MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 23Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: 42.20,-72.40 Latitude: 42.20 Longitude: -72.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 106 SFC 999 118 25.8 23.7 88 2.1 24.3 167 2 299.1 302.5 297.5 353.9 18.78 2 950 559 24.5 18.8 71 5.6 20.5 203 16 302.0 304.7 295.5 344.9 14.54 3 900 1031 21.4 16.1 72 5.3 17.8 230 11 303.5 305.9 294.7 341.8 12.89 4 850 1524 17.2 14.8 86 2.3 15.6 244 14 304.1 306.4 294.7 341.5 12.56 5 800 2039 13.3 11.8 90 1.6 12.3 249 16 305.4 307.4 293.9 338.1 10.91 6 750 2579 9.4 7.2 86 2.2 8.0 266 14 306.7 308.3 292.4 332.5 8.51 7 700 3150 8.7 -11.8 22 20.5 0.1 263 15 312.2 312.6 288.5 319.3 2.21 8 650 3758 4.8 -24.3 10 29.0 -4.3 272 15 314.3 314.5 287.8 317.2 0.82 9 600 4403 -0.1 -20.5 20 20.4 -6.8 274 16 315.9 316.2 288.8 320.2 1.24 10 550 5093 -4.6 -25.7 17 21.1 -10.5 260 18 318.6 318.7 289.2 321.6 0.86 11 500 5835 -9.7 -23.8 31 14.0 -13.7 248 20 321.2 321.4 290.3 325.0 1.12 12 450 6639 -15.4 -20.7 64 5.2 -17.0 230 19 323.8 324.1 291.6 329.5 1.64 13 400 7518 -21.4 -26.9 61 5.5 -22.6 230 22 327.2 327.4 292.0 331.0 1.06 14 350 8488 -28.1 -33.4 60 5.3 -28.9 251 25 330.9 331.1 292.6 333.3 0.65 15 300 9578 -35.4 -49.5 22 14.1 -36.5 259 25 335.5 335.6 293.3 336.1 0.14 16 250 10822 -44.9 -54.5 34 9.5 -45.4 269 25 339.2 339.3 294.2 339.6 0.09 17 200 12274 -56.4 -62.4 47 6.0 -56.6 285 24 343.4 343.4 295.2 343.6 0.04 18 150 14058 -63.1 -77.4 13 14.3 -63.2 251 40 361.5 361.5 299.0 361.5 0.01 19 100 16558 -63.2 -87.5 2 24.2 -63.4 278 17 405.5 405.5 305.9 405.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5728.70 m Freezing level: 601.49 mb = 4383.65 m = 14381.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 698.46 mb = 3167.72 m = 10392.66 ft Precipitable water: 1.54 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 48.32 % Est. max temperature: 30.88 C = 87.58 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 968.79 mb = 385.90 m = 1266.07 ft T: 25.00 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.88 C/km ThetaE index: 36.75 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 857.42 mb = 1448.93 m = 4753.64 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.76 C = 87.37 F Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lifted Index: -5.43 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.90 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.84 C Showalter Index: -3.56 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 51.46 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.90 C Cross Totals Index: 24.56 C K Index: 21.19 Risk: 20-40 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 274.35 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.26 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1717.17 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.60 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 37.70 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.89 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 886.37 mb = 1162.60 m = 3814.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 831.37 mb = 1711.97 m = 5616.65 ft Equ Level (EL): 191.37 mb = 12547.49 m = 41165.79 ft B at Equ Level: 1715.55 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 111.37 mb = 15894.01 m = 52145.07 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 253.7 at 15.5 knts Storm direction: 283.7 at 11.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.5 neg: 0.2 tot: 2.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 109.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 84.1 neg: -1.9 tot: 82.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 27.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.64 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.3 stream: 4.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.87 Bulk Rich Number: 83.26 Bulk Shear: 20.63 m/s