MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040000F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040000F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 18Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 34.03,-80.71 Latitude: 34.03 Longitude: -80.71 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1012 74 26.8 21.7 74 5.1 23.2 88 8 298.9 301.9 295.9 346.8 16.41 1 1000 179 25.3 21.1 78 4.2 22.3 89 9 298.4 301.3 295.4 344.7 15.92 2 950 628 20.8 20.2 96 0.6 20.4 89 11 298.3 301.2 295.4 344.4 15.86 3 900 1093 17.0 16.7 98 0.2 16.8 106 17 299.0 301.5 293.9 338.2 13.45 4 850 1580 14.4 12.3 87 2.1 13.1 112 17 301.3 303.2 292.4 332.7 10.66 5 800 2091 12.9 5.8 62 7.0 8.8 108 9 304.9 306.2 290.8 326.8 7.26 6 750 2632 10.4 5.7 73 4.6 7.6 121 7 307.8 309.3 292.1 331.3 7.70 7 700 3203 7.1 -3.4 47 10.5 2.0 125 12 310.4 311.2 289.9 323.8 4.26 8 650 3808 3.1 -12.0 32 15.1 -3.0 117 12 312.4 312.9 288.8 320.0 2.34 9 600 4450 -0.8 -23.5 16 22.7 -7.7 113 22 315.2 315.4 288.2 318.5 0.96 10 550 5139 -4.2 -23.6 20 19.4 -9.9 96 27 319.2 319.4 289.6 322.7 1.04 11 500 5885 -8.4 -16.7 51 8.3 -11.3 99 26 322.7 323.1 291.6 329.8 2.07 12 450 6693 -13.1 -16.5 76 3.4 -14.3 107 14 326.7 327.2 293.0 334.7 2.34 13 400 7583 -18.0 -19.6 87 1.6 -18.5 139 25 331.6 332.0 294.0 338.7 2.02 14 350 8568 -24.5 -26.3 85 1.9 -24.9 167 30 335.7 336.0 294.4 340.4 1.27 15 300 9671 -33.1 -35.7 77 2.6 -33.5 178 31 338.7 338.8 294.6 341.0 0.61 16 250 10924 -44.2 -47.3 71 3.1 -44.4 189 38 340.4 340.4 294.6 341.2 0.21 17 200 12377 -56.1 -63.5 39 7.4 -56.3 206 47 343.9 343.9 295.3 344.1 0.04 18 150 14173 -63.0 -79.6 9 16.6 -63.2 243 18 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.00 19 100 16624 -69.2 -85.7 7 16.5 -69.2 294 10 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.52 m Freezing level: 610.59 mb = 4314.06 m = 14153.56 ft Wetbulb zero: 680.39 mb = 3434.68 m = 11268.49 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.08 % Est. max temperature: 28.59 C = 83.47 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 940.21 mb = 716.86 m = 2351.88 ft T: 20.07 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.81 C/km ThetaE index: 19.98 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 934.18 mb = 772.27 m = 2533.66 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.55 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.40 C = 79.53 F Cap Strength: 0.03 C Lifted Index: -3.20 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.26 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.67 C Showalter Index: 1.52 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 43.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.88 C Cross Totals Index: 20.79 C K Index: 24.71 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.13 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 801.96 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 40.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.71 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 935.15 mb = 763.35 m = 2504.40 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 930.15 mb = 809.55 m = 2655.98 ft Equ Level (EL): 200.15 mb = 12371.93 m = 40589.83 ft B at Equ Level: 792.25 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.15 mb = 14583.33 m = 47844.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 106.1 at 16.3 knts Storm direction: 136.1 at 12.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 1.3 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 21.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 31.4 neg: -16.1 tot: 15.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 5.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.16 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 0.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.14 Bulk Rich Number: 110.21 Bulk Shear: 7.28 m/s