MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F006.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F006.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 32.98,-99.87 Latitude: 32.98 Longitude: -99.87 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 957 488 28.9 22.8 70 6.1 24.4 134 11 305.9 309.3 299.0 361.6 18.57 2 950 555 26.6 22.0 76 4.6 23.2 136 12 304.2 307.5 298.1 357.2 17.79 3 900 1030 21.9 20.6 92 1.4 20.9 157 14 304.1 307.3 297.7 355.2 17.16 4 850 1526 19.6 16.1 80 3.6 17.2 195 20 306.7 309.2 296.1 347.7 13.63 5 800 2046 16.7 12.5 76 4.2 13.9 191 18 309.0 311.1 295.2 343.8 11.46 6 750 2594 14.2 8.1 67 6.0 10.4 187 18 312.0 313.7 294.3 340.1 9.10 7 700 3174 11.3 2.3 54 9.0 6.2 198 19 315.0 316.3 293.2 335.5 6.48 8 650 3789 7.3 0.2 61 7.1 3.4 237 17 317.2 318.4 293.4 336.3 5.99 9 600 4443 2.2 -2.6 71 4.8 -0.3 250 15 318.6 319.7 293.2 335.6 5.28 10 550 5139 -2.3 -19.0 26 16.7 -8.1 275 25 321.4 321.7 290.7 326.7 1.55 11 500 5888 -6.9 -27.9 17 21.0 -12.5 266 27 324.6 324.8 291.0 327.4 0.77 12 450 6702 -11.9 -35.9 12 24.0 -16.9 256 31 328.3 328.3 291.6 329.7 0.40 13 400 7591 -18.3 -36.2 19 17.8 -21.6 260 38 331.2 331.3 292.4 332.8 0.43 14 350 8571 -26.2 -33.5 50 7.4 -27.5 259 48 333.5 333.6 293.3 335.9 0.64 15 300 9667 -35.0 -43.6 41 8.6 -35.9 262 59 336.0 336.1 293.6 337.0 0.27 16 250 10913 -43.8 -59.3 16 15.5 -44.4 262 66 341.0 341.0 294.6 341.2 0.05 17 200 12379 -52.9 -70.5 10 17.6 -53.2 268 72 349.0 349.0 296.4 349.1 0.01 18 150 14192 -62.0 -80.2 7 18.2 -62.1 263 58 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.00 19 100 16635 -71.3 -87.0 8 15.7 -71.4 247 30 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5784.47 m Freezing level: 575.44 mb = 4784.65 m = 15697.50 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.70 mb = 4392.60 m = 14411.23 ft Precipitable water: 1.67 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.55 % Est. max temperature: 31.64 C = 88.95 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 876.28 mb = 1261.42 m = 4138.47 ft T: 20.84 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.73 C/km ThetaE index: 26.19 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 840.04 mb = 1626.85 m = 5337.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.72 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.17 C = 86.31 F Cap Strength: 0.92 C Lifted Index: -5.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.09 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.45 C Showalter Index: -3.12 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.49 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.53 C Cross Totals Index: 22.97 C K Index: 33.56 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 413.07 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2248.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.06 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 870.22 mb = 1321.69 m = 4336.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 785.22 mb = 2204.66 m = 7233.06 ft Equ Level (EL): 175.22 mb = 13212.72 m = 43348.28 ft B at Equ Level: 2235.34 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 229.9 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 259.9 at 14.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.8 neg: 0.4 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 61.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 134.8 neg: -16.1 tot: 118.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.67 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.48 Bulk Rich Number: 33.82 Bulk Shear: 66.48 m/s