MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 0Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 32.30,-90.15 Latitude: 32.30 Longitude: -90.15 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 1005 84 28.4 24.4 79 4.0 25.4 102 2 301.1 304.7 298.5 358.8 19.54 1 1000 127 27.5 24.1 82 3.4 25.0 102 2 300.7 304.2 298.2 357.4 19.27 2 950 581 24.8 21.2 81 3.6 22.2 222 2 302.3 305.4 297.1 352.3 16.89 3 900 1054 20.9 19.7 93 1.2 20.0 261 5 303.0 306.0 296.8 351.1 16.22 4 850 1546 17.4 15.5 88 1.9 16.1 295 7 304.4 306.8 295.2 343.6 13.13 5 800 2063 14.3 11.9 86 2.3 12.7 303 7 306.4 308.4 294.2 339.5 11.03 6 750 2606 12.0 2.4 52 9.6 6.7 290 8 309.6 310.7 291.3 328.4 6.09 7 700 3180 8.8 2.6 65 6.2 5.3 301 10 312.2 313.5 292.4 332.8 6.61 8 650 3791 6.3 -2.9 52 9.2 1.6 295 10 316.1 317.0 292.0 331.2 4.75 9 600 4443 3.3 -14.8 25 18.1 -3.8 273 13 319.9 320.3 290.7 326.7 2.01 10 550 5144 0.0 -29.7 9 29.7 -8.2 282 15 324.1 324.2 290.6 326.2 0.59 11 500 5900 -3.8 -41.9 3 38.2 -11.6 287 24 328.5 328.5 291.5 329.2 0.19 12 450 6722 -9.8 -28.0 21 18.2 -14.6 284 28 331.0 331.1 292.8 334.1 0.85 13 400 7618 -17.0 -36.6 17 19.6 -20.7 284 25 332.9 333.0 292.9 334.5 0.42 14 350 8602 -25.6 -29.2 72 3.6 -26.4 282 27 334.2 334.4 293.7 337.7 0.97 15 300 9701 -33.9 -37.7 68 3.8 -34.4 288 33 337.5 337.6 294.2 339.4 0.49 16 250 10952 -43.4 -51.8 39 8.4 -43.8 285 40 341.6 341.6 294.8 342.1 0.13 17 200 12422 -52.3 -64.7 21 12.4 -52.6 298 46 349.9 349.9 296.7 350.1 0.03 18 150 14234 -63.5 -79.7 9 16.2 -63.6 287 49 360.7 360.7 298.8 360.7 0.00 19 100 16665 -71.3 -87.6 7 16.3 -71.4 308 20 389.9 389.9 303.8 389.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5773.07 m Freezing level: 549.92 mb = 5144.78 m = 16878.98 ft Wetbulb zero: 635.30 mb = 3977.74 m = 13050.17 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 53.89 % Est. max temperature: 31.55 C = 88.79 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 949.42 mb = 586.20 m = 1923.20 ft T: 24.72 C 700-500 lapse rate: 4.61 C/km ThetaE index: 30.33 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 899.41 mb = 1059.32 m = 3475.41 ft Mean mixing ratio: 17.45 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.31 C = 86.56 F Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lifted Index: -2.07 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -7.48 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.77 C Showalter Index: 1.62 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 40.43 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 21.19 C Cross Totals Index: 19.24 C K Index: 30.49 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 224.68 Risk: None Energy Index: -2.69 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1827.78 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 60.46 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 9.17 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.81 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.23 mb = 926.11 m = 3038.37 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 888.23 mb = 1167.21 m = 3829.39 ft Equ Level (EL): 178.23 mb = 13148.13 m = 43136.38 ft B at Equ Level: 1817.35 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 286.3 at 10.4 knts Storm direction: 316.3 at 7.8 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.8 neg: 0.3 tot: 2.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 124.6 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 19.4 neg: -0.3 tot: 19.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.69 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 2.9 stream: 2.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 104.29 Bulk Shear: 17.53 m/s