MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F033.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506041800F033.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 33 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 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 1008 65 22.0 21.7 98 0.3 21.8 224 2 294.5 297.4 294.7 341.4 16.39 1 1000 132 21.7 20.5 93 1.2 20.9 240 4 294.9 297.6 294.0 338.9 15.39 2 950 576 18.7 18.8 100 -0.0 18.8 267 9 296.2 298.8 293.8 338.0 14.50 3 900 1040 17.1 16.5 97 0.5 16.7 241 15 299.1 301.5 293.7 337.7 13.25 4 850 1527 15.1 13.8 92 1.2 14.3 237 17 301.9 304.1 293.5 336.7 11.77 5 800 2041 13.3 11.0 86 2.3 11.9 239 16 305.4 307.3 293.4 336.5 10.39 6 750 2582 10.3 8.1 86 2.2 9.0 244 16 307.8 309.5 293.2 335.3 9.09 7 700 3153 7.5 4.7 83 2.7 5.9 255 18 310.7 312.2 292.9 334.4 7.69 8 650 3761 4.0 2.9 93 1.1 3.3 249 16 313.4 314.8 293.3 336.1 7.25 9 600 4409 0.7 -1.5 85 2.2 -0.4 260 15 317.0 318.1 293.1 335.2 5.72 10 550 5102 -3.2 -7.7 71 4.5 -5.2 267 14 320.3 321.1 292.6 333.1 3.90 11 500 5851 -7.4 -16.4 49 8.9 -10.6 287 12 324.0 324.4 292.0 331.2 2.13 12 450 6663 -12.5 -25.0 35 12.5 -16.0 287 13 327.5 327.7 292.1 331.4 1.12 13 400 7551 -18.6 -29.1 39 10.4 -21.0 282 19 330.8 330.9 292.8 333.9 0.86 14 350 8532 -25.8 -36.1 38 10.2 -27.5 277 21 333.9 334.0 293.3 335.8 0.50 15 300 9631 -33.7 -43.4 37 9.6 -34.8 256 28 337.8 337.9 294.0 338.9 0.27 16 250 10882 -44.0 -47.5 68 3.5 -44.2 236 30 340.7 340.8 294.7 341.6 0.21 17 200 12338 -55.7 -59.1 66 3.4 -55.8 219 44 344.5 344.5 295.4 344.8 0.07 18 150 14131 -62.7 -77.2 13 14.4 -62.9 268 28 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.01 19 100 16607 -67.2 -84.0 8 16.7 -67.4 332 17 397.8 397.8 304.9 397.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.81 m Freezing level: 590.40 mb = 4541.78 m = 14900.69 ft Wetbulb zero: 605.99 mb = 4328.22 m = 14200.03 ft Precipitable water: 1.95 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 84.61 % Est. max temperature: 28.98 C = 84.16 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 1003.09 mb = 105.52 m = 346.20 ft T: 21.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.52 C/km ThetaE index: 6.95 C Layer 1000.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 953.32 mb = 545.88 m = 1790.94 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.59 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.63 C = 74.54 F Cap Strength: 0.89 C Lifted Index: 0.05 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 1.33 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.28 C Showalter Index: 0.75 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 43.74 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 22.48 C Cross Totals Index: 21.26 C K Index: 33.59 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 210.89 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.09 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.51 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.00 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.88 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 951.32 mb = 564.09 m = 1850.68 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 946.32 mb = 609.45 m = 1999.48 ft Equ Level (EL): 916.32 mb = 886.15 m = 2907.27 ft B at Equ Level: 15.06 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 796.32 mb = 2079.24 m = 6821.56 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 14.3 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 10.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 1.7 tot: 3.6 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 103.5 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 23.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 23.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 7.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.0 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 2.30 Bulk Shear: 9.21 m/s