MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 34.29,-103.09 Latitude: 34.29 Longitude: -103.09 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 85 1 950 538 2 900 1013 SFC 877 1238 22.4 18.6 79 3.8 19.7 115 4 306.9 309.8 297.4 353.6 15.53 4 850 1510 18.7 17.7 94 1.1 18.0 119 5 305.8 308.6 296.8 351.1 15.13 5 800 2030 20.5 5.3 37 15.2 11.4 279 12 313.0 314.4 293.0 334.8 6.99 6 750 2585 18.7 -6.8 17 25.6 6.1 242 11 316.9 317.5 290.8 326.9 3.06 7 700 3170 13.7 -7.0 23 20.7 3.7 239 16 317.7 318.3 291.2 328.3 3.24 8 650 3789 8.7 -3.3 43 12.0 2.5 236 25 318.8 319.7 292.7 333.7 4.61 9 600 4444 2.9 -3.6 63 6.4 -0.4 239 29 319.4 320.4 293.2 335.3 4.90 10 550 5141 -3.0 -8.6 65 5.6 -5.4 247 34 320.6 321.3 292.4 332.5 3.64 11 500 5888 -8.0 -25.4 23 17.4 -12.9 250 36 323.3 323.5 290.7 326.7 0.97 12 450 6699 -12.5 -33.8 15 21.3 -17.0 239 40 327.5 327.6 291.5 329.3 0.49 13 400 7585 -19.6 -28.3 46 8.6 -21.6 246 46 329.5 329.6 292.4 332.8 0.93 14 350 8559 -27.8 -35.4 48 7.6 -29.0 250 50 331.3 331.4 292.6 333.3 0.54 15 300 9649 -35.6 -45.4 36 9.8 -36.5 251 60 335.1 335.2 293.3 336.0 0.22 16 250 10894 -44.0 -59.8 16 15.7 -44.7 253 69 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 17 200 12354 -54.6 -68.1 17 13.5 -54.8 257 79 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.4 0.02 18 150 14157 -62.5 -81.2 6 18.8 -62.6 256 75 362.5 362.5 299.2 362.5 0.00 19 100 16616 -68.7 -88.9 4 20.2 -68.8 246 33 395.0 395.0 304.5 395.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5802.51 m Freezing level: 575.44 mb = 4786.00 m = 15701.90 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.80 mb = 4351.39 m = 14276.05 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.63 % Est. max temperature: 32.45 C = 90.40 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 829.04 mb = 1723.94 m = 5655.92 ft T: 19.48 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.00 C/km ThetaE index: 26.72 C Layer 850.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 650.10 mb = 3787.36 m = 12425.58 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.94 g/kg Conv temperature: 33.90 C = 93.03 F Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lifted Index: -2.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -3.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.15 C Showalter Index: -5.46 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.75 C Cross Totals Index: 25.68 C K Index: 23.74 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 325.65 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.70 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 698.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 37.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 341.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.82 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 736.21 mb = 2742.70 m = 8998.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 581.21 mb = 4698.44 m = 15414.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 231.21 mb = 11405.10 m = 37417.84 ft B at Equ Level: 695.11 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 151.21 mb = 14107.03 m = 46282.35 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.1 at 25.7 knts Storm direction: 273.1 at 19.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.2 neg: 2.7 tot: 5.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 97.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 112.6 neg: -14.6 tot: 98.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.1 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 7.04 Bulk Shear: 99.35 m/s