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: 34.27,-103.48 Latitude: 34.27 Longitude: -103.48 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 48 1 950 499 2 900 978 SFC 869 1283 22.6 21.2 91 1.5 21.6 123 10 307.9 311.4 299.5 364.0 18.52 4 850 1478 21.1 20.5 97 0.5 20.7 133 16 308.2 311.6 299.3 363.3 18.16 5 800 2004 19.3 17.5 89 1.9 18.0 180 23 311.7 314.8 298.8 360.5 15.89 6 750 2559 16.5 14.1 86 2.4 14.8 210 19 314.5 317.1 298.0 356.7 13.61 7 700 3143 11.9 11.1 95 0.8 11.4 233 23 315.7 318.0 297.3 353.1 11.99 8 650 3760 7.0 5.6 90 1.5 6.1 246 30 316.9 318.6 295.4 344.6 8.80 9 600 4414 2.8 -5.3 55 8.1 -1.2 259 39 319.3 320.2 292.6 333.3 4.30 10 550 5112 -1.0 -32.1 7 31.1 -9.0 267 44 322.9 323.0 290.2 324.6 0.47 11 500 5866 -4.5 -38.0 5 33.4 -11.9 264 45 327.5 327.6 291.3 328.6 0.29 12 450 6686 -10.1 -36.7 9 26.6 -15.7 260 49 330.5 330.6 292.2 331.9 0.37 13 400 7581 -16.8 -42.6 9 25.8 -21.0 257 50 333.1 333.2 292.8 334.0 0.22 14 350 8566 -25.3 -42.6 18 17.3 -27.6 250 49 334.7 334.8 293.2 335.7 0.26 15 300 9665 -33.7 -55.8 9 22.1 -35.2 252 51 337.9 337.9 293.9 338.2 0.07 16 250 10921 -42.0 -62.9 8 20.9 -42.8 252 58 343.7 343.7 295.2 343.8 0.03 17 200 12394 -52.7 -71.8 8 19.1 -53.1 250 61 349.3 349.3 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14203 -63.7 -79.4 10 15.7 -63.8 245 53 360.4 360.4 298.8 360.4 0.00 19 100 16624 -75.4 -86.3 17 10.9 -75.4 243 45 382.1 382.1 302.6 382.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5818.40 m Freezing level: 562.98 mb = 4930.35 m = 16175.49 ft Wetbulb zero: 607.93 mb = 4306.34 m = 14128.25 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 64.42 % Est. max temperature: 29.69 C = 85.45 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 851.15 mb = 1466.72 m = 4812.00 ft T: 21.16 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.05 C/km ThetaE index: 39.33 C Layer 850.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 769.14 mb = 2342.26 m = 7684.48 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.67 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.95 C = 82.31 F Cap Strength: 1.10 C Lifted Index: -5.37 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -11.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.57 C Showalter Index: -5.90 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.65 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.60 C Cross Totals Index: 25.05 C K Index: 45.33 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 355.78 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.63 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3106.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 78.82 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 17.09 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 801.59 mb = 1987.01 m = 6518.98 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 736.59 mb = 2711.63 m = 8896.32 ft Equ Level (EL): 146.59 mb = 14339.94 m = 47046.47 ft B at Equ Level: 3101.66 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.9 at 34.8 knts Storm direction: 280.9 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 379.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 379.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 126.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.77 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 8.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.84 Bulk Rich Number: 12.90 Bulk Shear: 240.88 m/s