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: 34.50,-101.78 Latitude: 34.50 Longitude: -101.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 554 2 900 1025 SFC 896 1061 20.4 18.7 90 1.7 19.2 115 6 302.9 305.7 296.3 348.3 15.32 4 850 1516 16.9 16.4 97 0.5 16.6 194 7 303.9 306.5 295.6 345.4 13.96 5 800 2034 18.4 13.0 71 5.4 14.7 279 15 310.7 313.0 296.0 346.9 11.83 6 750 2588 18.3 -5.9 19 24.2 6.2 255 10 316.4 317.1 290.9 327.1 3.27 7 700 3172 13.3 -9.4 20 22.7 2.9 236 15 317.3 317.8 290.6 326.1 2.68 8 650 3789 8.5 -6.5 34 15.0 1.3 250 25 318.6 319.3 291.8 330.4 3.62 9 600 4444 2.7 -5.2 56 8.0 -1.2 244 31 319.3 320.1 292.6 333.3 4.32 10 550 5140 -3.4 -7.8 72 4.3 -5.4 259 34 320.0 320.8 292.4 332.7 3.88 11 500 5886 -8.2 -26.1 22 17.8 -13.1 258 37 323.0 323.2 290.6 326.2 0.91 12 450 6697 -12.5 -33.5 15 21.1 -17.0 246 42 327.6 327.7 291.6 329.4 0.50 13 400 7584 -19.2 -29.5 39 10.4 -21.5 250 48 330.1 330.2 292.6 333.1 0.83 14 350 8560 -27.6 -35.1 49 7.5 -28.8 252 51 331.5 331.7 292.7 333.6 0.55 15 300 9650 -35.4 -45.5 35 10.1 -36.3 255 61 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.4 0.22 16 250 10896 -43.9 -58.3 19 14.4 -44.5 255 71 340.8 340.8 294.6 341.1 0.06 17 200 12359 -54.3 -69.6 13 15.4 -54.5 259 77 346.9 346.9 296.0 346.9 0.02 18 150 14164 -62.3 -80.5 7 18.2 -62.5 256 73 362.7 362.7 299.2 362.7 0.00 19 100 16618 -69.8 -88.7 5 18.9 -69.9 250 33 392.8 392.8 304.2 392.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.56 m Freezing level: 577.75 mb = 4753.91 m = 15596.62 ft Wetbulb zero: 623.98 mb = 4123.53 m = 13528.47 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 51.12 % Est. max temperature: 33.59 C = 92.46 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 874.38 mb = 1272.89 m = 4176.10 ft T: 18.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.95 C/km ThetaE index: 20.81 C Layer 750.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 695.70 mb = 3223.68 m = 10576.25 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.61 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.44 C = 93.99 F Cap Strength: 6.03 C Lifted Index: -4.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.04 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.72 C Showalter Index: -3.55 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.81 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.16 C Cross Totals Index: 24.64 C K Index: 18.88 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 263.70 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.67 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1158.85 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 48.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 282.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.94 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 817.84 mb = 1845.34 m = 6054.20 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 612.84 mb = 4270.90 m = 14011.97 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.84 mb = 12266.57 m = 40244.18 ft B at Equ Level: 1153.07 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 122.84 mb = 15373.15 m = 50436.24 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 250.8 at 25.4 knts Storm direction: 280.8 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.7 neg: 1.6 tot: 7.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 100.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 123.2 neg: -5.1 tot: 118.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 39.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.52 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.1 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.57 Bulk Rich Number: 12.73 Bulk Shear: 91.05 m/s