MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F056.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506050600F056.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 56 hour NAM valid 14Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 38.86,-77.43 Latitude: 38.86 Longitude: -77.43 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 98 22.7 19.8 84 2.9 20.7 295 8 296.1 298.7 293.9 338.4 14.72 2 950 524 18.9 16.8 88 2.1 17.5 312 18 296.4 298.7 292.6 333.3 12.79 3 900 987 16.5 13.5 83 3.0 14.6 307 22 298.5 300.5 291.7 330.2 10.87 4 850 1472 14.2 12.1 87 2.1 12.9 301 20 301.1 303.0 292.3 332.0 10.50 5 800 1983 11.6 9.4 87 2.1 10.3 270 14 303.5 305.2 292.0 331.2 9.31 6 750 2519 7.8 4.1 78 3.7 5.8 230 22 305.1 306.3 290.5 325.9 6.88 7 700 3087 5.2 4.5 95 0.8 4.8 230 35 308.3 309.7 292.1 331.3 7.54 8 650 3690 2.0 1.3 95 0.7 1.6 235 37 311.2 312.4 292.1 331.3 6.49 9 600 4331 -1.7 -1.7 100 0.0 -1.7 232 31 314.1 315.2 292.2 331.9 5.63 10 550 5021 -5.2 -5.2 100 0.0 -5.3 235 32 317.9 318.8 292.5 333.0 4.71 11 500 5764 -9.4 -9.4 100 0.0 -9.4 234 36 321.6 322.4 292.8 334.0 3.76 12 450 6572 -14.0 -14.4 97 0.4 -14.1 243 41 325.7 326.2 293.1 335.1 2.79 13 400 7457 -19.7 -21.3 87 1.6 -20.1 251 42 329.4 329.7 293.2 335.5 1.75 14 350 8433 -27.8 -29.6 84 1.8 -28.1 256 42 331.3 331.5 293.0 334.7 0.94 15 300 9525 -35.2 -37.9 77 2.7 -35.5 244 62 335.7 335.8 293.7 337.6 0.49 16 250 10768 -45.2 -49.9 59 4.7 -45.4 238 70 338.9 339.0 294.2 339.6 0.16 17 200 12222 -54.6 -66.2 23 11.6 -54.8 253 74 346.3 346.3 295.8 346.4 0.03 18 150 14041 -59.1 -79.7 5 20.5 -59.3 258 39 368.2 368.2 300.2 368.2 0.00 19 100 16545 -65.1 -87.2 3 22.1 -65.3 265 35 401.9 401.9 305.5 401.9 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5684.58 m Freezing level: 623.29 mb = 4032.53 m = 13229.92 ft Wetbulb zero: 626.02 mb = 3991.03 m = 13093.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.81 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 91.51 % Est. max temperature: 27.84 C = 82.11 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 956.21 mb = 467.13 m = 1532.57 ft T: 19.44 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.45 C/km ThetaE index: 8.24 C Layer 950.0- 850.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 877.34 mb = 1203.37 m = 3948.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.71 g/kg Conv temperature: 26.31 C = 79.36 F Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lifted Index: 0.17 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.71 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.36 C Showalter Index: 0.93 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 45.10 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 23.62 C Cross Totals Index: 21.48 C K Index: 34.96 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 221.00 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.30 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 59.95 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 10.95 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 35.54 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.01 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 913.05 mb = 863.51 m = 2833.02 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 768.05 mb = 2321.70 m = 7617.04 ft Equ Level (EL): 508.05 mb = 5639.35 m = 18501.60 ft B at Equ Level: 59.50 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 398.05 mb = 7492.69 m = 24582.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 245.7 at 27.2 knts Storm direction: 275.7 at 20.4 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 1.9 neg: 6.4 tot: 8.2 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 111.2 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 83.2 neg: -42.6 tot: 40.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 13.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.24 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 9.6 stream: 2.3 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.01 Bulk Rich Number: 0.78 Bulk Shear: 77.08 m/s