MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F006.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F006.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 6 hour NAM valid 18Z TUE 3 JUN 25 Station: 34.52,-100.18 Latitude: 34.52 Longitude: -100.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 25 1 950 484 SFC 946 527 34.3 18.0 38 16.3 22.6 232 13 312.4 315.0 297.7 355.0 13.85 3 900 968 27.7 16.3 50 11.3 19.7 235 16 310.0 312.5 296.6 349.8 13.07 4 850 1470 22.7 15.1 62 7.6 17.5 238 17 309.9 312.3 296.4 348.9 12.80 5 800 1994 17.5 14.0 80 3.5 15.1 241 19 309.8 312.2 296.3 348.3 12.63 6 750 2542 12.4 12.3 99 0.1 12.3 245 21 310.1 312.3 296.0 346.9 12.07 7 700 3117 7.9 6.6 91 1.3 7.1 228 27 311.3 312.9 293.9 338.3 8.78 8 650 3725 3.8 0.4 79 3.4 2.0 211 30 313.2 314.4 292.3 332.2 6.07 9 600 4369 -0.8 -9.3 53 8.4 -4.4 232 27 315.1 315.7 290.4 325.4 3.16 10 550 5060 -3.1 -18.7 29 15.6 -8.5 236 22 320.4 320.7 290.5 325.8 1.59 11 500 5808 -7.5 -18.9 40 11.3 -11.3 244 32 323.8 324.2 291.6 329.7 1.72 12 450 6620 -12.9 -21.9 47 9.0 -15.6 257 36 327.1 327.4 292.3 332.2 1.47 13 400 7507 -18.8 -28.1 44 9.3 -21.0 266 37 330.6 330.8 292.8 334.0 0.95 14 350 8488 -25.9 -39.0 28 13.1 -27.8 270 41 333.9 334.0 293.2 335.3 0.37 15 300 9586 -33.6 -53.5 12 19.9 -35.1 275 45 338.0 338.0 293.9 338.4 0.09 16 250 10843 -42.1 -65.8 6 23.7 -42.9 278 55 343.5 343.6 295.2 343.6 0.02 17 200 12317 -52.4 -73.0 7 20.6 -52.7 282 52 349.8 349.8 296.6 349.9 0.01 18 150 14137 -61.6 -79.8 7 18.3 -61.7 268 41 364.0 364.0 299.5 364.1 0.00 19 100 16611 -67.0 -87.5 4 20.4 -67.2 284 26 398.2 398.2 304.9 398.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5782.84 m Freezing level: 609.21 mb = 4250.84 m = 13946.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 634.71 mb = 3916.82 m = 12850.32 ft Precipitable water: 1.59 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 63.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.76 C = 89.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 747.54 mb = 2569.52 m = 8430.08 ft T: 12.20 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.75 C/km ThetaE index: 29.68 C Layer 900.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.06 mb = 2384.45 m = 7822.92 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.16 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.91 C = 89.44 F Cap Strength: -0.45 C Lifted Index: -4.87 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.62 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: -4.17 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 52.86 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 30.21 C Cross Totals Index: 22.65 C K Index: 43.99 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 362.58 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.78 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1713.74 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.97 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 758.93 mb = 2441.63 m = 8010.49 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 753.93 mb = 2497.75 m = 8194.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 193.93 mb = 12512.08 m = 41049.63 ft B at Equ Level: 1703.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 24.5 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 18.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.5 neg: 2.5 tot: 4.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 49.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 21.3 neg: -18.1 tot: 3.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 1.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.23 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.2 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.21 Bulk Rich Number: 126.24 Bulk Shear: 13.58 m/s