MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041200F008.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041200F008.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 8 hour NAM valid 20Z WED 4 JUN 25 Station: 46.08,-78.17 Latitude: 46.08 Longitude: -78.17 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 96 SFC 970 367 25.2 19.6 71 5.6 21.2 235 9 301.0 303.8 295.5 345.0 14.96 2 950 545 22.0 18.3 79 3.8 19.4 233 14 299.6 302.1 294.4 340.5 14.03 3 900 1012 17.7 15.8 89 1.9 16.4 225 25 299.7 302.0 293.4 336.6 12.61 4 850 1498 14.2 11.9 86 2.3 12.8 228 33 301.0 302.9 292.2 331.6 10.36 5 800 2010 12.0 10.6 91 1.4 11.1 224 41 303.9 305.8 292.8 334.0 10.07 6 750 2547 8.5 5.7 82 2.8 6.9 228 41 305.8 307.2 291.5 329.0 7.68 7 700 3115 5.3 -0.7 65 6.0 2.2 230 44 308.3 309.3 290.1 324.4 5.18 8 650 3718 2.8 -6.3 51 9.0 -1.4 231 55 312.1 312.8 289.9 323.8 3.69 9 600 4361 -0.2 -20.4 20 20.3 -6.8 231 60 315.9 316.2 288.8 320.2 1.25 10 550 5052 -4.2 -32.4 9 28.2 -10.9 229 62 319.2 319.2 289.0 320.8 0.46 11 500 5795 -9.4 -28.1 20 18.8 -14.1 227 63 321.6 321.8 290.0 324.3 0.75 12 450 6602 -13.9 -26.4 34 12.5 -17.1 225 62 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.2 0.98 13 400 7486 -20.0 -27.5 51 7.5 -21.7 225 60 329.1 329.3 292.4 332.7 1.00 14 350 8461 -27.2 -33.8 54 6.6 -28.3 224 53 332.0 332.1 292.9 334.3 0.63 15 300 9552 -35.2 -52.8 15 17.6 -36.4 218 60 335.8 335.8 293.3 336.2 0.10 16 250 10801 -43.2 -65.5 7 22.3 -43.9 211 65 341.9 341.9 294.8 342.0 0.02 17 200 12264 -55.2 -63.3 36 8.1 -55.4 201 67 345.4 345.4 295.6 345.5 0.04 18 150 14044 -65.1 -73.2 32 8.1 -65.2 214 59 357.9 357.9 298.3 358.0 0.01 19 100 16537 -62.1 -89.0 2 26.9 -62.3 226 21 407.7 407.7 306.2 407.7 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5698.92 m Freezing level: 602.55 mb = 4328.56 m = 14201.15 ft Wetbulb zero: 669.40 mb = 3478.63 m = 11412.68 ft Precipitable water: 1.34 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 55.75 % Est. max temperature: 26.96 C = 80.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 893.08 mb = 1077.39 m = 3534.71 ft T: 17.21 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.46 C/km ThetaE index: 13.79 C Layer 750.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 873.63 mb = 1264.83 m = 4149.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.09 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.63 C = 76.33 F Cap Strength: 0.31 C Lifted Index: -1.84 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.82 C Showalter Index: 1.12 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 44.84 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.57 C Cross Totals Index: 21.27 C K Index: 29.45 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 271.36 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.40 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 352.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 26.54 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 3.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 880.24 mb = 1200.65 m = 3939.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 865.24 mb = 1347.00 m = 4419.22 ft Equ Level (EL): 295.24 mb = 9661.70 m = 31698.11 ft B at Equ Level: 350.19 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 195.24 mb = 12412.59 m = 40723.23 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 228.5 at 47.5 knts Storm direction: 258.5 at 35.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 5.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 99.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 202.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 202.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 67.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: 6.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 2.61 Bulk Shear: 134.81 m/s