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: 34.38,-103.67 Latitude: 34.38 Longitude: -103.67 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 44 1 950 495 2 900 975 SFC 865 1327 22.7 20.8 89 1.9 21.3 119 9 308.4 311.8 299.4 363.5 18.17 4 850 1476 21.5 20.6 95 0.8 20.9 123 13 308.6 312.1 299.5 364.2 18.31 5 800 2003 20.0 18.1 89 1.9 18.6 175 20 312.4 315.6 299.4 363.4 16.54 6 750 2559 16.6 14.4 87 2.2 15.0 208 16 314.6 317.2 298.2 357.6 13.86 7 700 3144 12.3 10.2 87 2.1 10.9 228 24 316.1 318.3 296.9 351.2 11.23 8 650 3761 7.5 4.5 81 3.0 5.6 241 32 317.4 319.0 295.1 343.1 8.13 9 600 4414 2.7 -8.4 44 11.1 -2.4 254 38 319.2 319.9 291.8 330.3 3.38 10 550 5111 -1.3 -35.9 5 34.6 -9.4 265 43 322.6 322.7 289.9 323.8 0.32 11 500 5865 -5.3 -35.7 7 30.5 -12.2 262 46 326.6 326.7 291.2 328.0 0.36 12 450 6682 -10.6 -36.3 10 25.7 -16.0 259 51 329.9 330.0 292.1 331.4 0.38 13 400 7576 -17.2 -43.3 8 26.1 -21.3 256 52 332.6 332.6 292.6 333.4 0.21 14 350 8560 -25.5 -41.5 21 16.0 -27.7 251 51 334.3 334.4 293.2 335.5 0.29 15 300 9657 -34.0 -54.4 11 20.4 -35.5 252 52 337.4 337.4 293.7 337.7 0.08 16 250 10911 -42.2 -62.3 9 20.0 -43.0 253 61 343.3 343.3 295.1 343.4 0.04 17 200 12383 -52.8 -70.9 9 18.1 -53.2 252 63 349.1 349.1 296.4 349.2 0.01 18 150 14193 -63.1 -79.7 9 16.6 -63.3 246 52 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.00 19 100 16624 -74.6 -87.0 13 12.4 -74.6 239 44 383.7 383.7 302.8 383.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5820.37 m Freezing level: 565.92 mb = 4889.40 m = 16041.14 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.84 mb = 4214.71 m = 13827.62 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 59.80 % Est. max temperature: 29.64 C = 85.35 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 841.64 mb = 1562.16 m = 5125.14 ft T: 21.22 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.46 C/km ThetaE index: 40.44 C Layer 800.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 766.80 mb = 2367.99 m = 7768.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.86 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.89 C = 82.19 F Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lifted Index: -6.51 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -12.18 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.54 C Showalter Index: -6.92 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.63 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.72 C Cross Totals Index: 25.91 C K Index: 45.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 392.82 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -6.94 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 3470.87 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 83.32 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 15.69 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.31 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.22 mb = 2054.81 m = 6741.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 740.22 mb = 2669.93 m = 8759.50 ft Equ Level (EL): 140.22 mb = 14597.31 m = 47890.84 ft B at Equ Level: 3445.24 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.4 at 34.9 knts Storm direction: 279.4 at 26.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 357.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 357.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 119.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 5.99 Bulk Rich Number: 14.70 Bulk Shear: 236.13 m/s