MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F009.nam218 Searching the city database file for: KAMA ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: KAMA Latitude: 35.23 Longitude: -101.70 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 73 1 950 526 2 900 1007 SFC 893 1072 28.2 15.9 47 12.3 19.6 167 9 311.2 313.7 296.7 350.5 12.82 4 850 1508 22.0 14.3 62 7.7 16.7 168 9 309.1 311.4 295.7 346.0 12.12 5 800 2031 16.8 13.3 80 3.5 14.4 170 9 309.1 311.3 295.7 345.7 12.07 6 750 2578 13.9 7.1 63 6.9 9.7 241 7 311.7 313.3 293.8 337.8 8.46 7 700 3160 13.3 -4.0 30 17.3 4.4 257 27 317.2 318.0 291.8 330.4 4.07 8 650 3777 8.3 -7.4 32 15.7 0.8 249 35 318.3 319.0 291.5 329.3 3.36 9 600 4431 2.9 -9.1 41 11.9 -2.5 253 39 319.4 320.0 291.7 330.0 3.21 10 550 5127 -3.4 -9.9 61 6.4 -6.2 256 43 320.0 320.6 291.9 330.8 3.29 11 500 5872 -8.9 -25.3 25 16.4 -13.4 261 43 322.2 322.4 290.5 325.7 0.98 12 450 6679 -14.0 -33.6 17 19.6 -18.0 255 48 325.6 325.7 291.0 327.5 0.50 13 400 7562 -20.4 -36.6 22 16.2 -23.1 255 56 328.5 328.6 291.7 330.1 0.42 14 350 8534 -27.7 -43.3 21 15.6 -29.6 256 61 331.4 331.4 292.3 332.3 0.24 15 300 9624 -36.0 -51.3 19 15.2 -37.1 254 67 334.6 334.6 293.1 335.0 0.11 16 250 10866 -44.3 -61.2 14 16.9 -44.9 256 78 340.2 340.2 294.4 340.3 0.04 17 200 12327 -54.2 -69.5 14 15.3 -54.5 259 83 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.0 0.02 18 150 14135 -61.9 -81.1 6 19.2 -62.0 262 72 363.5 363.5 299.4 363.5 0.00 19 100 16608 -68.0 -89.3 3 21.3 -68.1 257 23 396.3 396.3 304.7 396.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5799.63 m Freezing level: 577.33 mb = 4746.89 m = 15573.58 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.42 mb = 3936.74 m = 12915.64 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 49.25 % Est. max temperature: 29.35 C = 84.83 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 746.51 mb = 2616.89 m = 8585.48 ft T: 13.90 C 700-500 lapse rate: 8.17 C/km ThetaE index: 21.19 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 675.78 mb = 3453.13 m = 11329.01 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.23 g/kg Conv temperature: 34.53 C = 94.15 F Cap Strength: 3.61 C Lifted Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 3.61 C Showalter Index: -4.42 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.82 C Cross Totals Index: 23.13 C K Index: 27.82 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 331.51 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.90 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1350.03 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 51.96 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 138.42 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.41 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 756.12 mb = 2508.73 m = 8230.64 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 611.12 mb = 4281.21 m = 14045.79 ft Equ Level (EL): 201.12 mb = 12290.66 m = 40323.19 ft B at Equ Level: 1343.52 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 121.12 mb = 15439.54 m = 50654.03 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.9 at 31.2 knts Storm direction: 281.9 at 23.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.3 neg: 2.3 tot: 6.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 102.8 neg: -10.1 tot: 92.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.56 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 4.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.58 Bulk Rich Number: 10.25 Bulk Shear: 131.66 m/s