MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F072.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060000F072.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3 day NAM valid 0Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 35.97,-101.74 Latitude: 35.97 Longitude: -101.74 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 36 1 950 493 2 900 972 SFC 893 1043 25.0 17.8 64 7.2 19.9 60 11 308.0 310.7 297.1 352.0 14.54 4 850 1471 21.1 15.8 72 5.3 17.4 58 16 308.2 310.7 296.4 348.8 13.40 5 800 1996 20.0 16.1 78 3.9 17.3 213 1 312.5 315.2 298.2 357.3 14.57 6 750 2550 15.6 12.9 84 2.7 13.8 248 9 313.5 315.9 297.1 352.4 12.57 7 700 3133 12.1 2.4 51 9.8 6.5 278 16 315.9 317.2 293.4 336.5 6.50 8 650 3748 7.8 -8.9 29 16.7 0.1 291 21 317.8 318.3 291.0 327.5 2.99 9 600 4401 2.6 -19.2 18 21.8 -5.1 299 24 319.1 319.4 289.9 323.8 1.39 10 550 5097 -2.6 -24.0 17 21.4 -9.1 297 26 321.0 321.2 290.1 324.5 1.00 11 500 5844 -8.6 -27.5 20 18.9 -13.5 296 26 322.6 322.7 290.4 325.4 0.80 12 450 6649 -15.4 -32.1 23 16.7 -18.8 295 24 323.9 324.0 290.6 326.0 0.58 13 400 7525 -22.2 -33.2 36 11.0 -24.2 304 22 326.2 326.3 291.2 328.3 0.58 14 350 8492 -29.3 -34.2 62 4.9 -30.0 300 19 329.2 329.4 292.1 331.5 0.60 15 300 9576 -36.5 -40.0 70 3.5 -36.8 294 20 334.0 334.0 293.2 335.5 0.39 16 250 10818 -45.0 -48.6 67 3.6 -45.2 287 29 339.2 339.2 294.3 339.9 0.19 17 200 12273 -55.0 -59.1 60 4.1 -55.1 282 42 345.7 345.7 295.7 345.9 0.07 18 150 14075 -61.6 -70.2 31 8.6 -61.7 285 51 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.02 19 100 16552 -66.4 -86.9 4 20.5 -66.5 295 43 399.5 399.5 305.2 399.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5807.31 m Freezing level: 575.08 mb = 4748.02 m = 15577.30 ft Wetbulb zero: 648.70 mb = 3764.80 m = 12351.56 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 44.92 % Est. max temperature: 30.69 C = 87.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 803.68 mb = 1956.71 m = 6419.56 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.65 C/km ThetaE index: 33.46 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 727.34 mb = 2809.46 m = 9217.28 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.01 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.40 C = 88.52 F Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lifted Index: -6.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -9.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.94 C Showalter Index: -5.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 54.02 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.65 C Cross Totals Index: 24.38 C K Index: 35.66 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 347.45 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.47 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2510.65 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.86 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 95.35 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.08 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 779.68 mb = 2217.34 m = 7274.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 664.68 mb = 3563.07 m = 11689.74 ft Equ Level (EL): 174.68 mb = 13121.10 m = 43047.69 ft B at Equ Level: 2488.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 296.3 at 19.1 knts Storm direction: 326.3 at 14.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 149.1 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 222.5 neg: -18.3 tot: 204.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 68.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.96 Bulk Rich Number: 22.44 Bulk Shear: 111.88 m/s