MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 33.53,-101.83 Latitude: 33.53 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 22 1 950 482 2 900 972 SFC 899 978 32.7 19.0 44 13.7 22.6 141 15 315.2 318.2 299.4 363.5 15.52 4 850 1483 27.3 17.2 54 10.1 20.1 146 21 314.7 317.5 298.8 360.3 14.68 5 800 2016 22.0 16.0 69 6.0 17.8 151 21 314.6 317.4 298.6 359.5 14.46 6 750 2573 16.8 15.2 91 1.5 15.7 160 23 314.8 317.6 298.8 360.3 14.67 7 700 3158 12.3 10.4 88 1.9 11.0 192 21 316.1 318.3 297.0 351.6 11.38 8 650 3776 8.8 3.0 67 5.7 5.4 231 31 318.9 320.3 294.8 342.2 7.34 9 600 4434 4.3 -6.0 47 10.4 -0.7 238 34 321.1 321.9 292.9 334.4 4.06 10 550 5135 -0.3 -19.7 21 19.4 -7.1 245 36 323.8 324.0 291.4 328.8 1.46 11 500 5891 -4.6 -30.4 11 25.8 -11.4 251 38 327.5 327.6 291.6 329.7 0.61 12 450 6710 -10.8 -26.3 27 15.5 -15.0 259 42 329.7 329.9 292.6 333.2 1.00 13 400 7601 -18.2 -32.9 26 14.7 -21.2 259 47 331.3 331.5 292.7 333.6 0.60 14 350 8582 -25.7 -41.3 22 15.6 -27.8 263 53 334.1 334.2 293.1 335.3 0.29 15 300 9682 -33.2 -53.1 12 19.9 -34.7 267 61 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.0 0.09 16 250 10939 -42.5 -62.3 10 19.8 -43.3 270 65 342.9 342.9 295.0 343.0 0.03 17 200 12408 -52.8 -69.7 11 16.9 -53.1 267 76 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.2 0.02 18 150 14214 -63.7 -80.1 9 16.4 -63.8 264 69 360.3 360.3 298.8 360.3 0.00 19 100 16644 -72.9 -87.3 10 14.4 -73.0 239 32 386.8 386.8 303.3 386.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5868.45 m Freezing level: 553.01 mb = 5093.17 m = 16709.68 ft Wetbulb zero: 606.03 mb = 4351.93 m = 14277.80 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.64 % Est. max temperature: 32.23 C = 90.02 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 738.00 mb = 2710.06 m = 8891.16 ft T: 15.71 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.17 C/km ThetaE index: 31.53 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 729.59 mb = 2807.24 m = 9210.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.73 C = 90.92 F Cap Strength: 0.33 C Lifted Index: -5.24 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.37 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.10 C Showalter Index: -5.01 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.60 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.83 C Cross Totals Index: 21.77 C K Index: 47.12 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 523.15 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.79 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2973.51 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 77.12 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.79 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 734.76 mb = 2747.37 m = 9013.57 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 719.76 mb = 2922.31 m = 9587.51 ft Equ Level (EL): 149.76 mb = 14223.29 m = 46663.75 ft B at Equ Level: 2971.79 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.1 at 30.3 knts Storm direction: 257.1 at 22.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.1 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 91.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 237.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 237.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 79.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.79 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.8 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.49 Bulk Rich Number: 20.25 Bulk Shear: 146.85 m/s