MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041200F060.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041200F060.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 0Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.06,-79.84 Latitude: 36.06 Longitude: -79.84 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 95 SFC 982 258 23.7 22.8 95 0.9 23.1 105 3 298.5 301.8 296.9 351.2 18.12 2 950 543 24.3 20.5 79 3.9 21.6 189 9 301.9 304.8 296.5 349.5 16.15 3 900 1017 21.9 17.3 75 4.6 18.7 219 20 304.1 306.6 295.6 345.5 13.92 4 850 1510 17.9 14.3 79 3.6 15.5 233 20 304.9 307.1 294.6 341.1 12.12 5 800 2027 14.2 11.5 84 2.7 12.5 266 24 306.3 308.3 294.0 338.6 10.74 6 750 2570 11.3 4.8 64 6.5 7.5 286 27 308.8 310.2 292.0 331.0 7.22 7 700 3143 8.0 -0.3 56 8.3 3.7 295 34 311.4 312.4 291.2 328.2 5.36 8 650 3750 3.7 -1.8 68 5.4 0.9 290 31 313.1 314.1 291.5 329.4 5.17 9 600 4395 -0.4 -7.6 59 7.1 -3.6 287 32 315.6 316.3 290.9 327.3 3.61 10 550 5086 -3.9 -16.1 38 12.2 -8.4 288 32 319.4 319.8 290.6 326.0 1.97 11 500 5831 -7.9 -25.0 24 17.2 -12.7 288 35 323.5 323.7 290.9 327.0 1.00 12 450 6642 -13.5 -30.7 22 17.1 -17.4 290 42 326.2 326.3 291.3 328.6 0.66 13 400 7526 -19.4 -27.3 50 7.8 -21.2 276 34 329.7 330.0 292.6 333.4 1.02 14 350 8506 -25.4 -36.4 35 11.1 -27.2 282 31 334.5 334.6 293.4 336.4 0.48 15 300 9606 -33.7 -47.1 25 13.4 -34.9 289 41 337.9 338.0 294.0 338.7 0.18 16 250 10858 -43.9 -53.4 34 9.6 -44.3 288 57 340.8 340.9 294.6 341.3 0.11 17 200 12315 -55.5 -59.8 59 4.2 -55.6 306 61 344.8 344.8 295.5 345.1 0.06 18 150 14108 -62.9 -72.3 27 9.4 -63.0 271 43 361.8 361.8 299.1 361.9 0.01 19 100 16580 -68.2 -86.4 6 18.2 -68.3 282 37 396.0 396.0 304.6 396.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5735.99 m Freezing level: 605.23 mb = 4327.10 m = 14196.34 ft Wetbulb zero: 640.30 mb = 3870.77 m = 12699.21 ft Precipitable water: 1.63 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 62.37 % Est. max temperature: 30.62 C = 87.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 969.27 mb = 367.91 m = 1207.04 ft T: 23.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.92 C/km ThetaE index: 23.07 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 850.98 mb = 1500.56 m = 4923.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.39 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.10 C = 86.18 F Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lifted Index: -4.13 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.96 C Showalter Index: -1.49 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 47.88 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 25.75 C Cross Totals Index: 22.13 C K Index: 31.71 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 372.47 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.77 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1523.58 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.20 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.81 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.93 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 882.32 mb = 1188.12 m = 3898.00 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 827.32 mb = 1740.66 m = 5710.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 187.32 mb = 12723.35 m = 41742.78 ft B at Equ Level: 1513.36 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 107.32 mb = 16149.40 m = 52982.94 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 279.6 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 309.6 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 145.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 293.5 neg: -2.4 tot: 291.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 97.0 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.84 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.3 stream: 8.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.40 Bulk Rich Number: 13.61 Bulk Shear: 111.98 m/s