MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F009.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.26,-103.42 Latitude: 34.26 Longitude: -103.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 49 1 950 500 2 900 979 SFC 870 1273 22.5 21.2 93 1.3 21.6 124 10 307.6 311.1 299.4 363.7 18.52 4 850 1479 21.0 20.4 97 0.6 20.6 136 17 308.1 311.5 299.2 362.7 18.03 5 800 2005 19.0 17.4 90 1.6 17.9 181 24 311.4 314.5 298.7 360.1 15.86 6 750 2559 16.4 14.0 85 2.4 14.7 211 19 314.4 317.0 298.0 356.2 13.50 7 700 3143 11.9 11.3 96 0.6 11.5 235 22 315.7 318.0 297.4 353.5 12.12 8 650 3760 7.0 5.8 92 1.2 6.2 246 31 316.8 318.6 295.5 344.9 8.92 9 600 4413 2.8 -4.5 59 7.3 -0.9 261 39 319.3 320.2 292.9 334.2 4.57 10 550 5112 -0.9 -31.5 8 30.6 -8.9 268 44 323.1 323.2 290.2 324.9 0.50 11 500 5867 -4.4 -37.6 5 33.2 -11.8 264 45 327.6 327.7 291.4 328.8 0.30 12 450 6687 -10.1 -38.0 8 27.9 -15.7 260 49 330.6 330.7 292.2 331.8 0.32 13 400 7582 -16.7 -42.5 9 25.7 -20.9 257 49 333.3 333.3 292.8 334.1 0.23 14 350 8567 -25.2 -42.4 19 17.2 -27.5 250 49 334.8 334.8 293.3 335.8 0.26 15 300 9666 -33.6 -55.0 10 21.4 -35.1 251 51 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.3 0.07 16 250 10923 -41.9 -62.7 9 20.8 -42.8 252 58 343.7 343.8 295.3 343.9 0.03 17 200 12396 -52.7 -71.5 9 18.8 -53.1 250 60 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14204 -63.8 -79.0 11 15.2 -63.9 244 53 360.1 360.1 298.7 360.2 0.01 19 100 16624 -75.5 -86.2 17 10.7 -75.5 243 45 381.9 381.9 302.5 381.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5817.72 m Freezing level: 561.80 mb = 4946.97 m = 16230.01 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.06 mb = 4331.38 m = 14210.38 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.63 % Est. max temperature: 29.72 C = 85.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 854.51 mb = 1432.99 m = 4701.35 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.00 C/km ThetaE index: 38.78 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 773.44 mb = 2294.52 m = 7527.85 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.65 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.64 C = 81.75 F Cap Strength: 0.91 C Lifted Index: -5.09 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.83 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.48 C Showalter Index: -5.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.21 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.38 C Cross Totals Index: 24.83 C K Index: 45.19 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 469.43 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.49 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3010.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.94 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 804.31 mb = 1957.98 m = 6423.75 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 729.31 mb = 2795.65 m = 9171.95 ft Equ Level (EL): 139.31 mb = 14645.57 m = 48049.19 ft B at Equ Level: 2973.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.2 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 281.2 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.7 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 113.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 383.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 383.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 128.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.71 Bulk Rich Number: 12.46 Bulk Shear: 241.56 m/s