MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F025.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F025.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 25 hour NAM valid 19Z FRI 6 JUN 25 Station: 38.12,-78.4 Latitude: 38.12 Longitude: -78.40 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 92 SFC 995 134 29.9 20.9 59 9.0 23.4 174 6 303.4 306.4 296.7 350.3 15.80 2 950 545 24.4 18.4 69 6.1 20.2 179 7 302.0 304.6 295.2 343.7 14.13 3 900 1016 19.9 16.8 82 3.1 17.8 185 8 302.0 304.5 294.7 341.8 13.49 4 850 1507 17.9 3.3 38 14.5 9.7 193 12 304.9 305.9 289.5 322.3 5.72 5 800 2021 13.7 2.3 46 11.4 7.5 205 8 305.7 306.8 289.6 322.9 5.64 6 750 2561 10.5 3.3 61 7.2 6.5 262 5 308.0 309.2 291.1 327.9 6.49 7 700 3132 6.6 1.5 70 5.1 3.8 280 8 309.8 310.9 291.3 328.7 6.12 8 650 3737 3.6 -3.8 58 7.4 0.0 282 13 313.1 313.9 290.9 327.1 4.45 9 600 4382 -0.6 -3.4 81 2.8 -2.0 278 15 315.5 316.4 292.0 331.3 4.96 10 550 5074 -4.4 -17.7 35 13.2 -9.0 274 16 318.8 319.1 290.2 324.7 1.74 11 500 5817 -8.9 -12.6 75 3.7 -10.4 280 24 322.1 322.7 292.2 331.8 2.90 12 450 6624 -14.2 -30.0 25 15.7 -17.8 269 31 325.3 325.5 291.1 327.9 0.71 13 400 7507 -19.7 -44.4 9 24.7 -23.1 267 34 329.3 329.4 291.7 330.1 0.18 14 350 8485 -26.0 -31.8 58 5.8 -27.1 270 30 333.6 333.8 293.4 336.4 0.76 15 300 9583 -33.7 -42.0 43 8.4 -34.6 294 39 337.9 338.0 294.1 339.2 0.32 16 250 10833 -44.8 -56.0 28 11.2 -45.3 315 54 339.5 339.5 294.3 339.8 0.08 17 200 12286 -55.1 -63.6 34 8.4 -55.3 302 64 345.4 345.5 295.7 345.6 0.04 18 150 14076 -61.5 -75.6 14 14.1 -61.6 269 41 364.2 364.2 299.5 364.2 0.01 19 100 16574 -65.8 -86.5 4 20.6 -66.0 286 29 400.5 400.5 305.3 400.5 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5724.91 m Freezing level: 606.77 mb = 4295.00 m = 14091.05 ft Wetbulb zero: 649.50 mb = 3743.64 m = 12282.14 ft Precipitable water: 1.47 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 60.46 % Est. max temperature: 31.39 C = 88.49 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 873.77 mb = 1269.97 m = 4166.53 ft T: 18.83 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.79 C/km ThetaE index: 28.06 C Layer 950.0- 800.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 832.91 mb = 1679.13 m = 5508.90 ft Mean mixing ratio: 14.28 g/kg Conv temperature: 31.60 C = 88.88 F Cap Strength: 1.50 C Lifted Index: -3.99 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Lifted Index @300 mb: -2.20 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.45 C Showalter Index: 6.21 C Risk: None Total Totals Index: 39.10 C Risk: None Vertical Totals Index: 26.82 C Cross Totals Index: 12.28 C K Index: 25.09 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 86.69 Risk: None Energy Index: 1.93 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1092.09 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 46.74 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 29.83 J/kg Cap Strength: 1.46 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 867.68 mb = 1330.02 m = 4363.53 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 802.68 mb = 1992.62 m = 6537.38 ft Equ Level (EL): 202.68 mb = 12199.05 m = 40022.65 ft B at Equ Level: 1080.93 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 132.68 mb = 14831.83 m = 48660.25 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 260.7 at 12.3 knts Storm direction: 290.7 at 9.2 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.0 neg: 0.0 tot: 2.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 38.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 24.7 neg: -5.4 tot: 19.3 m^2/s^2 ave: 6.4 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.26 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 3.6 stream: 1.0 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.16 Bulk Rich Number: 46.43 Bulk Shear: 23.52 m/s