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5754.48 m Freezing level: 588.02 mb = 4591.29 m = 15063.11 ft Wetbulb zero: 621.83 mb = 4134.61 m = 13564.84 ft Precipitable water: 1.58 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.74 % Est. max temperature: 31.77 C = 89.19 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 900.30 mb = 1022.23 m = 3353.73 ft T: 18.61 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.69 C/km ThetaE index: 15.94 C Layer 700.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 774.80 mb = 2307.15 m = 7569.31 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.99 C = 93.18 F Cap Strength: 3.18 C Lifted Index: -1.70 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.08 C Showalter Index: -3.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.62 C Cross Totals Index: 23.38 C K Index: 36.54 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.62 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.96 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 504.53 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.77 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 221.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.20 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 877.98 mb = 1238.23 m = 4062.38 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.98 mb = 4251.26 m = 13947.52 ft Equ Level (EL): 242.98 mb = 11062.09 m = 36292.52 ft B at Equ Level: 502.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 162.98 mb = 13619.87 m = 44684.06 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 269.7 at 28.4 knts Storm direction: 299.7 at 21.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 2.8 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 127.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 93.7 neg: -6.5 tot: 87.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 29.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.32 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 3.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.28 Bulk Rich Number: 2.83 Bulk Shear: 178.52 m/s