MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F084.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506060600F084.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 3.5 day NAM valid 18Z MON 9 JUN 25 Station: 29.57,-98.59 Latitude: 29.57 Longitude: -98.59 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 87 SFC 975 311 32.0 20.4 51 11.5 23.6 166 10 307.3 310.3 297.6 354.7 15.70 2 950 543 27.2 19.6 63 7.6 21.8 167 11 304.8 307.6 296.7 350.3 15.25 3 900 1019 22.4 18.5 79 3.8 19.6 170 12 304.5 307.3 296.5 349.5 15.08 4 850 1515 20.9 8.7 45 12.2 13.3 201 20 308.1 309.6 292.6 333.5 8.34 5 800 2037 19.2 1.4 30 17.8 9.3 203 17 311.6 312.6 291.2 328.2 5.30 6 750 2589 17.6 -7.5 17 25.2 5.5 220 16 315.7 316.3 290.3 325.1 2.89 7 700 3173 13.3 -2.6 33 15.9 4.9 249 12 317.2 318.1 292.2 331.7 4.51 8 650 3791 9.7 -9.9 24 19.6 0.8 246 9 319.9 320.5 291.5 329.2 2.78 9 600 4449 4.1 -6.2 47 10.3 -0.9 285 11 320.9 321.7 292.8 334.1 4.02 10 550 5148 -2.5 -6.6 73 4.1 -4.4 282 16 321.1 322.0 293.0 335.0 4.24 11 500 5895 -8.6 -14.1 64 5.5 -10.7 287 22 322.5 323.0 292.0 331.1 2.56 12 450 6702 -14.8 -25.2 41 10.4 -17.5 294 26 324.6 324.8 291.3 328.5 1.09 13 400 7583 -20.0 -44.5 9 24.4 -23.4 295 31 328.9 329.0 291.6 329.7 0.18 14 350 8559 -26.6 -48.8 11 22.1 -28.9 290 36 332.8 332.8 292.6 333.3 0.13 15 300 9651 -35.2 -56.1 10 20.9 -36.5 283 41 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.0 0.06 16 250 10900 -43.8 -59.3 17 15.4 -44.5 289 53 340.9 340.9 294.6 341.1 0.05 17 200 12363 -54.0 -70.2 12 16.2 -54.3 287 59 347.2 347.2 296.0 347.3 0.01 18 150 14162 -64.0 -77.9 13 13.9 -64.1 285 63 359.9 359.9 298.7 359.9 0.01 19 100 16601 -69.3 -85.2 8 15.9 -69.4 326 30 393.8 393.8 304.3 393.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5808.43 m Freezing level: 568.84 mb = 4884.70 m = 16025.73 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.18 mb = 4097.84 m = 13444.20 ft Precipitable water: 1.32 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 46.72 % Est. max temperature: 34.44 C = 94.00 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 825.72 mb = 1764.13 m = 5787.75 ft T: 20.11 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.04 C/km ThetaE index: 29.55 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 714.16 mb = 3003.51 m = 9853.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.73 g/kg Conv temperature: 41.36 C = 106.44 F Cap Strength: 4.67 C Lifted Index: -5.41 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.46 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.89 C Showalter Index: 0.98 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 46.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 29.55 C Cross Totals Index: 17.32 C K Index: 22.38 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 317.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -0.34 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1576.64 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 56.15 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 314.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.64 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 838.94 mb = 1627.36 m = 5339.05 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 603.94 mb = 4394.96 m = 14418.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 183.94 mb = 12886.07 m = 42276.62 ft B at Equ Level: 1557.42 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 244.8 at 15.0 knts Storm direction: 274.8 at 11.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.4 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 46.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 87.5 neg: -9.1 tot: 78.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 26.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.50 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.5 stream: 2.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.76 Bulk Rich Number: 44.70 Bulk Shear: 35.27 m/s