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: 37.49,-97.52 Latitude: 37.49 Longitude: -97.52 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 103 SFC 966 401 21.8 20.2 91 1.6 20.7 118 7 297.8 300.7 295.1 343.1 15.61 2 950 549 22.2 19.8 86 2.4 20.5 128 18 299.7 302.5 295.5 344.9 15.46 3 900 1018 18.9 17.9 94 1.0 18.2 158 20 301.0 303.7 295.2 343.7 14.52 4 850 1509 16.7 15.5 93 1.2 15.9 192 15 303.7 306.1 295.0 342.8 13.15 5 800 2025 14.9 13.3 90 1.6 13.8 250 17 307.0 309.3 295.1 343.4 12.06 6 750 2570 12.2 9.8 85 2.4 10.7 243 26 309.9 311.8 294.6 341.0 10.20 7 700 3146 8.4 6.5 88 1.9 7.3 240 30 311.8 313.4 294.0 338.7 8.73 8 650 3754 4.2 3.2 93 1.0 3.6 238 33 313.7 315.1 293.5 336.9 7.41 9 600 4402 -0.2 -1.3 92 1.2 -0.8 248 34 315.9 317.0 292.9 334.2 5.79 10 550 5093 -4.5 -5.9 90 1.5 -5.1 249 33 318.8 319.7 292.6 333.3 4.48 11 500 5837 -8.9 -17.4 50 8.4 -11.8 255 34 322.1 322.5 291.4 328.8 1.96 12 450 6643 -14.9 -29.7 27 14.8 -18.2 261 43 324.5 324.7 290.9 327.1 0.72 13 400 7522 -21.5 -34.5 30 13.0 -23.8 263 53 327.0 327.1 291.4 328.9 0.51 14 350 8492 -27.8 -47.8 13 20.0 -29.9 265 60 331.2 331.3 292.2 331.8 0.14 15 300 9583 -35.6 -54.5 13 18.9 -36.8 267 65 335.2 335.2 293.2 335.5 0.08 16 250 10825 -45.2 -59.0 20 13.8 -45.7 269 69 338.9 338.9 294.1 339.1 0.05 17 200 12277 -55.6 -70.4 14 14.8 -55.8 265 78 344.7 344.7 295.4 344.8 0.01 18 150 14085 -59.3 -78.8 6 19.5 -59.5 265 81 367.9 367.9 300.2 368.0 0.01 19 100 16591 -66.4 -90.1 2 23.6 -66.6 253 42 399.3 399.3 305.1 399.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.77 m Freezing level: 602.24 mb = 4372.53 m = 14345.40 ft Wetbulb zero: 609.11 mb = 4279.70 m = 14040.83 ft Precipitable water: 1.83 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 87.32 % Est. max temperature: 29.75 C = 85.56 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.61 mb = 598.84 m = 1964.68 ft T: 21.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.44 C/km ThetaE index: 16.24 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 871.09 mb = 1298.48 m = 4260.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.75 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.44 C = 79.59 F Cap Strength: 0.90 C Lifted Index: -3.74 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.84 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.47 C Showalter Index: -3.27 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.10 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.66 C Cross Totals Index: 24.44 C K Index: 39.30 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 270.96 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1201.16 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 49.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 39.57 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.87 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 895.34 mb = 1062.82 m = 3486.90 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 720.34 mb = 2906.69 m = 9536.26 ft Equ Level (EL): 210.34 mb = 11949.29 m = 39203.23 ft B at Equ Level: 1201.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 130.34 mb = 14953.57 m = 49059.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 239.4 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 269.4 at 20.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.8 neg: 1.5 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 104.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 208.6 neg: -0.8 tot: 207.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 69.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.7 stream: 5.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.45 Bulk Rich Number: 7.21 Bulk Shear: 166.64 m/s