MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506031200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 36.73,-90.32 Latitude: 36.73 Longitude: -90.32 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1001 97 26.1 24.9 93 1.2 25.3 64 3 299.1 302.8 298.4 358.3 20.23 1 1000 109 26.0 24.8 93 1.2 25.1 58 3 299.1 302.8 298.2 357.8 20.07 2 950 561 23.9 21.8 88 2.1 22.3 191 18 301.4 304.6 297.3 353.0 17.51 3 900 1033 20.9 19.5 92 1.4 19.9 207 22 303.0 306.0 296.8 350.7 16.08 4 850 1526 17.0 16.2 95 0.8 16.5 223 27 304.0 306.5 295.5 345.0 13.77 5 800 2042 15.2 7.2 59 7.9 10.4 233 22 307.3 308.8 292.2 331.7 8.01 6 750 2587 12.7 4.6 58 8.1 8.0 249 23 310.4 311.7 292.3 332.3 7.11 7 700 3164 9.6 6.1 79 3.5 7.5 264 21 313.1 314.7 294.1 339.3 8.44 8 650 3776 5.7 -1.0 62 6.7 2.2 278 19 315.4 316.5 292.5 332.8 5.49 9 600 4424 0.4 -2.5 81 2.8 -1.1 272 24 316.5 317.6 292.7 333.5 5.33 10 550 5116 -3.2 -6.5 78 3.3 -4.8 265 27 320.3 321.1 292.9 334.2 4.26 11 500 5865 -7.3 -20.6 34 13.2 -11.6 266 35 324.1 324.4 291.5 329.3 1.49 12 450 6678 -12.6 -28.5 25 15.9 -16.6 271 39 327.4 327.6 291.8 330.3 0.81 13 400 7566 -19.0 -29.0 41 9.9 -21.3 268 36 330.2 330.4 292.6 333.4 0.87 14 350 8543 -26.8 -40.2 27 13.3 -28.6 279 40 332.6 332.6 292.7 333.8 0.33 15 300 9638 -33.9 -48.8 21 14.9 -35.1 288 54 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.2 0.15 16 250 10892 -43.5 -49.6 51 6.1 -43.9 285 64 341.4 341.4 294.8 342.1 0.16 17 200 12350 -55.3 -59.4 60 4.1 -55.4 299 50 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.06 18 150 14145 -63.2 -74.3 21 11.1 -63.3 285 38 361.2 361.2 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16616 -67.7 -86.0 6 18.3 -67.8 283 37 397.0 397.0 304.8 397.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5756.56 m Freezing level: 594.81 mb = 4495.91 m = 14750.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 616.66 mb = 4202.36 m = 13787.09 ft Precipitable water: 1.98 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 73.87 % Est. max temperature: 30.93 C = 87.67 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 985.08 mb = 241.51 m = 792.35 ft T: 25.34 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.25 C/km ThetaE index: 26.63 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 906.64 mb = 969.08 m = 3179.36 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.82 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.78 C = 85.61 F Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lifted Index: -5.69 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.06 C Showalter Index: -2.50 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.87 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.34 C Cross Totals Index: 23.53 C K Index: 37.05 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 393.86 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.09 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2479.62 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 70.42 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 8.76 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 928.08 mb = 765.08 m = 2510.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 893.08 mb = 1099.80 m = 3608.21 ft Equ Level (EL): 163.08 mb = 13623.37 m = 44695.54 ft B at Equ Level: 2448.26 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 251.6 at 23.3 knts Storm direction: 281.6 at 17.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 115.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 281.7 neg: -0.5 tot: 281.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 93.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.74 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 7.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 4.06 Bulk Rich Number: 40.15 Bulk Shear: 61.76 m/s