MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.81,-100.39 Latitude: 35.81 Longitude: -100.39 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 1 950 525 SFC 922 790 22.2 21.2 94 0.9 21.5 175 18 302.3 305.5 297.5 354.0 17.49 3 900 998 20.9 20.7 99 0.1 20.8 178 35 303.0 306.2 297.6 354.5 17.36 4 850 1493 19.9 16.9 83 3.0 17.8 186 58 306.9 309.6 296.7 350.2 14.36 5 800 2014 17.4 14.4 83 3.0 15.4 194 49 309.7 312.2 296.5 349.3 13.01 6 750 2564 15.0 11.2 78 3.7 12.5 202 36 312.8 315.0 296.1 347.5 11.25 7 700 3147 11.9 5.1 63 6.9 7.8 243 34 315.7 317.2 294.4 340.5 7.89 8 650 3762 6.7 -2.4 52 9.1 2.0 263 37 316.6 317.5 292.3 332.3 4.94 9 600 4412 0.9 -4.5 67 5.4 -1.8 268 35 317.1 318.0 292.2 331.8 4.55 10 550 5104 -4.2 -18.5 32 14.3 -9.1 278 38 319.1 319.4 290.1 324.5 1.61 11 500 5850 -7.9 -40.8 5 32.9 -14.1 274 43 323.5 323.5 290.0 324.3 0.22 12 450 6660 -12.7 -46.0 4 33.3 -17.9 270 51 327.2 327.3 291.1 327.8 0.14 13 400 7548 -18.6 -44.5 8 25.9 -22.3 268 60 330.9 330.9 292.2 331.6 0.18 14 350 8528 -26.3 -44.3 17 18.0 -28.5 264 62 333.3 333.4 292.9 334.2 0.21 15 300 9624 -34.0 -56.4 9 22.3 -35.5 260 62 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.6 0.06 16 250 10877 -43.1 -60.2 14 17.1 -43.7 263 70 342.1 342.1 294.8 342.2 0.05 17 200 12343 -53.8 -69.5 13 15.7 -54.1 260 69 347.6 347.6 296.1 347.7 0.02 18 150 14144 -64.3 -77.2 15 13.0 -64.4 264 67 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.4 0.01 19 100 16600 -69.3 -87.4 5 18.2 -69.4 254 35 393.9 393.9 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5770.35 m Freezing level: 591.44 mb = 4530.55 m = 14863.84 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.59 mb = 4098.75 m = 13447.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.61 % Est. max temperature: 31.11 C = 88.01 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 909.45 mb = 906.62 m = 2974.45 ft T: 21.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.32 C/km ThetaE index: 30.23 C Layer 850.0- 450.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 793.55 mb = 2083.06 m = 6834.11 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.79 C = 85.62 F Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lifted Index: -5.64 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.82 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.79 C Showalter Index: -4.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.70 C Cross Totals Index: 24.71 C K Index: 37.72 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 579.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.97 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1945.50 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 62.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 72.91 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 849.00 mb = 1502.75 m = 4930.21 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 674.00 mb = 3460.96 m = 11354.72 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.00 mb = 13214.75 m = 43354.96 ft B at Equ Level: 1929.77 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.6 at 41.0 knts Storm direction: 272.6 at 30.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 551.4 neg: -36.1 tot: 515.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 171.8 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 17.8 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.86 Bulk Rich Number: 9.14 Bulk Shear: 212.89 m/s