MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F040.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F040.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 40 hour NAM valid 22Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.87,-77.9 Latitude: 37.87 Longitude: -77.90 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 79 SFC 998 93 27.6 22.0 72 5.6 23.6 235 2 300.9 304.0 296.8 350.7 16.93 2 950 531 23.2 20.3 84 2.8 21.2 224 4 300.7 303.6 296.1 347.8 16.03 3 900 1001 19.0 19.0 100 0.1 19.0 217 8 301.1 304.0 295.9 346.8 15.52 4 850 1491 16.4 15.9 97 0.5 16.1 249 19 303.3 305.8 295.1 343.4 13.50 5 800 2005 12.9 10.4 85 2.5 11.3 267 23 304.9 306.7 292.9 334.6 9.93 6 750 2547 11.5 2.3 53 9.2 6.3 270 24 309.0 310.2 291.0 327.6 6.01 7 700 3120 8.5 -1.4 50 9.9 3.4 273 19 311.9 312.8 290.9 327.3 4.93 8 650 3729 4.7 -2.9 58 7.6 0.8 268 18 314.2 315.1 291.5 329.3 4.74 9 600 4376 0.5 -7.6 54 8.1 -3.1 267 16 316.7 317.4 291.3 328.4 3.59 10 550 5068 -4.5 -9.5 68 5.1 -6.7 272 17 318.8 319.4 291.6 329.8 3.37 11 500 5813 -8.4 -16.0 55 7.5 -11.1 275 27 322.8 323.2 291.7 330.2 2.20 12 450 6620 -14.0 -26.5 34 12.4 -17.1 279 32 325.6 325.8 291.5 329.1 0.98 13 400 7503 -20.0 -40.5 14 20.5 -23.2 277 32 328.9 329.0 291.7 330.0 0.28 14 350 8479 -26.4 -47.1 12 20.7 -28.7 277 34 333.2 333.2 292.7 333.8 0.16 15 300 9575 -33.9 -43.0 39 9.1 -34.8 274 36 337.6 337.7 294.0 338.8 0.29 16 250 10828 -43.8 -50.7 46 6.9 -44.2 307 43 340.9 341.0 294.7 341.5 0.15 17 200 12284 -54.5 -69.7 14 15.2 -54.8 315 64 346.4 346.4 295.8 346.5 0.02 18 150 14077 -62.5 -78.3 10 15.8 -62.6 278 47 362.4 362.4 299.2 362.4 0.01 19 100 16566 -65.6 -86.0 4 20.4 -65.8 281 39 400.9 400.9 305.3 400.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.40 m Freezing level: 594.68 mb = 4449.48 m = 14597.85 ft Wetbulb zero: 639.46 mb = 3860.93 m = 12666.95 ft Precipitable water: 1.77 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 68.82 % Est. max temperature: 30.06 C = 86.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 920.94 mb = 801.01 m = 2627.96 ft T: 20.79 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.27 C/km ThetaE index: 23.33 C Layer 950.0- 650.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 908.11 mb = 922.89 m = 3027.82 ft Mean mixing ratio: 16.10 g/kg Conv temperature: 27.77 C = 81.98 F Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lifted Index: -4.82 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.54 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -1.64 C Showalter Index: -3.00 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.15 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.81 C Cross Totals Index: 24.35 C K Index: 30.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 337.49 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.65 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1627.12 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 57.05 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 0.05 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.16 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 910.96 mb = 895.64 m = 2938.41 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 905.96 mb = 943.44 m = 3095.24 ft Equ Level (EL): 185.96 mb = 12737.88 m = 41790.44 ft B at Equ Level: 1603.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 115.96 mb = 15657.06 m = 51367.67 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 266.5 at 17.6 knts Storm direction: 296.5 at 13.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 1.4 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 112.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 101.3 neg: -3.8 tot: 97.5 m^2/s^2 ave: 32.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.7 stream: 4.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.99 Bulk Rich Number: 51.72 Bulk Shear: 31.46 m/s