MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F015.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F015.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 15 hour NAM valid 3Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 31.95,-102.18 Latitude: 31.95 Longitude: -102.18 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 51 1 950 507 SFC 912 867 27.6 15.2 47 12.4 19.1 158 10 308.8 311.0 295.6 345.2 12.00 3 900 990 28.6 14.4 42 14.2 18.9 166 23 311.0 313.2 295.8 346.3 11.53 4 850 1496 24.8 12.2 45 12.7 16.4 176 34 312.2 314.2 295.4 344.6 10.53 5 800 2024 21.1 10.5 50 10.7 14.1 186 28 313.7 315.6 295.4 344.7 9.99 6 750 2582 20.6 1.8 29 18.8 9.7 213 18 319.0 320.1 293.7 337.7 5.84 7 700 3173 15.4 2.9 43 12.5 8.0 238 15 319.5 320.8 294.6 341.1 6.76 8 650 3794 9.4 -0.2 51 9.6 4.1 251 16 319.6 320.7 293.9 338.3 5.80 9 600 4451 3.8 -4.2 56 8.0 -0.3 263 25 320.5 321.4 293.2 335.7 4.67 10 550 5152 -0.7 -8.9 54 8.3 -4.4 265 28 323.3 324.0 293.1 335.1 3.54 11 500 5906 -6.3 -14.9 51 8.6 -9.6 258 30 325.4 325.8 292.7 333.6 2.41 12 450 6720 -11.5 -24.7 33 13.2 -15.2 261 33 328.8 329.1 292.5 332.9 1.15 13 400 7613 -17.5 -27.8 40 10.3 -20.0 263 38 332.2 332.4 293.2 335.7 0.97 14 350 8597 -25.3 -36.4 35 11.1 -27.1 262 44 334.7 334.8 293.4 336.5 0.49 15 300 9696 -33.9 -39.9 55 6.0 -34.7 258 53 337.5 337.6 294.1 339.1 0.40 16 250 10950 -42.0 -62.0 10 19.9 -42.9 261 57 343.6 343.6 295.2 343.7 0.04 17 200 12425 -52.6 -69.3 11 16.8 -52.9 259 62 349.6 349.6 296.5 349.6 0.02 18 150 14230 -64.2 -75.5 20 11.2 -64.3 263 54 359.4 359.4 298.6 359.5 0.01 19 100 16659 -74.0 -89.5 7 15.6 -74.0 227 17 384.8 384.8 303.0 384.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5854.34 m Freezing level: 557.50 mb = 5046.52 m = 16556.63 ft Wetbulb zero: 603.15 mb = 4408.01 m = 14461.79 ft Precipitable water: 1.22 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 47.43 % Est. max temperature: 36.24 C = 97.24 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 761.28 mb = 2453.17 m = 8048.37 ft T: 20.74 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.92 C/km ThetaE index: 6.97 C Layer 750.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 640.43 mb = 3915.71 m = 12846.67 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.85 g/kg Conv temperature: 38.35 C = 101.04 F Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lifted Index: -1.57 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.91 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 6.14 C Showalter Index: -1.33 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.59 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 31.14 C Cross Totals Index: 18.45 C K Index: 30.85 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 404.44 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -2.06 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 467.37 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 30.57 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 375.29 J/kg Cap Strength: 6.84 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 713.51 mb = 3009.04 m = 9872.07 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 548.51 mb = 5173.04 m = 16971.70 ft Equ Level (EL): 238.51 mb = 11261.26 m = 36945.94 ft B at Equ Level: 460.68 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 158.51 mb = 13884.00 m = 45550.62 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 236.9 at 24.9 knts Storm direction: 266.9 at 18.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.5 neg: 0.0 tot: 3.5 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 35.3 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 189.7 neg: -12.5 tot: 177.2 m^2/s^2 ave: 59.1 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.34 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 10.2 stream: 3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.55 Bulk Rich Number: 4.65 Bulk Shear: 100.48 m/s