MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F048.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506051800F048.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 48 hour NAM valid 18Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.27,-94.29 Latitude: 36.27 Longitude: -94.29 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 967 376 23.8 20.3 81 3.5 21.3 261 9 299.7 302.6 295.6 345.5 15.66 2 950 533 21.5 18.3 82 3.1 19.3 266 12 299.0 301.6 294.3 340.1 14.11 3 900 1001 20.1 11.6 58 8.5 14.7 280 25 302.2 304.0 291.9 330.6 9.56 4 850 1494 19.3 10.2 56 9.1 13.6 281 35 306.3 308.1 292.9 334.2 9.24 5 800 2013 16.3 8.2 58 8.2 11.3 274 39 308.5 310.2 292.9 334.6 8.54 6 750 2559 12.8 6.0 63 6.8 8.8 266 45 310.4 311.9 293.0 334.6 7.85 7 700 3134 8.7 3.5 70 5.2 5.8 263 52 312.2 313.5 292.8 334.1 7.06 8 650 3743 4.0 1.5 84 2.5 2.7 259 57 313.5 314.8 292.9 334.2 6.60 9 600 4389 -0.6 -1.8 91 1.2 -1.2 255 59 315.4 316.5 292.6 333.1 5.58 10 550 5080 -5.0 -7.3 84 2.3 -6.0 252 59 318.2 319.0 292.0 331.2 4.03 11 500 5821 -10.4 -13.4 78 3.0 -11.5 253 62 320.4 320.9 291.6 329.4 2.72 12 450 6629 -13.0 -14.7 87 1.8 -13.6 267 65 326.9 327.5 293.3 336.1 2.71 13 400 7518 -18.8 -21.6 78 2.8 -19.6 272 60 330.5 330.9 293.4 336.5 1.69 14 350 8497 -26.1 -30.5 66 4.4 -27.0 271 54 333.5 333.7 293.5 336.7 0.86 15 300 9595 -33.9 -41.7 45 7.8 -34.7 267 44 337.7 337.7 294.0 338.9 0.33 16 250 10847 -43.9 -49.8 52 5.9 -44.3 258 28 340.8 340.8 294.7 341.4 0.16 17 200 12301 -56.1 -61.6 50 5.5 -56.2 264 45 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.05 18 150 14100 -61.3 -79.6 7 18.3 -61.4 279 65 364.5 364.5 299.5 364.5 0.00 19 100 16588 -66.3 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.4 283 39 399.6 399.6 305.2 399.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.99 m Freezing level: 606.52 mb = 4305.02 m = 14123.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 615.91 mb = 4178.05 m = 13707.34 ft Precipitable water: 1.57 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.62 % Est. max temperature: 31.71 C = 89.09 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 919.39 mb = 816.48 m = 2678.72 ft T: 20.63 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.11 C/km ThetaE index: 14.98 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 730.47 mb = 2778.97 m = 9117.24 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 35.02 C = 95.04 F Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lifted Index: -1.63 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.56 C Showalter Index: -1.08 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 50.24 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 20.59 C K Index: 34.68 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 280.57 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.93 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 83.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 12.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 318.80 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 837.48 mb = 1620.87 m = 5317.76 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 602.48 mb = 4355.95 m = 14291.00 ft Equ Level (EL): 462.48 mb = 6419.27 m = 21060.33 ft B at Equ Level: 81.89 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 362.48 mb = 8240.04 m = 27033.92 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 48.4 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 36.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 4.3 tot: 8.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 82.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 82.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.42 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.03 Bulk Rich Number: 0.54 Bulk Shear: 154.06 m/s