MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040600F000.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040600F000.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCTZ ... Searching file for grids... Date: NAM analysis for 0600Z 4 JUN 25 Station: KCTZ Latitude: 34.98 Longitude: -78.36 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1019 36 17.2 16.5 96 0.7 16.8 103 2 288.8 290.8 289.2 321.4 11.65 1 1000 197 20.4 16.2 77 4.1 17.7 149 13 293.5 295.6 290.8 326.7 11.66 2 950 640 18.9 16.3 85 2.6 17.1 167 13 296.3 298.5 292.2 331.9 12.35 3 900 1103 16.8 13.4 80 3.4 14.6 167 4 298.9 300.8 291.8 330.4 10.81 4 850 1588 14.1 7.6 65 6.5 10.2 155 7 300.9 302.3 289.9 323.7 7.71 5 800 2099 13.9 -7.6 22 21.4 4.2 151 11 305.9 306.4 286.9 314.4 2.70 6 750 2640 11.7 -15.7 13 27.4 1.1 146 12 309.3 309.6 286.8 314.2 1.50 7 700 3213 9.1 -38.1 2 47.1 -2.6 138 12 312.5 312.5 286.5 313.3 0.20 8 650 3821 5.6 -40.4 2 45.9 -4.9 137 13 315.2 315.3 287.4 315.9 0.17 9 600 4469 1.5 -43.1 2 44.6 -7.7 134 11 317.9 317.9 288.2 318.4 0.14 10 550 5163 -2.4 -33.7 7 31.2 -10.0 127 6 321.2 321.3 289.6 322.7 0.40 11 500 5912 -7.4 -37.5 7 30.0 -13.7 123 7 324.0 324.0 290.3 325.1 0.30 12 450 6721 -13.4 -43.5 6 30.1 -18.3 115 15 326.3 326.4 290.9 327.0 0.18 13 400 7606 -20.2 -52.2 4 32.0 -23.8 119 17 328.7 328.7 291.4 329.0 0.08 14 350 8577 -28.2 -56.5 5 28.2 -30.4 98 16 330.7 330.7 291.9 330.9 0.05 15 300 9663 -36.6 -44.7 43 8.1 -37.4 128 12 333.7 333.8 293.0 334.7 0.24 16 250 10904 -45.6 -48.8 70 3.2 -45.7 240 9 338.3 338.3 294.1 339.0 0.18 17 200 12349 -55.0 -68.0 18 13.0 -55.2 233 5 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.02 18 150 14149 -63.0 -78.4 11 15.4 -63.2 269 17 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16608 -68.5 -85.8 7 17.3 -68.5 310 3 395.5 395.5 304.6 395.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5715.29 m Freezing level: 580.66 mb = 4737.62 m = 15543.19 ft Wetbulb zero: 734.65 mb = 2811.89 m = 9225.24 ft Precipitable water: 0.94 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 28.17 % Est. max temperature: 28.56 C = 83.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1008.63 mb = 123.02 m = 403.62 ft T: 18.91 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.11 C/km ThetaE index: 18.68 C Layer 900.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 764.45 mb = 2480.34 m = 8137.51 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.90 g/kg Conv temperature: 36.83 C = 98.30 F Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lifted Index: 4.25 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.24 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 5.05 C Showalter Index: 6.94 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 36.53 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.50 C Cross Totals Index: 15.03 C K Index: -18.04 Risk: None Sweat Index: 111.11 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.48 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.92 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.47 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5913.36 J/kg Cap Strength: 5.05 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 925.78 mb = 861.23 m = 2825.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 142.8 at 9.8 knts Storm direction: 172.8 at 7.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 0.8 neg: 1.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 95.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 28.6 neg: -3.6 tot: 25.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 8.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.1 stream: 2.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 26.05 Bulk Shear: 0.80 m/s