MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F017.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F017.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 17 hour NAM valid 5Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.77,-96.78 Latitude: 38.77 Longitude: -96.78 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 124 SFC 963 446 18.9 18.4 97 0.5 18.6 131 5 295.2 297.7 293.1 335.2 13.97 2 950 565 18.8 17.4 92 1.3 17.9 146 14 296.2 298.6 292.9 334.6 13.30 3 900 1028 15.5 15.3 99 0.1 15.4 161 15 297.4 299.7 292.5 333.0 12.27 4 850 1514 16.9 7.1 52 9.8 11.0 178 11 303.8 305.2 290.6 326.2 7.44 5 800 2028 13.4 5.1 57 8.3 8.6 197 11 305.5 306.7 290.7 326.4 6.91 6 750 2568 10.0 9.7 98 0.3 9.8 231 11 307.4 309.3 293.9 338.1 10.14 7 700 3140 7.2 6.7 96 0.5 6.9 244 16 310.5 312.2 293.7 337.6 8.83 8 650 3747 3.3 1.6 88 1.8 2.4 235 24 312.7 314.0 292.6 333.4 6.61 9 600 4391 -1.1 -6.1 69 5.0 -3.4 240 30 314.9 315.7 291.1 327.9 4.05 10 550 5079 -6.0 -10.8 69 4.7 -7.9 249 34 317.0 317.5 290.8 326.9 3.06 11 500 5819 -10.9 -14.3 76 3.4 -12.2 247 51 319.7 320.2 291.2 328.1 2.52 12 450 6619 -16.1 -24.8 47 8.7 -18.4 250 42 322.9 323.2 290.8 326.9 1.13 13 400 7495 -22.2 -36.1 27 13.9 -24.5 268 40 326.1 326.2 291.0 327.7 0.44 14 350 8464 -28.8 -37.1 45 8.3 -30.0 268 53 329.9 330.0 292.2 331.6 0.45 15 300 9551 -36.3 -50.9 21 14.6 -37.4 265 68 334.1 334.2 293.0 334.6 0.12 16 250 10791 -44.8 -52.0 45 7.1 -45.2 269 82 339.4 339.4 294.3 339.9 0.13 17 200 12248 -55.1 -67.1 21 11.9 -55.4 266 79 345.5 345.5 295.6 345.6 0.02 18 150 14057 -59.5 -80.6 5 21.2 -59.7 270 65 367.7 367.7 300.1 367.7 0.00 19 100 16564 -66.5 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 246 40 399.1 399.1 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5694.66 m Freezing level: 612.04 mb = 4236.12 m = 13897.87 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.42 mb = 4005.96 m = 13142.75 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 79.12 % Est. max temperature: 28.62 C = 83.52 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 957.04 mb = 501.51 m = 1645.36 ft T: 18.82 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.77 C/km ThetaE index: 11.18 C Layer 700.0- 500.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 794.73 mb = 2083.04 m = 6834.02 ft Mean mixing ratio: 11.99 g/kg Conv temperature: 29.26 C = 84.67 F Cap Strength: 3.78 C Lifted Index: -0.91 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 2.27 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 2.00 C Showalter Index: 2.20 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 45.75 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.78 C Cross Totals Index: 17.97 C K Index: 34.31 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 157.18 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.43 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 103.42 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 14.38 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 224.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 3.80 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 889.33 mb = 1129.15 m = 3704.51 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 574.33 mb = 4736.93 m = 15540.91 ft Equ Level (EL): 364.33 mb = 8173.01 m = 26814.00 ft B at Equ Level: 102.04 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 284.33 mb = 9915.78 m = 32531.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 235.6 at 24.8 knts Storm direction: 265.6 at 18.6 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.9 neg: 1.0 tot: 3.8 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 77.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 99.6 neg: -7.6 tot: 92.0 m^2/s^2 ave: 30.7 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.48 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 6.7 stream: 3.2 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.05 Bulk Rich Number: 1.06 Bulk Shear: 97.20 m/s