MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-97.43 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -97.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 972 351 23.5 23.3 99 0.2 23.3 222 5 299.0 302.4 297.5 354.0 18.81 2 950 555 23.1 22.9 99 0.2 23.0 218 16 300.6 304.1 297.9 356.1 18.85 3 900 1026 20.8 20.7 99 0.1 20.8 243 25 303.0 306.2 297.5 354.3 17.31 4 850 1521 18.4 18.2 99 0.1 18.3 253 30 305.4 308.3 297.1 352.4 15.71 5 800 2040 16.0 15.9 99 0.1 16.0 252 33 308.2 310.9 297.0 351.7 14.34 6 750 2589 13.0 12.9 99 0.1 13.0 256 35 310.7 313.1 296.4 349.1 12.56 7 700 3166 8.8 8.0 95 0.8 8.3 266 35 312.2 314.1 294.8 342.1 9.68 8 650 3776 5.3 2.9 84 2.5 3.9 264 33 315.0 316.4 293.7 337.8 7.25 9 600 4426 1.1 -1.1 85 2.2 -0.0 253 33 317.4 318.5 293.4 336.2 5.90 10 550 5120 -3.8 -5.5 88 1.7 -4.6 244 29 319.6 320.5 293.0 334.6 4.63 11 500 5868 -6.4 -15.7 47 9.3 -9.9 265 26 325.2 325.7 292.5 332.9 2.24 12 450 6681 -12.1 -42.6 6 30.5 -17.4 279 39 328.0 328.0 291.3 328.7 0.20 13 400 7571 -17.9 -40.7 12 22.8 -21.7 283 50 331.7 331.8 292.4 332.7 0.27 14 350 8553 -25.7 -38.7 29 13.0 -27.6 282 59 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.38 15 300 9653 -33.4 -54.4 10 20.9 -34.9 280 59 338.3 338.3 294.0 338.6 0.08 16 250 10907 -43.1 -61.0 12 17.9 -43.8 278 60 342.0 342.0 294.8 342.2 0.04 17 200 12371 -54.6 -67.6 18 13.1 -54.8 271 72 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14158 -66.4 -78.1 18 11.7 -66.4 273 72 355.7 355.7 297.8 355.8 0.01 19 100 16611 -70.3 -86.5 8 16.2 -70.4 249 22 391.8 391.8 304.0 391.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.29 m Freezing level: 588.83 mb = 4580.99 m = 15029.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 600.49 mb = 4419.22 m = 14498.59 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 89.94 % Est. max temperature: 31.35 C = 88.43 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 970.01 mb = 372.50 m = 1222.10 ft T: 23.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.62 C/km ThetaE index: 27.31 C Layer 900.0- 400.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 914.26 mb = 889.29 m = 2917.57 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.89 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.74 C = 80.13 F Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lifted Index: -5.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.60 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.07 C Showalter Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.42 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.78 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 42.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 312.97 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.88 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2517.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.13 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 919.79 mb = 836.62 m = 2744.79 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 894.79 mb = 1076.69 m = 3532.40 ft Equ Level (EL): 154.79 mb = 13962.70 m = 45808.84 ft B at Equ Level: 2515.59 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.3 at 29.9 knts Storm direction: 285.3 at 22.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 118.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 198.9 neg: -2.4 tot: 196.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 65.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.90 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.4 stream: 6.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.64 Bulk Rich Number: 55.40 Bulk Shear: 45.44 m/s