MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F018.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2506061200F018.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 37.08,-101.78 Latitude: 37.08 Longitude: -101.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 68 1 950 512 2 900 985 SFC 893 1049 20.3 17.7 85 2.5 18.5 128 6 303.0 305.7 295.7 345.8 14.45 4 850 1481 21.3 16.0 72 5.3 17.7 172 25 308.5 311.0 296.5 349.6 13.58 5 800 2005 17.6 13.9 79 3.7 15.1 200 28 309.9 312.2 296.2 348.1 12.56 6 750 2553 14.2 12.5 90 1.7 13.1 222 36 312.0 314.3 296.5 349.6 12.25 7 700 3136 11.6 10.1 91 1.5 10.6 249 40 315.3 317.4 296.7 350.1 11.17 8 650 3752 7.6 1.0 63 6.6 3.9 271 39 317.6 318.8 293.8 337.8 6.36 9 600 4405 2.0 -5.4 58 7.4 -1.6 277 40 318.4 319.2 292.3 332.2 4.27 10 550 5100 -4.2 -12.3 53 8.1 -7.4 276 46 319.1 319.6 291.2 328.0 2.71 11 500 5842 -9.6 -32.5 14 22.9 -14.7 278 47 321.4 321.5 289.7 323.2 0.50 12 450 6646 -15.2 -44.2 6 29.0 -19.6 276 46 324.1 324.1 290.2 324.7 0.17 13 400 7525 -20.5 -54.2 3 33.7 -24.0 272 45 328.3 328.4 291.3 328.6 0.06 14 350 8497 -28.2 -53.7 7 25.4 -30.3 267 50 330.7 330.7 292.0 331.0 0.07 15 300 9584 -36.4 -60.0 7 23.6 -37.6 264 56 334.1 334.1 292.9 334.3 0.04 16 250 10821 -45.9 -64.4 11 18.5 -46.4 263 59 337.8 337.8 293.8 337.9 0.03 17 200 12276 -54.1 -71.0 11 16.8 -54.4 262 70 347.0 347.0 296.0 347.1 0.01 18 150 14090 -61.1 -80.3 6 19.2 -61.3 265 73 364.8 364.8 299.6 364.8 0.00 19 100 16566 -67.3 -86.6 5 19.3 -67.4 265 52 397.7 397.7 304.9 397.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5774.17 m Freezing level: 584.08 mb = 4626.32 m = 15178.04 ft Wetbulb zero: 614.37 mb = 4212.09 m = 13819.02 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 66.73 % Est. max temperature: 29.32 C = 84.78 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 860.98 mb = 1369.94 m = 4494.50 ft T: 21.05 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.81 C/km ThetaE index: 1.49 C Layer 800.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 740.82 mb = 2657.40 m = 8718.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.43 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.48 C = 85.07 F Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lifted Index: -6.02 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.41 C Showalter Index: -6.49 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 56.48 C Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Vertical Totals Index: 30.91 C Cross Totals Index: 25.58 C K Index: 45.44 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 584.10 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1852.44 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.87 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.63 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.25 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 791.59 mb = 2094.51 m = 6871.66 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 636.59 mb = 3922.27 m = 12868.18 ft Equ Level (EL): 196.59 mb = 12384.19 m = 40630.06 ft B at Equ Level: 1850.16 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 106.59 mb = 16176.62 m = 53072.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 261.0 at 38.5 knts Storm direction: 291.0 at 28.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 7.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 672.7 neg: 0.0 tot: 672.7 m^2/s^2 ave: 224.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.83 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 14.6 stream: 12.1 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 6.91 Bulk Rich Number: 7.48 Bulk Shear: 247.67 m/s