MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 12Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 35.13,-78.93 Latitude: 35.13 Longitude: -78.93 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1011 65 21.0 20.2 95 0.8 20.5 73 4 293.3 295.9 293.3 335.8 14.94 1 1000 160 20.1 20.1 100 -0.0 20.1 87 8 293.2 295.9 293.2 335.7 14.95 2 950 603 18.6 18.6 100 -0.0 18.6 146 8 296.0 298.6 293.6 337.3 14.33 3 900 1067 16.5 16.5 100 -0.0 16.5 156 10 298.5 300.9 293.6 336.9 13.22 4 850 1553 14.3 14.3 100 0.0 14.3 160 7 301.2 303.4 293.6 337.0 12.17 5 800 2064 11.9 11.8 99 0.1 11.8 163 9 303.8 305.8 293.4 336.3 10.91 6 750 2603 9.0 7.8 92 1.3 8.3 179 10 306.4 308.0 292.6 333.2 8.87 7 700 3172 6.1 4.6 90 1.5 5.2 202 9 309.2 310.7 292.4 332.6 7.63 8 650 3779 3.4 3.3 99 0.1 3.4 206 17 312.8 314.2 293.3 336.1 7.48 9 600 4425 0.4 -0.7 93 1.1 -0.2 202 20 316.5 317.7 293.3 335.8 6.07 10 550 5119 -3.8 -4.4 95 0.6 -4.1 208 22 319.6 320.6 293.3 335.9 5.02 11 500 5866 -7.9 -8.8 93 0.9 -8.3 224 21 323.4 324.1 293.4 336.4 3.93 12 450 6679 -12.5 -13.1 96 0.5 -12.8 236 19 327.5 328.1 293.8 338.0 3.10 13 400 7569 -17.9 -19.1 90 1.2 -18.3 215 17 331.7 332.1 294.1 339.1 2.10 14 350 8554 -25.0 -27.1 82 2.1 -25.4 189 20 335.1 335.4 294.2 339.4 1.19 15 300 9656 -33.7 -36.4 76 2.8 -34.0 201 19 337.9 338.1 294.3 340.1 0.57 16 250 10906 -44.5 -47.6 71 3.1 -44.6 208 29 340.0 340.0 294.5 340.8 0.21 17 200 12358 -55.7 -59.3 64 3.6 -55.8 230 19 344.6 344.6 295.5 344.9 0.06 18 150 14145 -63.5 -80.6 8 17.1 -63.6 275 20 360.8 360.8 298.8 360.8 0.00 19 100 16592 -70.2 -85.9 8 15.7 -70.2 281 15 392.2 392.2 304.1 392.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5705.84 m Freezing level: 595.50 mb = 4487.64 m = 14723.06 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.00 mb = 4384.95 m = 14386.13 ft Precipitable water: 2.13 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.11 % Est. max temperature: 28.36 C = 83.05 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 999.57 mb = 163.72 m = 537.14 ft T: 20.04 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.20 C/km ThetaE index: 4.37 C Layer 800.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 956.25 mb = 546.21 m = 1792.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.45 C = 74.22 F Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lifted Index: 0.25 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.42 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.55 C Showalter Index: 0.14 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.54 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.28 C Cross Totals Index: 22.27 C K Index: 35.14 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 208.34 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.23 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 41.94 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 9.16 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 2.73 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.24 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 960.13 mb = 511.27 m = 1677.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 825.13 mb = 1803.45 m = 5916.76 ft Equ Level (EL): 625.13 mb = 4094.16 m = 13432.11 ft B at Equ Level: 41.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 415.13 mb = 7288.57 m = 23912.34 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 195.4 at 13.9 knts Storm direction: 225.4 at 10.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 58.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 55.1 neg: -5.3 tot: 49.9 m^2/s^2 ave: 16.6 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 1.30 Bulk Shear: 32.28 m/s