MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041200F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041200F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 14Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.30,-81.42 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -81.42 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 118 SFC 971 377 22.4 20.2 87 2.2 20.9 243 6 298.1 300.9 295.1 343.2 15.52 2 950 562 19.9 18.9 94 0.9 19.2 251 11 297.3 300.0 294.3 339.7 14.63 3 900 1028 18.1 15.5 85 2.6 16.4 255 21 300.2 302.4 293.4 336.4 12.37 4 850 1516 15.4 13.9 90 1.6 14.4 247 17 302.3 304.5 293.6 337.2 11.80 5 800 2028 11.7 9.5 87 2.2 10.3 228 15 303.6 305.3 292.2 331.6 9.37 6 750 2565 8.8 8.1 95 0.7 8.3 241 18 306.1 307.8 292.6 333.4 9.05 7 700 3134 5.7 4.3 90 1.5 4.9 251 21 308.8 310.2 292.2 331.7 7.45 8 650 3737 2.2 -1.1 78 3.4 0.5 247 21 311.5 312.5 291.3 328.4 5.42 9 600 4380 -1.4 -4.5 79 3.1 -2.9 261 21 314.5 315.4 291.5 329.0 4.57 10 550 5069 -4.9 -10.5 65 5.6 -7.2 262 20 318.2 318.8 291.3 328.5 3.12 11 500 5811 -9.4 -15.1 63 5.7 -11.5 275 26 321.5 322.0 291.6 329.5 2.36 12 450 6618 -14.3 -18.3 71 4.0 -15.6 266 25 325.3 325.7 292.3 332.2 2.01 13 400 7501 -20.1 -24.0 71 3.9 -21.1 243 22 328.9 329.1 292.7 333.7 1.37 14 350 8476 -27.6 -30.4 77 2.7 -28.2 251 26 331.5 331.6 293.0 334.7 0.87 15 300 9566 -36.2 -39.0 75 2.8 -36.5 258 31 334.4 334.5 293.3 336.1 0.44 16 250 10804 -45.7 -54.9 35 9.1 -46.2 259 35 338.0 338.1 293.9 338.4 0.09 17 200 12256 -55.0 -71.0 12 16.1 -55.2 270 48 345.7 345.8 295.7 345.8 0.01 18 150 14069 -60.2 -77.8 8 17.5 -60.4 273 36 366.3 366.3 299.9 366.3 0.01 19 100 16556 -66.2 -86.8 4 20.6 -66.4 266 44 399.8 399.8 305.2 399.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5693.67 m Freezing level: 619.14 mb = 4133.56 m = 13561.38 ft Wetbulb zero: 642.69 mb = 3827.88 m = 12558.50 ft Precipitable water: 1.66 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.92 % Est. max temperature: 27.34 C = 81.21 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 939.62 mb = 656.69 m = 2154.47 ft T: 19.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.67 C/km ThetaE index: 6.75 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 861.13 mb = 1404.84 m = 4609.00 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.42 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.10 C = 78.99 F Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lifted Index: -1.94 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -1.07 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.43 C Showalter Index: -1.48 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 48.13 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.84 C Cross Totals Index: 23.28 C K Index: 37.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 309.89 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -1.60 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 492.84 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 31.40 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 18.51 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.17 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 894.74 mb = 1077.77 m = 3535.96 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 819.74 mb = 1821.94 m = 5977.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 259.74 mb = 10544.64 m = 34594.87 ft B at Equ Level: 491.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 169.74 mb = 13289.60 m = 43600.52 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 255.4 at 19.7 knts Storm direction: 285.4 at 14.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 1.0 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 58.5 neg: -24.1 tot: 34.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 11.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.40 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.6 stream: 2.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.12 Bulk Rich Number: 65.92 Bulk Shear: 7.48 m/s