MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F015.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F015.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.20,-101.54 Latitude: 34.20 Longitude: -101.54 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 62 1 950 513 2 900 988 SFC 898 1008 22.2 21.9 98 0.3 22.0 107 8 304.5 308.0 298.8 360.5 18.73 4 850 1486 21.2 19.5 90 1.7 19.9 140 33 308.3 311.5 298.7 359.9 17.01 5 800 2011 18.6 16.4 87 2.2 17.1 163 45 310.9 313.8 298.0 356.3 14.83 6 750 2563 14.5 14.3 99 0.2 14.3 172 47 312.3 314.9 297.6 354.7 13.77 7 700 3144 10.8 9.6 92 1.2 10.0 176 42 314.4 316.5 296.2 348.0 10.78 8 650 3759 6.5 5.1 91 1.4 5.7 172 30 316.4 318.0 295.1 343.2 8.52 9 600 4412 2.0 1.3 95 0.7 1.7 178 17 318.5 319.9 294.6 340.9 7.04 10 550 5110 -1.4 -1.7 98 0.3 -1.6 201 15 322.4 323.6 294.8 342.3 6.14 11 500 5866 -5.2 -5.8 96 0.6 -5.5 226 17 326.7 327.7 295.1 343.2 4.98 12 450 6687 -9.4 -10.3 94 0.8 -9.8 244 23 331.4 332.2 295.4 344.7 3.90 13 400 7589 -14.7 -15.9 91 1.2 -15.2 254 31 335.9 336.5 295.7 345.6 2.78 14 350 8587 -21.1 -22.6 87 1.5 -21.5 257 40 340.3 340.7 295.9 346.8 1.77 15 300 9707 -29.3 -31.2 84 1.9 -29.6 258 49 344.1 344.3 296.1 347.7 0.94 16 250 10983 -39.6 -42.0 77 2.4 -39.8 258 58 347.3 347.3 296.4 348.8 0.38 17 200 12465 -52.3 -55.5 68 3.2 -52.4 259 68 350.0 350.0 296.7 350.4 0.10 18 150 14258 -68.3 -72.3 56 4.1 -68.3 258 81 352.5 352.5 297.2 352.6 0.01 19 100 16676 -66.6 -88.2 3 21.6 -66.7 270 27 399.0 399.0 305.0 399.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5803.47 m Freezing level: 570.61 mb = 4822.36 m = 15821.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 574.70 mb = 4757.67 m = 15608.95 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 93.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.77 C = 85.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 894.84 mb = 1038.37 m = 3406.68 ft T: 22.10 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.88 C/km ThetaE index: 19.58 C Layer 850.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 796.09 mb = 2053.14 m = 6735.95 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.80 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.47 C = 83.25 F Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lifted Index: -5.28 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.57 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.11 C Showalter Index: -5.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.06 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.69 C K Index: 44.65 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 508.81 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.33 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2310.73 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 67.98 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 19.16 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 829.04 mb = 1702.47 m = 5585.47 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 774.04 mb = 2293.16 m = 7523.41 ft Equ Level (EL): 134.04 mb = 14928.66 m = 48977.94 ft B at Equ Level: 2241.07 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 181.3 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 211.3 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 1.4 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 68.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 446.9 neg: -64.2 tot: 382.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 127.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.55 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 13.3 stream: 7.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.44 Bulk Rich Number: 42.16 Bulk Shear: 54.80 m/s