MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F050.namnest.sound Reading from grid file:/mnt/nfs/atlas/nest_data/2506051800F050.namnest.sound Searching file for grids... Date: 50 hour NAM valid 20Z SAT 7 JUN 25 Station: 36.65,-76.82 Latitude: 36.65 Longitude: -76.82 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1003 18 33.1 21.9 52 11.2 24.9 222 9 306.0 309.2 298.0 356.3 16.75 1 1000 43 32.3 20.9 51 11.4 24.0 221 8 305.5 308.4 297.2 352.7 15.78 2 950 502 27.6 19.5 61 8.2 21.8 222 11 305.2 308.1 296.7 350.5 15.15 3 900 979 23.0 18.4 75 4.6 19.8 222 12 305.2 308.0 296.6 349.9 14.96 4 850 1474 18.2 17.4 95 0.8 17.7 223 12 305.2 307.9 296.5 349.6 14.87 5 800 1992 15.2 6.3 55 8.9 9.9 247 19 307.3 308.7 291.7 330.2 7.52 6 750 2535 11.7 2.4 53 9.4 6.5 243 24 309.3 310.5 291.2 328.1 6.07 7 700 3109 8.0 1.7 64 6.3 4.5 248 31 311.3 312.5 291.9 330.5 6.18 8 650 3716 3.8 -5.5 50 9.4 -0.6 249 34 313.3 314.1 290.5 325.7 3.89 9 600 4360 -0.9 -6.7 65 5.8 -3.6 257 36 315.1 315.8 291.0 327.4 3.85 10 550 5050 -4.9 -10.3 66 5.3 -7.1 260 33 318.3 318.9 291.3 328.7 3.19 11 500 5793 -9.0 -25.5 25 16.5 -13.5 257 33 322.0 322.2 290.4 325.4 0.96 12 450 6600 -13.3 -24.3 39 11.0 -16.3 265 34 326.5 326.8 291.9 330.7 1.19 13 400 7487 -18.7 -20.9 82 2.2 -19.4 274 47 330.7 331.0 293.6 337.0 1.80 14 350 8470 -24.9 -33.2 46 8.3 -26.4 275 47 335.3 335.4 293.7 337.7 0.67 15 300 9572 -33.9 -46.7 26 12.8 -35.1 270 52 337.6 337.6 293.9 338.3 0.19 16 250 10821 -43.9 -58.9 18 14.9 -44.6 276 49 340.7 340.7 294.6 341.0 0.05 17 200 12283 -53.9 -65.0 25 11.1 -54.1 307 68 347.4 347.4 296.1 347.6 0.03 18 150 14090 -62.9 -73.6 22 10.7 -63.0 229 40 361.7 361.7 299.0 361.7 0.01 19 100 16562 -64.7 -86.3 4 21.7 -64.8 271 28 402.8 402.8 305.6 402.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5749.80 m Freezing level: 609.43 mb = 4238.76 m = 13906.51 ft Wetbulb zero: 655.55 mb = 3646.36 m = 11962.99 ft Precipitable water: 1.76 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 61.11 % Est. max temperature: 32.28 C = 90.10 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 853.47 mb = 1439.01 m = 4721.11 ft T: 18.51 C 700-500 lapse rate: 6.34 C/km ThetaE index: 28.24 C Layer 1000.0- 700.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 841.80 mb = 1557.08 m = 5108.46 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.29 g/kg Conv temperature: 32.62 C = 90.71 F Cap Strength: 0.10 C Lifted Index: -6.47 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -6.10 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.87 C Showalter Index: -5.94 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 53.62 C Risk: Scattered heavy thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 27.20 C Cross Totals Index: 26.42 C K Index: 38.27 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 358.26 Risk: Showers and thunderstorms possible Energy Index: -4.80 Risk: Severe Thunderstorms probable Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 2025.40 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 63.65 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.34 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.75 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 844.85 mb = 1526.20 m = 5007.17 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 829.85 mb = 1679.04 m = 5508.61 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.85 mb = 12949.97 m = 42486.25 ft B at Equ Level: 2006.54 J/kg Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.3 at 25.3 knts Storm direction: 279.3 at 19.0 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 3.1 neg: 0.8 tot: 3.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 84.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 77.1 neg: -1.5 tot: 75.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 25.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.81 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 4.3 stream: 3.5 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.54 Bulk Rich Number: 50.52 Bulk Shear: 40.09 m/s