MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F009.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KIAB ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 9Z 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 104 SFC 966 398 19.6 19.4 99 0.2 19.5 64 6 295.6 298.3 293.9 338.3 14.84 2 950 547 20.6 19.9 96 0.7 20.1 97 15 298.1 300.9 295.1 343.3 15.57 3 900 1014 18.9 17.0 89 1.8 17.7 167 6 300.9 303.5 294.6 341.2 13.71 4 850 1504 16.1 12.7 80 3.4 13.9 212 4 303.0 305.0 293.2 335.3 10.91 5 800 2017 13.4 10.0 80 3.4 11.3 206 8 305.4 307.2 292.9 334.5 9.70 6 750 2559 10.5 7.2 80 3.3 8.5 211 13 308.0 309.6 292.8 333.9 8.53 7 700 3131 7.0 4.6 85 2.4 5.6 202 16 310.3 311.7 292.7 333.7 7.62 8 650 3736 3.4 0.9 84 2.5 2.1 208 21 312.8 314.0 292.4 332.5 6.30 9 600 4381 -0.9 -2.0 92 1.2 -1.4 219 27 315.1 316.2 292.4 332.5 5.50 10 550 5072 -4.4 -5.6 91 1.2 -5.0 221 32 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.6 4.57 11 500 5817 -8.6 -9.9 90 1.4 -9.1 225 36 322.6 323.3 292.9 334.5 3.60 12 450 6627 -13.5 -15.2 87 1.7 -14.1 242 34 326.3 326.8 293.1 335.2 2.61 13 400 7513 -19.6 -21.7 83 2.1 -20.2 251 28 329.5 329.9 293.2 335.5 1.69 14 350 8490 -26.5 -29.1 78 2.6 -27.0 263 34 333.0 333.2 293.5 336.6 0.98 15 300 9585 -35.2 -38.1 74 3.0 -35.5 266 59 335.8 335.9 293.7 337.6 0.48 16 250 10829 -44.9 -48.2 70 3.3 -45.1 264 79 339.3 339.3 294.3 340.1 0.19 17 200 12282 -55.7 -65.6 28 9.9 -55.9 256 91 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.7 0.03 18 150 14074 -63.0 -77.8 12 14.8 -63.1 259 97 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.6 0.01 19 100 16580 -66.1 -88.4 3 22.2 -66.3 255 36 399.9 399.9 305.2 399.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5713.51 m Freezing level: 610.20 mb = 4249.54 m = 13941.88 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.55 mb = 4109.81 m = 13483.45 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 86.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.48 C = 83.27 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 964.61 mb = 414.71 m = 1360.59 ft T: 19.69 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.80 C/km ThetaE index: 10.83 C Layer 900.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 863.09 mb = 1373.03 m = 4504.62 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.07 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.34 C = 79.41 F Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lifted Index: -2.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.68 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.97 C Showalter Index: 0.22 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.60 C Cross Totals Index: 21.24 C K Index: 34.87 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 196.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 594.79 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 34.49 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 23.44 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.23 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 896.05 mb = 1052.04 m = 3451.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 771.05 mb = 2326.74 m = 7633.56 ft Equ Level (EL): 241.05 mb = 11066.46 m = 36306.85 ft B at Equ Level: 593.79 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.05 mb = 14031.07 m = 46033.15 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 215.6 at 20.3 knts Storm direction: 245.6 at 15.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.2 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.3 neg: -14.1 tot: 102.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.6 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.37 Bulk Rich Number: 6.61 Bulk Shear: 90.02 m/s