MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F016.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F016.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 16 hour NAM valid 22Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 37.31,-102.16 Latitude: 37.31 Longitude: -102.16 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 46 1 950 490 2 900 967 SFC 881 1157 22.4 17.3 73 5.1 18.9 99 8 306.5 309.2 296.5 349.4 14.27 4 850 1465 20.2 15.9 77 4.2 17.2 139 14 307.3 309.8 296.2 348.0 13.53 5 800 1985 15.3 14.4 95 0.8 14.7 161 16 307.4 309.9 295.9 346.8 13.04 6 750 2530 12.9 10.6 86 2.3 11.4 193 18 310.5 312.6 295.1 343.4 10.75 7 700 3106 8.6 3.7 71 4.9 5.8 222 24 312.0 313.3 292.8 334.1 7.13 8 650 3714 3.9 2.6 92 1.2 3.2 226 27 313.4 314.7 293.2 335.6 7.14 9 600 4361 0.5 -0.4 93 1.0 0.0 245 37 316.7 317.9 293.4 336.4 6.19 10 550 5057 -2.3 -4.8 83 2.5 -3.5 256 46 321.4 322.4 293.7 337.3 4.89 11 500 5807 -7.9 -13.7 63 5.8 -10.2 256 59 323.4 323.9 292.3 332.3 2.65 12 450 6616 -13.9 -26.9 32 13.0 -17.2 256 64 325.7 325.9 291.5 329.1 0.94 13 400 7499 -20.1 -43.5 10 23.4 -23.4 256 67 328.9 328.9 291.6 329.7 0.20 14 350 8474 -27.3 -44.1 19 16.8 -29.3 258 66 332.0 332.0 292.4 332.8 0.22 15 300 9565 -35.4 -43.7 42 8.3 -36.2 263 63 335.5 335.6 293.4 336.6 0.27 16 250 10810 -44.5 -49.0 61 4.5 -44.7 270 58 339.9 340.0 294.5 340.7 0.18 17 200 12266 -55.4 -59.9 57 4.5 -55.5 269 60 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.06 18 150 14062 -62.3 -77.9 11 15.6 -62.4 255 83 362.8 362.8 299.2 362.8 0.01 19 100 16571 -62.4 -88.2 2 25.8 -62.6 262 33 407.1 407.1 306.2 407.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5761.13 m Freezing level: 590.49 mb = 4493.34 m = 14741.76 ft Wetbulb zero: 599.72 mb = 4364.63 m = 14319.49 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 83.30 % Est. max temperature: 26.83 C = 80.29 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 816.77 mb = 1806.62 m = 5927.15 ft T: 16.95 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.10 C/km ThetaE index: 15.32 C Layer 850.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 781.64 mb = 2180.92 m = 7155.15 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.32 g/kg Conv temperature: 24.39 C = 75.90 F Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lifted Index: -4.08 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -5.64 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.37 C Showalter Index: -4.25 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.94 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 28.08 C Cross Totals Index: 23.86 C K Index: 39.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.36 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -3.13 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1553.34 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 55.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 6.66 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.37 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 795.07 mb = 2036.84 m = 6682.48 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 730.07 mb = 2755.01 m = 9038.63 ft Equ Level (EL): 190.07 mb = 12583.70 m = 41284.59 ft B at Equ Level: 1544.75 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 120.07 mb = 15439.14 m = 50652.73 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 243.5 at 37.7 knts Storm direction: 273.5 at 28.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 88.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 353.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 353.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 117.9 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.86 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 8.8 stream: 7.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 2.73 Bulk Rich Number: 6.19 Bulk Shear: 250.87 m/s