MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040600F039.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506040600F039.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KCTZ ... Searching file for grids... Date: 39 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 5 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 1012 34 24.2 23.6 97 0.6 23.8 97 7 296.4 299.7 296.5 349.5 18.42 1 1000 134 23.0 23.1 100 -0.0 23.1 99 10 296.2 299.5 296.3 348.2 18.05 2 950 583 20.6 20.6 100 -0.0 20.6 124 15 298.0 301.0 295.6 345.2 16.26 3 900 1049 17.7 17.1 97 0.5 17.3 185 9 299.7 302.2 294.3 339.9 13.77 4 850 1538 15.7 13.5 87 2.1 14.3 226 13 302.5 304.7 293.5 336.7 11.53 5 800 2051 12.6 11.6 94 0.9 12.0 229 19 304.5 306.5 293.5 336.8 10.80 6 750 2591 10.1 7.1 82 2.9 8.3 234 19 307.5 309.1 292.6 333.3 8.48 7 700 3162 7.6 1.4 65 6.2 4.2 238 19 310.8 312.0 291.6 329.7 6.06 8 650 3769 3.4 -0.3 77 3.7 1.5 242 21 312.8 313.9 292.0 330.9 5.78 9 600 4416 1.1 -2.7 76 3.8 -0.9 250 21 317.4 318.4 292.8 334.1 5.22 10 550 5111 -3.4 -3.9 96 0.5 -3.7 259 23 320.0 321.0 293.5 336.8 5.20 11 500 5859 -7.3 -10.3 79 3.0 -8.5 264 23 324.2 324.9 293.3 335.9 3.50 12 450 6672 -12.3 -17.9 63 5.6 -14.2 260 22 327.7 328.1 293.0 334.9 2.08 13 400 7562 -18.2 -30.2 34 12.0 -20.9 247 19 331.3 331.4 292.8 334.1 0.77 14 350 8545 -25.1 -30.0 63 5.0 -26.1 244 18 335.0 335.2 293.9 338.3 0.90 15 300 9645 -33.5 -47.2 24 13.7 -34.8 239 27 338.1 338.1 294.0 338.8 0.18 16 250 10898 -43.3 -55.3 26 11.9 -43.9 218 37 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.0 0.08 17 200 12359 -55.2 -61.5 45 6.3 -55.4 207 41 345.3 345.3 295.6 345.5 0.05 18 150 14145 -63.2 -78.0 12 14.8 -63.3 259 27 361.3 361.3 299.0 361.3 0.01 19 100 16608 -68.3 -85.7 7 17.3 -68.4 314 20 395.7 395.7 304.6 395.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5725.19 m Freezing level: 588.10 mb = 4581.07 m = 15029.57 ft Wetbulb zero: 618.33 mb = 4172.58 m = 13689.40 ft Precipitable water: 2.05 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 85.53 % Est. max temperature: 29.71 C = 85.48 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.34 mb = 104.90 m = 344.16 ft T: 23.38 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.49 C/km ThetaE index: 12.85 C Layer 1000.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 959.38 mb = 496.64 m = 1629.37 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.54 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.52 C = 77.93 F Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lifted Index: -2.70 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.75 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.84 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.67 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.90 C Cross Totals Index: 20.77 C K Index: 30.26 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 211.25 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 998.82 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 44.70 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 960.34 mb = 487.86 m = 1600.56 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 955.34 mb = 533.51 m = 1750.35 ft Equ Level (EL): 195.34 mb = 12505.23 m = 41027.15 ft B at Equ Level: 986.66 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 125.34 mb = 15236.10 m = 49986.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 238.8 at 18.3 knts Storm direction: 268.8 at 13.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 4.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 4.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 98.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 131.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 131.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 44.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.65 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.2 stream: 4.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.80 Bulk Rich Number: 10.34 Bulk Shear: 96.62 m/s