MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F020.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051200F020.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 20 hour NAM valid 8Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 37.75,-85.88 Latitude: 37.75 Longitude: -85.88 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 133 SFC 986 253 20.1 19.9 98 0.3 19.9 253 16 294.4 297.1 293.6 337.1 14.95 2 950 575 18.3 17.5 95 0.8 17.7 255 32 295.7 298.1 292.8 334.1 13.34 3 900 1039 17.0 15.8 93 1.2 16.2 250 31 299.0 301.3 293.3 335.8 12.63 4 850 1526 15.1 14.0 93 1.1 14.4 236 31 302.0 304.2 293.6 337.1 11.89 5 800 2039 12.9 12.0 94 0.9 12.3 224 31 304.9 306.9 293.8 338.0 11.08 6 750 2580 10.2 9.5 96 0.6 9.7 215 30 307.6 309.5 293.8 337.9 10.02 7 700 3153 7.7 7.1 96 0.6 7.3 211 26 311.0 312.7 294.0 338.9 9.07 8 650 3761 3.9 3.6 98 0.4 3.8 209 22 313.4 314.9 293.6 337.3 7.65 9 600 4408 0.5 0.1 97 0.4 0.3 212 15 316.7 317.9 293.6 337.1 6.45 10 550 5103 -3.2 -3.5 97 0.3 -3.4 225 9 320.3 321.3 293.7 337.6 5.36 11 500 5851 -7.7 -8.0 98 0.3 -7.9 246 9 323.6 324.4 293.7 337.4 4.18 12 450 6663 -13.5 -13.5 100 0.0 -13.5 257 12 326.3 326.9 293.4 336.4 2.99 13 400 7549 -19.3 -19.3 100 0.0 -19.3 262 18 329.9 330.3 293.6 337.1 2.08 14 350 8529 -25.7 -25.7 100 0.0 -25.6 267 26 334.2 334.4 294.1 339.0 1.35 15 300 9629 -33.8 -33.7 100 -0.0 -33.7 272 33 337.8 337.9 294.4 340.6 0.74 16 250 10880 -43.8 -46.9 71 3.1 -44.0 276 40 340.9 341.0 294.8 341.8 0.22 17 200 12338 -55.4 -59.2 63 3.8 -55.5 284 50 345.0 345.0 295.6 345.3 0.07 18 150 14132 -59.3 -70.7 21 11.4 -59.5 277 50 367.9 368.0 300.2 368.0 0.02 19 100 16649 -67.2 -84.7 7 17.6 -67.2 241 19 398.0 398.0 304.9 398.0 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5718.30 m Freezing level: 593.55 mb = 4497.75 m = 14756.22 ft Wetbulb zero: 596.50 mb = 4454.88 m = 14615.57 ft Precipitable water: 2.03 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 96.02 % Est. max temperature: 28.40 C = 83.13 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 982.97 mb = 281.42 m = 923.28 ft T: 19.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.71 C/km ThetaE index: 3.06 C Layer 950.0- 900.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 880.86 mb = 1222.08 m = 4009.40 ft Mean mixing ratio: 13.33 g/kg Conv temperature: 25.79 C = 78.43 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: 1.03 C Risk: Showers probable Lifted Index @300 mb: 3.14 C Lifted Index @700 mb: 1.50 C Showalter Index: 0.26 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Total Totals Index: 44.58 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 22.85 C Cross Totals Index: 21.73 C K Index: 36.25 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 238.12 Risk: None Energy Index: -0.02 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 21.52 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 6.56 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 4656.75 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.47 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 923.88 mb = 814.24 m = 2671.36 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): -1.00 mb = -9999.00 m = -9999.00 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 227.7 at 21.4 knts Storm direction: 257.7 at 16.1 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.6 neg: 3.7 tot: 6.3 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): -5.9 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: -118.3 tot: -112.4 m^2/s^2 ave: -37.5 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: -0.46 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.3 stream: -3.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.00 Bulk Rich Number: 1.08 Bulk Shear: 19.92 m/s