MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F024.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051200F024.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 24 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.75,-96.49 Latitude: 36.75 Longitude: -96.49 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 74 SFC 972 319 22.5 22.3 99 0.2 22.4 182 8 298.1 301.3 296.5 349.6 17.72 2 950 520 22.3 22.1 99 0.2 22.2 194 24 299.8 303.1 297.1 352.4 17.93 3 900 992 20.9 19.8 94 1.1 20.2 213 45 303.0 306.1 297.0 351.7 16.40 4 850 1485 17.4 16.9 97 0.5 17.1 222 48 304.4 307.0 296.0 347.3 14.40 5 800 2002 14.2 14.0 99 0.1 14.1 230 45 306.2 308.6 295.3 344.3 12.68 6 750 2546 11.4 11.2 99 0.1 11.3 234 42 308.9 311.1 295.1 343.1 11.25 7 700 3121 8.4 8.2 99 0.1 8.3 232 40 311.8 313.6 294.8 342.0 9.83 8 650 3731 4.9 4.7 99 0.2 4.8 232 43 314.5 316.1 294.4 340.3 8.26 9 600 4381 1.2 1.0 98 0.2 1.1 230 48 317.5 318.8 294.1 339.3 6.86 10 550 5076 -3.1 -3.5 98 0.3 -3.3 230 50 320.4 321.4 293.8 337.8 5.40 11 500 5825 -7.4 -8.0 96 0.5 -7.7 229 50 324.0 324.8 293.8 337.9 4.21 12 450 6639 -12.7 -14.0 90 1.3 -13.2 235 54 327.3 327.9 293.6 337.1 2.88 13 400 7527 -18.4 -20.3 85 1.9 -19.0 248 61 331.1 331.5 293.8 337.8 1.90 14 350 8513 -23.8 -26.3 80 2.4 -24.4 262 66 336.6 336.9 294.6 341.3 1.28 15 300 9622 -31.4 -34.1 76 2.8 -31.8 271 71 341.2 341.3 295.3 343.9 0.71 16 250 10884 -42.6 -45.9 70 3.2 -42.9 282 72 342.7 342.8 295.2 343.7 0.25 17 200 12344 -55.5 -59.6 61 4.0 -55.6 296 63 344.8 344.8 295.6 345.1 0.06 18 150 14114 -67.7 -73.8 42 6.1 -67.7 284 55 353.5 353.5 297.4 353.5 0.01 19 100 16579 -63.9 -88.2 2 24.3 -64.1 273 30 404.2 404.2 305.7 404.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5750.87 m Freezing level: 586.13 mb = 4573.44 m = 15004.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 587.78 mb = 4545.10 m = 14911.56 ft Precipitable water: 2.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 97.82 % Est. max temperature: 29.80 C = 85.64 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.55 mb = 343.20 m = 1125.98 ft T: 22.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.84 C/km ThetaE index: 14.53 C Layer 900.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 889.26 mb = 1095.65 m = 3594.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.92 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.75 C = 81.94 F Cap Strength: 0.78 C Lifted Index: -4.97 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.59 C Showalter Index: -3.45 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.13 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.32 C K Index: 41.56 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 391.53 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.95 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1830.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.76 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.54 mb = 861.80 m = 2827.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 868.54 mb = 1299.11 m = 4262.11 ft Equ Level (EL): 158.54 mb = 13773.78 m = 45189.01 ft B at Equ Level: 1823.82 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.6 at 44.3 knts Storm direction: 257.6 at 33.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.1 tot: 6.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 87.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 405.9 neg: -9.8 tot: 396.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 132.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.78 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.6 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.61 Bulk Rich Number: 20.78 Bulk Shear: 88.09 m/s