MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F012.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F012.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 12 hour NAM valid 0Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 41.51,-90.36 Latitude: 41.51 Longitude: -90.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 27 SFC 982 185 25.5 21.7 80 3.8 22.8 154 14 300.2 303.3 296.5 349.6 16.88 2 950 476 23.0 20.8 88 2.2 21.4 163 27 300.5 303.5 296.4 348.8 16.47 3 900 945 18.9 18.9 100 -0.0 18.9 175 36 300.9 303.8 295.8 346.2 15.42 4 850 1437 17.8 15.6 87 2.2 16.3 198 38 304.8 307.2 295.3 344.1 13.19 5 800 1955 15.6 11.0 74 4.6 12.6 212 42 307.7 309.7 294.1 339.1 10.36 6 750 2500 12.4 6.0 65 6.4 8.6 218 50 310.0 311.5 292.9 334.2 7.85 7 700 3076 8.5 3.2 69 5.3 5.5 217 51 311.9 313.2 292.6 333.4 6.90 8 650 3684 4.7 -1.0 66 5.7 1.7 214 50 314.3 315.3 292.2 331.6 5.47 9 600 4332 1.2 -7.2 53 8.4 -2.6 214 53 317.6 318.3 291.6 329.6 3.72 10 550 5028 -2.9 -9.4 61 6.5 -5.7 218 56 320.7 321.4 292.2 331.9 3.42 11 500 5776 -7.8 -13.5 64 5.6 -10.0 223 57 323.5 324.0 292.4 332.6 2.70 12 450 6588 -12.4 -22.7 42 10.3 -15.4 225 56 327.7 328.0 292.4 332.5 1.37 13 400 7479 -17.5 -39.5 13 22.0 -21.2 224 57 332.3 332.3 292.6 333.4 0.31 14 350 8464 -23.9 -45.0 13 21.0 -26.6 221 65 336.5 336.5 293.6 337.3 0.20 15 300 9572 -32.1 -36.1 68 4.0 -32.7 219 67 340.1 340.2 294.9 342.3 0.58 16 250 10830 -42.3 -45.5 71 3.2 -42.6 234 67 343.1 343.2 295.3 344.1 0.26 17 200 12298 -54.1 -58.0 62 3.9 -54.2 243 75 347.1 347.1 296.1 347.5 0.08 18 150 14085 -66.2 -73.9 34 7.6 -66.3 245 72 356.0 356.0 297.9 356.0 0.01 19 100 16547 -64.5 -86.7 3 22.2 -64.7 249 38 403.2 403.2 305.6 403.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5748.90 m Freezing level: 584.89 mb = 4542.61 m = 14903.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 630.18 mb = 3934.95 m = 12909.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.79 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 71.02 % Est. max temperature: 31.08 C = 87.94 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 929.61 mb = 664.44 m = 2179.89 ft T: 21.30 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.06 C/km ThetaE index: 20.02 C Layer 950.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 909.38 mb = 855.51 m = 2806.76 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.00 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.16 C = 79.08 F Cap Strength: 0.59 C Lifted Index: -4.11 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.55 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.46 C Showalter Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.00 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.61 C Cross Totals Index: 23.40 C K Index: 35.85 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 396.62 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.32 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 968.63 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.57 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.93 mb = 840.68 m = 2758.10 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.93 mb = 888.47 m = 2914.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 875.93 mb = 1178.81 m = 3867.44 ft B at Equ Level: 6.87 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 825.93 mb = 1682.64 m = 5520.40 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 211.5 at 47.2 knts Storm direction: 241.5 at 35.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 7.9 neg: 0.3 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 94.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 434.3 neg: -4.3 tot: 429.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 143.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.82 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.5 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.44 Bulk Rich Number: 5.56 Bulk Shear: 174.25 m/s