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: 33.61,-101.83 Latitude: 33.61 Longitude: -101.83 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 76 1 950 522 SFC 902 972 22.1 20.6 91 1.5 21.1 98 13 304.0 307.2 297.8 355.3 17.21 3 900 996 21.6 20.5 93 1.2 20.8 98 13 303.8 307.0 297.6 354.7 17.09 4 850 1491 19.5 19.6 100 -0.0 19.5 134 25 306.6 309.8 298.3 358.0 17.08 5 800 2015 18.1 17.4 95 0.7 17.6 173 29 310.5 313.5 298.5 358.8 15.82 6 750 2567 15.4 11.5 78 3.9 12.8 186 32 313.2 315.4 296.3 348.6 11.43 7 700 3151 13.7 3.3 49 10.4 7.6 227 29 317.6 319.0 294.2 339.7 6.93 8 650 3770 8.9 -5.2 36 14.1 1.9 239 29 319.1 319.8 292.3 332.0 3.99 9 600 4426 3.3 -6.4 49 9.7 -1.3 240 29 320.0 320.7 292.5 332.8 3.95 10 550 5124 -2.0 -15.6 35 13.6 -7.2 252 29 321.7 322.1 291.3 328.6 2.06 11 500 5874 -6.5 -29.7 14 23.2 -12.5 258 31 325.1 325.3 291.0 327.5 0.65 12 450 6689 -11.4 -40.6 7 29.2 -16.7 263 38 329.0 329.0 291.7 329.9 0.25 13 400 7580 -17.9 -30.4 33 12.4 -20.7 262 50 331.7 331.9 292.9 334.5 0.76 14 350 8562 -25.6 -38.2 30 12.5 -27.5 262 58 334.2 334.3 293.3 335.8 0.41 15 300 9659 -34.7 -45.5 32 10.9 -35.7 257 68 336.5 336.6 293.7 337.4 0.22 16 250 10907 -43.1 -61.1 12 17.9 -43.9 260 73 341.9 342.0 294.8 342.1 0.04 17 200 12379 -52.7 -72.1 8 19.4 -53.1 263 80 349.2 349.2 296.5 349.3 0.01 18 150 14187 -62.8 -81.6 6 18.9 -62.9 257 72 362.0 362.0 299.1 362.0 0.00 19 100 16638 -70.5 -86.9 7 16.4 -70.6 244 29 391.5 391.5 304.0 391.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5797.82 m Freezing level: 568.96 mb = 4858.96 m = 15941.26 ft Wetbulb zero: 620.60 mb = 4149.17 m = 13612.60 ft Precipitable water: 1.44 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 57.90 % Est. max temperature: 30.90 C = 87.63 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 883.61 mb = 1155.13 m = 3789.73 ft T: 20.96 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.41 C/km ThetaE index: 26.79 C Layer 750.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 823.44 mb = 1765.43 m = 5792.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.55 C = 79.80 F Cap Strength: 1.19 C Lifted Index: -6.03 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -10.12 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.19 C Showalter Index: -6.21 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 52.04 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.01 C Cross Totals Index: 26.03 C K Index: 35.13 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 377.61 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -5.87 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2530.41 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 71.14 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 41.30 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.09 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 845.65 mb = 1535.42 m = 5037.39 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.65 mb = 3509.03 m = 11512.42 ft Equ Level (EL): 160.65 mb = 13756.07 m = 45130.93 ft B at Equ Level: 2510.72 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.6 at 29.8 knts Storm direction: 260.6 at 22.3 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 6.8 neg: 0.0 tot: 6.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 511.2 neg: 0.0 tot: 511.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 170.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.80 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 12.3 stream: 9.8 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 7.56 Bulk Rich Number: 11.78 Bulk Shear: 214.87 m/s