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: 38.30,-77.66 Latitude: 38.30 Longitude: -77.66 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 37 SFC 993 96 28.3 21.4 66 6.9 23.3 92 2 302.0 305.0 296.7 350.1 16.31 2 950 490 24.6 19.7 74 4.9 21.1 165 3 302.2 305.0 296.1 347.5 15.36 3 900 962 20.1 18.2 89 1.9 18.8 190 8 302.3 305.0 295.7 345.9 14.78 4 850 1453 15.9 15.4 97 0.6 15.5 199 13 302.8 305.2 294.7 341.5 13.04 5 800 1966 13.3 10.0 80 3.4 11.2 233 23 305.3 307.1 292.9 334.3 9.65 6 750 2508 10.3 6.8 79 3.5 8.2 240 32 307.7 309.3 292.5 332.9 8.28 7 700 3080 6.9 2.9 75 4.0 4.6 254 33 310.1 311.4 291.9 330.9 6.73 8 650 3684 2.8 -1.2 75 4.0 0.7 248 35 312.1 313.1 291.5 329.0 5.40 9 600 4329 -0.2 -2.3 86 2.0 -1.3 257 38 315.9 316.9 292.6 333.1 5.41 10 550 5022 -3.7 -6.2 83 2.4 -4.9 254 37 319.7 320.5 292.7 333.9 4.38 11 500 5768 -8.6 -10.5 86 1.9 -9.4 269 41 322.5 323.2 292.8 333.9 3.44 12 450 6578 -12.8 -19.9 55 7.1 -15.0 268 40 327.2 327.6 292.6 333.3 1.76 13 400 7465 -19.1 -26.1 54 7.0 -20.8 269 38 330.1 330.3 292.9 334.2 1.14 14 350 8444 -26.5 -45.3 15 18.8 -28.7 282 40 333.0 333.1 292.7 333.8 0.19 15 300 9540 -34.5 -62.9 4 28.4 -36.0 285 50 336.8 336.8 293.6 336.9 0.03 16 250 10787 -44.9 -60.5 16 15.6 -45.4 302 75 339.3 339.3 294.2 339.5 0.04 17 200 12237 -56.7 -62.8 46 6.1 -56.8 301 78 343.0 343.0 295.1 343.2 0.04 18 150 14042 -62.0 -76.7 12 14.6 -62.1 217 61 363.2 363.2 299.3 363.2 0.01 19 100 16539 -62.1 -88.0 2 25.9 -62.3 277 37 407.8 407.8 306.2 407.8 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5730.17 m Freezing level: 603.69 mb = 4281.02 m = 14045.16 ft Wetbulb zero: 631.86 mb = 3912.18 m = 12835.06 ft Precipitable water: 1.89 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.72 % Est. max temperature: 29.44 C = 84.99 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 898.65 mb = 974.74 m = 3197.91 ft T: 20.03 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.77 C/km ThetaE index: 21.14 C Layer 950.0- 600.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 879.79 mb = 1156.96 m = 3795.74 ft Mean mixing ratio: 15.37 g/kg Conv temperature: 28.78 C = 83.81 F Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lifted Index: -4.78 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -4.76 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -3.03 C Showalter Index: -2.44 C Risk: Severe thunderstorms possible Total Totals Index: 48.57 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.56 C Cross Totals Index: 24.01 C K Index: 35.90 Risk: > 80 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 250.67 Risk: None Energy Index: -1.59 Risk: Scattered severe thunderstorms Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 1710.97 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 58.50 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.92 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.28 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 884.44 mb = 1111.65 m = 3647.08 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 869.44 mb = 1258.56 m = 4129.08 ft Equ Level (EL): 179.44 mb = 12917.46 m = 42379.60 ft B at Equ Level: 1679.69 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 109.44 mb = 15983.51 m = 52438.69 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 249.8 at 27.6 knts Storm direction: 279.8 at 20.7 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 5.9 neg: 0.0 tot: 5.9 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 122.0 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 234.6 neg: 0.0 tot: 234.6 m^2/s^2 ave: 78.2 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.94 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 7.9 stream: 7.4 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 1.77 Bulk Rich Number: 16.23 Bulk Shear: 105.40 m/s