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: 35.36,-100.83 Latitude: 35.36 Longitude: -100.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1 950 552 SFC 911 917 23.1 19.4 80 3.7 20.4 181 7 304.2 307.1 296.8 351.0 15.71 3 900 1023 20.4 18.5 89 1.9 19.1 182 7 302.6 305.3 296.0 347.2 15.10 4 850 1516 18.7 16.7 88 2.0 17.3 258 15 305.7 308.3 296.2 348.2 14.17 5 800 2035 15.8 13.1 84 2.7 14.0 288 11 308.0 310.2 295.3 344.1 11.94 6 750 2584 15.3 8.1 62 7.2 10.7 243 11 313.2 314.9 294.6 341.2 9.05 7 700 3167 12.3 -1.7 38 13.9 4.9 261 19 316.1 317.0 292.1 331.5 4.84 8 650 3781 6.8 -6.3 39 13.1 0.6 252 24 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.6 3.69 9 600 4433 2.5 -12.2 33 14.7 -3.6 265 38 319.0 319.5 290.9 327.3 2.50 10 550 5128 -3.7 -12.8 49 9.1 -7.3 271 43 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.3 2.59 11 500 5873 -8.2 -33.3 11 25.1 -13.9 263 38 323.0 323.1 290.2 324.7 0.46 12 450 6684 -12.8 -32.6 17 19.9 -17.1 252 46 327.2 327.3 291.5 329.2 0.55 13 400 7569 -19.7 -33.3 29 13.6 -22.4 253 53 329.3 329.4 292.1 331.5 0.58 14 350 8544 -27.7 -37.0 41 9.3 -29.0 255 55 331.4 331.5 292.6 333.1 0.46 15 300 9633 -35.9 -44.8 40 8.9 -36.7 256 66 334.8 334.8 293.2 335.7 0.24 16 250 10877 -44.0 -60.1 15 16.1 -44.7 258 75 340.6 340.6 294.5 340.8 0.05 17 200 12339 -54.3 -68.0 17 13.6 -54.6 261 83 346.7 346.7 295.9 346.8 0.02 18 150 14146 -61.9 -81.0 6 19.1 -62.0 260 69 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16612 -69.3 -88.3 5 19.0 -69.4 258 34 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5769.15 m Freezing level: 579.97 mb = 4711.60 m = 15457.82 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.82 mb = 3871.68 m = 12702.22 ft Precipitable water: 1.23 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 52.72 % Est. max temperature: 30.63 C = 87.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 862.95 mb = 1385.77 m = 4546.43 ft T: 19.14 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.57 C/km ThetaE index: 20.89 C Layer 800.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 735.16 mb = 2753.09 m = 9032.35 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.18 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.61 C = 90.70 F Cap Strength: 2.78 C Lifted Index: -4.31 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.11 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.40 C Showalter Index: -4.60 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.76 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.89 C Cross Totals Index: 24.87 C K Index: 29.61 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 321.94 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.51 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1382.71 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 52.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 128.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.74 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 833.28 mb = 1686.08 m = 5531.70 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 648.28 mb = 3802.81 m = 12476.25 ft Equ Level (EL): 198.28 mb = 12392.83 m = 40658.40 ft B at Equ Level: 1377.95 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 118.28 mb = 15590.56 m = 51149.50 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 27.9 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.4 neg: 2.1 tot: 5.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 116.5 neg: -16.6 tot: 99.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.45 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.6 stream: 3.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.69 Bulk Rich Number: 20.96 Bulk Shear: 65.98 m/s