MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F009.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F009.namnest.sound Searching the city database file for: KELP ... Searching file for grids... Date: 9 hour NAM valid 21Z THU 5 JUN 25 Station: KELP Latitude: 31.80 Longitude: -106.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 14 1 950 480 2 900 969 SFC 879 1185 34.3 1.6 13 32.7 15.0 235 5 319.0 320.0 293.0 334.8 4.90 4 850 1480 28.9 0.9 16 28.0 12.9 239 6 316.5 317.4 292.2 331.8 4.81 5 800 2012 23.6 0.0 21 23.5 10.4 241 7 316.3 317.2 292.2 331.6 4.79 6 750 2569 18.1 -1.0 27 19.0 7.7 242 8 316.2 317.1 292.1 331.4 4.76 7 700 3153 12.7 -3.8 32 16.5 4.2 244 16 316.5 317.3 291.7 329.8 4.13 8 650 3769 8.4 -10.7 25 19.1 -0.0 242 30 318.5 319.0 290.9 327.1 2.61 9 600 4424 3.5 -11.0 34 14.5 -2.7 240 35 320.2 320.8 291.5 329.3 2.75 10 550 5123 -1.4 -15.9 32 14.5 -6.9 241 40 322.4 322.8 291.5 329.2 2.01 11 500 5875 -5.5 -27.8 16 22.2 -11.7 244 41 326.3 326.4 291.5 329.1 0.78 12 450 6693 -10.3 -36.5 10 26.3 -15.8 246 40 330.3 330.4 292.2 331.8 0.37 13 400 7587 -17.4 -32.8 25 15.4 -20.7 244 48 332.3 332.4 292.9 334.6 0.60 14 350 8571 -25.3 -38.6 28 13.2 -27.3 244 52 334.6 334.7 293.3 336.1 0.39 15 300 9668 -34.7 -47.1 27 12.5 -35.7 242 55 336.5 336.6 293.6 337.3 0.18 16 250 10916 -43.3 -60.3 14 17.0 -44.0 247 62 341.6 341.6 294.7 341.8 0.05 17 200 12384 -53.5 -69.1 13 15.5 -53.8 248 70 348.0 348.0 296.2 348.0 0.02 18 150 14181 -65.3 -79.2 13 13.8 -65.4 250 71 357.5 357.5 298.2 357.5 0.01 19 100 16616 -69.2 -87.2 6 18.1 -69.2 252 33 394.1 394.1 304.4 394.1 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5860.58 m Freezing level: 564.18 mb = 4924.46 m = 16156.18 ft Wetbulb zero: 650.45 mb = 3763.15 m = 12346.15 ft Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 26.17 % Est. max temperature: 31.72 C = 89.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 545.86 mb = 5182.23 m = 17001.86 ft T: -1.73 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.70 C/km ThetaE index: 7.69 C Layer 850.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 489.36 mb = 6042.05 m = 19822.75 ft Mean mixing ratio: 4.81 g/kg Conv temperature: 42.07 C = 107.73 F Cap Strength: 4.42 C Lifted Index: 4.68 C Risk: None Lifted Index @300 mb: 4.30 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -0.16 C Showalter Index: 4.80 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 40.96 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 34.48 C Cross Totals Index: 6.48 C K Index: 18.94 Risk: < 20 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 63.76 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.44 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 20.21 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.36 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 5518.61 J/kg Cap Strength: 4.68 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 560.67 mb = 4968.38 m = 16300.27 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 242.8 at 27.5 knts Storm direction: 272.8 at 20.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 2.8 tot: 4.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 101.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 69.4 neg: 0.0 tot: 69.4 m^2/s^2 ave: 23.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.76 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.8 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 0.32 Bulk Shear: 62.51 m/s