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: 39.13,-97.63 Latitude: 39.13 Longitude: -97.63 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 121 SFC 968 404 19.7 18.1 90 1.7 18.6 111 6 295.6 298.1 293.0 334.7 13.59 2 950 562 19.1 17.4 90 1.7 17.9 131 15 296.6 298.9 293.0 334.8 13.25 3 900 1025 16.1 16.2 100 -0.0 16.2 147 17 298.1 300.5 293.3 335.7 12.95 4 850 1511 14.6 11.7 83 2.9 12.7 173 11 301.5 303.3 292.2 331.6 10.20 5 800 2023 12.6 10.0 84 2.6 10.9 192 8 304.6 306.3 292.6 333.5 9.66 6 750 2563 10.3 9.1 92 1.2 9.6 243 10 307.8 309.6 293.7 337.3 9.73 7 700 3135 7.7 3.3 74 4.4 5.2 241 16 311.0 312.4 292.4 332.6 6.96 8 650 3742 3.1 0.3 81 2.9 1.6 243 23 312.5 313.7 292.1 331.3 6.02 9 600 4386 -1.3 -9.3 54 8.0 -4.7 245 26 314.6 315.3 290.2 324.8 3.15 10 550 5073 -6.5 -10.1 75 3.6 -7.9 249 26 316.4 317.0 290.8 326.9 3.23 11 500 5810 -11.6 -16.5 67 4.9 -13.2 251 26 318.9 319.3 290.6 326.0 2.11 12 450 6611 -16.1 -35.8 17 19.7 -19.7 257 29 323.0 323.1 290.1 324.5 0.40 13 400 7486 -22.4 -36.3 27 13.9 -24.6 267 34 325.9 326.0 291.0 327.5 0.43 14 350 8452 -29.0 -52.8 8 23.8 -31.0 274 44 329.6 329.7 291.7 330.0 0.08 15 300 9536 -36.4 -40.4 67 4.0 -36.8 270 57 334.1 334.2 293.2 335.6 0.38 16 250 10778 -45.1 -48.6 68 3.5 -45.3 263 75 339.0 339.0 294.3 339.8 0.19 17 200 12231 -55.8 -60.8 53 5.0 -55.9 262 87 344.4 344.4 295.4 344.6 0.05 18 150 14043 -58.9 -69.6 24 10.6 -59.1 277 59 368.5 368.5 300.3 368.6 0.02 19 100 16550 -65.8 -87.8 3 22.0 -65.9 241 35 400.6 400.6 305.3 400.6 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5689.09 m Freezing level: 614.39 mb = 4200.53 m = 13781.09 ft Wetbulb zero: 637.23 mb = 3901.57 m = 12800.26 ft Precipitable water: 1.52 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 78.87 % Est. max temperature: 27.45 C = 81.41 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 944.58 mb = 611.07 m = 2004.81 ft T: 18.77 C 700-500 lapse rate: 7.22 C/km ThetaE index: 12.50 C Layer 700.0- 550.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 887.50 mb = 1144.24 m = 3754.04 ft Mean mixing ratio: 12.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 23.00 C = 73.41 F Cap Strength: 1.74 C Lifted Index: -2.62 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: 0.81 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.74 C Showalter Index: -1.10 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 49.43 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.18 C Cross Totals Index: 23.25 C K Index: 33.47 Risk: 60-80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 197.17 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.11 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 322.28 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 25.39 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 104.99 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.67 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 903.20 mb = 995.04 m = 3264.52 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 628.20 mb = 4016.27 m = 13176.59 ft Equ Level (EL): 318.20 mb = 9121.78 m = 29926.75 ft B at Equ Level: 321.43 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 208.20 mb = 11969.73 m = 39270.29 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 234.7 at 19.3 knts Storm direction: 264.7 at 14.5 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.9 tot: 4.1 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 106.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.3 neg: -5.0 tot: 100.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 33.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.47 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.7 stream: 3.7 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.19 Bulk Rich Number: 3.65 Bulk Shear: 88.39 m/s