MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F018.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F018.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 18 hour NAM valid 6Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.62,-97.27 Latitude: 37.62 Longitude: -97.27 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 101 SFC 965 405 20.4 19.9 97 0.5 20.1 125 7 296.6 299.3 294.5 340.8 15.34 2 950 543 20.2 19.3 95 0.9 19.6 140 16 297.7 300.4 294.6 341.2 15.01 3 900 1010 18.4 18.4 100 -0.0 18.4 184 24 300.4 303.2 295.3 344.2 14.93 4 850 1500 17.4 14.3 82 3.1 15.4 176 14 304.4 306.6 294.4 340.6 12.16 5 800 2018 16.1 8.7 61 7.4 11.5 217 16 308.3 310.0 293.1 335.2 8.84 6 750 2564 12.7 8.3 75 4.4 9.9 235 23 310.3 312.0 293.9 338.5 9.18 7 700 3140 9.2 6.0 80 3.3 7.3 233 30 312.7 314.3 294.0 338.8 8.41 8 650 3750 4.8 -1.9 62 6.7 1.4 236 26 314.4 315.4 291.9 330.6 5.12 9 600 4397 -0.2 -3.9 76 3.7 -2.0 235 31 315.9 316.8 292.0 331.2 4.80 10 550 5089 -3.6 -20.8 25 17.1 -9.2 235 32 319.8 320.0 290.1 324.3 1.33 11 500 5834 -8.9 -34.7 10 25.8 -14.4 253 35 322.2 322.3 289.9 323.7 0.40 12 450 6638 -15.8 -22.8 55 7.0 -17.7 253 40 323.4 323.7 291.2 328.2 1.36 13 400 7515 -21.8 -26.0 68 4.3 -22.8 260 43 326.7 326.9 291.9 330.8 1.14 14 350 8486 -27.8 -31.3 72 3.5 -28.5 271 40 331.2 331.4 292.8 334.1 0.80 15 300 9579 -34.6 -37.5 75 2.9 -35.0 275 59 336.6 336.7 294.0 338.5 0.50 16 250 10828 -44.1 -47.4 70 3.3 -44.3 272 68 340.5 340.5 294.6 341.4 0.21 17 200 12284 -55.4 -59.3 62 3.8 -55.5 270 89 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.2 0.06 18 150 14086 -59.8 -67.7 35 7.9 -60.0 276 69 367.0 367.0 300.1 367.1 0.03 19 100 16582 -66.5 -87.1 4 20.5 -66.7 246 36 399.2 399.2 305.1 399.2 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5733.03 m Freezing level: 601.82 mb = 4373.71 m = 14349.27 ft Wetbulb zero: 629.53 mb = 4008.90 m = 13152.41 ft Precipitable water: 1.61 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 65.29 % Est. max temperature: 30.83 C = 87.50 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 958.17 mb = 469.23 m = 1539.45 ft T: 20.33 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.74 C/km ThetaE index: 8.97 C Layer 850.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 817.19 mb = 1835.99 m = 6023.53 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.63 g/kg Conv temperature: 30.68 C = 87.23 F Cap Strength: 2.48 C Lifted Index: -3.18 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.05 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 0.78 C Showalter Index: -2.36 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 49.52 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 26.30 C Cross Totals Index: 23.22 C K Index: 37.36 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 245.14 Risk: None Energy Index: -3.25 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 882.24 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 42.01 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 115.18 J/kg Cap Strength: 2.40 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 905.28 mb = 959.38 m = 3147.54 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 670.28 mb = 3497.35 m = 11474.09 ft Equ Level (EL): 230.28 mb = 11364.03 m = 37283.09 ft B at Equ Level: 878.63 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 140.28 mb = 14497.87 m = 47564.60 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 230.4 at 26.3 knts Storm direction: 260.4 at 19.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.3 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 102.7 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 249.9 neg: -59.8 tot: 190.1 m^2/s^2 ave: 63.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.51 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 11.0 stream: 5.6 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.26 Bulk Rich Number: 8.90 Bulk Shear: 99.16 m/s