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: 38.05,-83.81 Latitude: 38.05 Longitude: -83.81 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 123 SFC 985 258 25.5 22.5 83 3.0 23.3 59 4 300.0 303.2 297.0 351.7 17.67 2 950 573 23.5 20.5 84 2.9 21.4 60 5 301.0 304.0 296.4 348.7 16.22 3 900 1044 20.2 18.0 88 2.1 18.7 281 5 302.3 305.0 295.6 345.5 14.62 4 850 1535 16.0 15.4 97 0.5 15.6 271 6 302.9 305.3 294.7 341.6 13.10 5 800 2048 13.6 6.6 62 7.0 9.5 267 6 305.7 307.1 291.4 328.8 7.65 6 750 2589 10.7 -2.0 41 12.7 4.2 285 9 308.2 309.0 289.3 321.8 4.39 7 700 3160 7.2 0.6 63 6.6 3.7 293 16 310.5 311.6 291.2 328.2 5.71 8 650 3767 4.4 0.3 75 4.1 2.2 293 19 313.9 315.1 292.4 332.8 6.01 9 600 4415 0.7 -3.7 72 4.4 -1.4 292 24 316.9 317.9 292.4 332.5 4.87 10 550 5109 -3.7 -10.5 59 6.8 -6.5 289 20 319.7 320.4 291.7 330.0 3.13 11 500 5854 -8.3 -15.3 57 7.0 -10.9 297 14 322.9 323.4 291.9 330.8 2.33 12 450 6662 -14.3 -17.6 76 3.3 -15.4 276 19 325.2 325.7 292.4 332.5 2.13 13 400 7545 -20.0 -25.8 60 5.8 -21.4 263 20 329.0 329.2 292.6 333.2 1.17 14 350 8523 -26.4 -29.4 75 3.1 -27.0 276 19 333.2 333.4 293.5 336.7 0.95 15 300 9618 -34.8 -37.8 74 3.0 -35.2 291 18 336.3 336.4 293.9 338.2 0.49 16 250 10863 -45.4 -48.8 69 3.4 -45.6 255 23 338.6 338.6 294.1 339.3 0.18 17 200 12308 -57.4 -62.3 53 4.9 -57.5 262 37 341.8 341.8 294.8 342.0 0.04 18 150 14109 -58.9 -80.0 5 21.1 -59.1 287 36 368.6 368.6 300.3 368.7 0.00 19 100 16589 -66.7 -86.1 5 19.4 -66.9 287 40 398.8 398.8 305.0 398.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5731.44 m Freezing level: 591.85 mb = 4527.93 m = 14855.23 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.05 mb = 4148.91 m = 13611.74 ft Precipitable water: 1.71 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 69.14 % Est. max temperature: 29.22 C = 84.59 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 942.90 mb = 638.41 m = 2094.50 ft T: 23.01 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.76 C/km ThetaE index: 29.90 C Layer 950.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 885.84 mb = 1180.17 m = 3871.91 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.77 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.97 C = 82.35 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: -4.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.22 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.76 C Showalter Index: -2.16 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 47.98 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.24 C Cross Totals Index: 23.74 C K Index: 33.05 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.71 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.20 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1835.32 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.59 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 7.02 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 899.96 mb = 1044.30 m = 3426.13 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 874.96 mb = 1286.32 m = 4220.15 ft Equ Level (EL): 184.96 mb = 12797.53 m = 41986.14 ft B at Equ Level: 1821.92 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 114.96 mb = 15736.21 m = 51627.36 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 290.8 at 13.5 knts Storm direction: 320.8 at 10.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.6 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 139.8 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 29.6 neg: -4.7 tot: 24.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.59 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.4 stream: 2.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 53.58 Bulk Shear: 34.25 m/s