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 the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KIAB Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 967 398 20.9 20.2 96 0.7 20.5 115 7 296.9 299.7 294.8 342.1 15.63 2 950 552 21.4 19.8 91 1.6 20.3 128 16 298.9 301.7 295.3 343.9 15.47 3 900 1020 18.9 16.2 85 2.6 17.1 166 18 301.0 303.3 294.1 339.2 13.00 4 850 1510 16.7 14.8 89 1.9 15.4 197 12 303.6 305.9 294.6 340.9 12.55 5 800 2026 14.6 13.0 90 1.6 13.6 255 15 306.7 308.9 294.9 342.3 11.84 6 750 2571 12.3 9.6 83 2.7 10.6 250 24 309.9 311.8 294.4 340.6 10.04 7 700 3146 8.3 6.2 87 2.0 7.1 246 28 311.6 313.3 293.8 338.0 8.54 8 650 3755 4.4 2.5 88 1.8 3.3 243 34 313.9 315.2 293.3 336.0 7.09 9 600 4402 -0.1 -1.6 90 1.4 -0.9 249 34 316.0 317.1 292.8 334.1 5.70 10 550 5093 -4.6 -7.3 82 2.7 -5.8 251 36 318.6 319.4 292.2 331.6 4.02 11 500 5837 -9.3 -15.7 59 6.4 -11.6 253 35 321.8 322.2 291.5 329.3 2.25 12 450 6643 -15.1 -25.7 40 10.6 -17.7 261 38 324.3 324.5 291.2 328.0 1.05 13 400 7521 -21.6 -36.2 25 14.6 -24.0 265 47 326.9 327.0 291.3 328.5 0.43 14 350 8491 -28.0 -48.6 12 20.6 -30.0 265 57 331.0 331.0 292.1 331.5 0.13 15 300 9580 -36.0 -55.9 11 20.0 -37.2 265 63 334.7 334.7 293.0 334.9 0.07 16 250 10820 -45.5 -59.1 20 13.6 -46.0 268 69 338.4 338.4 294.0 338.6 0.05 17 200 12271 -55.5 -70.2 14 14.7 -55.7 265 79 344.9 344.9 295.5 345.0 0.01 18 150 14083 -58.7 -79.4 5 20.7 -58.9 266 77 369.0 369.0 300.4 369.1 0.00 19 100 16591 -66.3 -88.2 3 21.9 -66.4 255 42 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.39 m Freezing level: 601.34 mb = 4384.77 m = 14385.54 ft Wetbulb zero: 610.33 mb = 4264.13 m = 13989.77 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.95 % Est. max temperature: 29.56 C = 85.20 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.47 mb = 483.89 m = 1587.56 ft T: 21.17 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.51 C/km ThetaE index: 14.34 C Layer 750.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 839.84 mb = 1612.29 m = 5289.61 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.98 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.17 C = 82.71 F Cap Strength: 1.55 C Lifted Index: -2.95 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.59 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.22 C Showalter Index: -2.83 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 50.01 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.95 C Cross Totals Index: 24.06 C K Index: 38.71 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 256.65 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.31 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 827.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.68 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 85.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.53 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.38 mb = 1121.63 m = 3679.84 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 684.38 mb = 3331.50 m = 10929.99 ft Equ Level (EL): 224.38 mb = 11523.37 m = 37805.88 ft B at Equ Level: 818.74 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 154.38 mb = 13901.56 m = 45608.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.3 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 273.3 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.5 neg: 1.7 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 108.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 183.7 neg: -5.0 tot: 178.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.49 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 5.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 5.28 Bulk Shear: 156.85 m/s