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: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 107 SFC 967 398 20.0 19.3 96 0.7 19.5 131 6 295.9 298.6 293.9 338.3 14.73 2 950 551 20.8 18.9 89 1.9 19.5 145 20 298.3 301.0 294.5 340.8 14.60 3 900 1018 19.2 17.7 91 1.4 18.2 178 21 301.3 303.9 295.1 343.4 14.33 4 850 1509 16.4 14.9 91 1.5 15.4 190 19 303.3 305.7 294.5 340.8 12.62 5 800 2023 14.0 12.3 90 1.7 12.9 196 12 306.0 308.1 294.3 340.0 11.31 6 750 2566 10.8 9.6 92 1.2 10.0 219 23 308.3 310.1 294.0 338.7 10.03 7 700 3139 7.4 6.8 96 0.6 7.1 224 32 310.7 312.4 293.9 338.1 8.91 8 650 3746 3.9 3.6 98 0.3 3.7 228 38 313.4 314.8 293.6 337.2 7.65 9 600 4393 -0.3 -0.6 97 0.4 -0.4 235 40 315.8 317.0 293.1 335.1 6.10 10 550 5084 -4.2 -4.7 96 0.5 -4.5 238 40 319.0 320.0 293.0 334.8 4.89 11 500 5831 -8.1 -8.9 94 0.8 -8.5 237 39 323.2 323.9 293.3 336.0 3.90 12 450 6642 -13.5 -16.1 81 2.6 -14.5 242 39 326.3 326.7 292.9 334.5 2.41 13 400 7525 -20.1 -25.4 63 5.3 -21.4 248 39 328.8 329.1 292.6 333.1 1.21 14 350 8500 -27.4 -34.8 49 7.4 -28.6 259 46 331.8 332.0 292.8 334.0 0.57 15 300 9590 -35.6 -40.9 59 5.2 -36.2 268 57 335.1 335.2 293.4 336.5 0.36 16 250 10835 -44.4 -48.0 68 3.5 -44.6 277 65 340.0 340.1 294.5 340.8 0.20 17 200 12289 -56.2 -60.2 61 4.0 -56.3 272 81 343.8 343.8 295.3 344.0 0.06 18 150 14076 -62.5 -76.8 13 14.3 -62.7 262 87 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16567 -67.9 -87.0 5 19.2 -67.9 260 39 396.6 396.6 304.8 396.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5723.88 m Freezing level: 603.21 mb = 4351.15 m = 14275.24 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.40 mb = 4320.27 m = 14173.93 ft Precipitable water: 1.91 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 94.07 % Est. max temperature: 29.02 C = 84.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.96 mb = 478.38 m = 1569.48 ft T: 20.41 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 8.59 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 859.57 mb = 1412.45 m = 4633.96 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.26 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.87 C = 80.36 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -2.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.81 C Showalter Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.49 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.51 C Cross Totals Index: 22.99 C K Index: 38.80 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.77 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.03 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 733.93 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 38.31 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 31.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.34 mb = 1062.54 m = 3485.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 760.34 mb = 2450.63 m = 8040.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.34 mb = 11368.69 m = 37298.41 ft B at Equ Level: 730.78 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.34 mb = 14485.05 m = 47522.54 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 224.6 at 30.4 knts Storm direction: 254.6 at 22.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 264.0 neg: -35.8 tot: 228.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 76.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.60 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 6.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.93 Bulk Rich Number: 6.26 Bulk Shear: 117.24 m/s